Open AccessKeeping the Lights on While Cutting Costs.
Author(s) -
United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/291024
Subject(s) - fishery , fishing , hatchery , bay , broodstock , stock (firearms) , fish hatchery , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental science , geography , aquaculture , archaeology , fish farming , biology
In 1992, the Bonneville Power Administration spent $361 million in capital on a system to transmit electricity. By 1998, it was spending about one-third that amount: $123 million. In 1992, BPA`s expenses for managing, operating and maintaining the transmission system ran $160 million. By 1998, BPA had cut expenses to $128 million. Maintenance costs alone were cut 28%. In 1992, management of the grid was split into six organizations. Today, there is one. About 2,900 people worked for transmission in October 1992. By February 1998, the Transmission Business Line (TBL) employed 1,855. Transmission in 1992 for the most part meant new towers, lines and substations. Today it means computers, digital communications and electronic controls