Transmission Services

BPA Transmission Services delivers energy across 15,000 miles of high-voltage transmission wire across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. BPA Transmission is committed to being a dependable, responsive business partner that proactively navigates a changing environment to achieve economic and reliability benefits for our customers and the region. Transmission Services is committed to the following practices:
  • Streamlining and modernizing processes and systems to support enhanced situational awareness and data-driven decision-making.
  • Offering open access transmission service through standardized and value-based products.
  • Supporting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

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TC-27 Pre-Proceeding Workshop

BPA will hold a series of workshops in October 2025 through March 2026 to continue the Grid Access Transformation discussions on proposed changes to BPA processes for evaluation and expansion of the Federal Columbia River Transmission System.

TC-27 Pre-Proceeding Workshop

BPA will hold a series of workshops in October 2025 through March 2026 to continue the Grid Access Transformation discussions on proposed changes to BPA processes for evaluation and expansion of the Federal Columbia River Transmission System.

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Doing Business

This section includes information on how to become a customer and guidance, training and notices on maintaining the customer relationship.

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Products & Services

This section includes information on interconnection; PTP, NT and ancillary services; telecommunications and related projects.

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Operations & Reliability

This section includes information on outages, operations and risk mitigation. 

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Reports & Tools

This section includes information on transmission availability, performance and other metrics. 

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