Culture

We are intentional about our culture and aspire to create a work environment where everyone, from our CEO in Portland to our lineworkers in the Montana, feels empowered, safe, healthy, included and respected. We strive to be an organization where anyone can thrive in their career, innovate freely, find diversity in thoughts and experiences, while forging highly-functioning teams and individual fulfillment. BPA’s leadership is focused on developing an engaged workforce and culture where you can flourish. 
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Culture strategy

BPA brings full-time, executive-level focus to workforce and organizational culture needs and issues. Read our culture strategy to learn more.
culture throughout the region
Our 3,000+ employees reach farther than our offices and 15,000 miles of transmission lines. We don’t actually work at the Bonneville Dam. In the Pacific Northwest, we live where we work and that’s across the entire region. Our staff frequently participate in environmental sustainability and cleanup events, provide energy education in classrooms and help out with science, technology, engineering, art and math competitions and activities throughout the Northwest (check out our annual BPA Regional Science Bowl, here). 



For more than 80 years, BPA has been an engine of the Northwest’s economic prosperity by providing reliable, clean, low-cost electricity, while investing millions in environmental sustainability. Our engineers, tradespeople and specialists keep that engine running by valuing safety, environmental stewardship, collaboration and innovation.