
Facts & Figures
Learn more about how federal hydropower serves America.
Hydroelectric dams in the Northwest produce more electricity than any other North American river system. The Federal Columbia River Power System delivers hydropower at cost, primarily to public preference customers across the Northwest. The FCRPS is a collaborative operation among BPA as the power marketer, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation as the plant operators.
Learn more about how federal hydropower serves America.
Federal Hydropower Summit
The Federal Hydropower Summit is a collaborative effort to explore opportunities to retain and improve the federal hydropower system across the country. The nation’s four power marketing administrations (BPA, Southeastern Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration and Western Power Administration), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau Reclamation, launched the effort in 2016.
Together, these agencies deliver more than 44% of the nation’s hydropower via 133 federal hydropower facilities and 34,000 miles of federal high-voltage transmission lines. The energy generated and delivered serves more than 60 million homes and businesses, or approximately 150 million people, in 33 states. This ongoing effort will look for improvements to ensure these agencies continue to deliver reliable hydropower at the best value for the nation’s energy consumers.
For more information on this effort, email pmaliaisons@bpa.gov.
E3 BPA Lower Snake River Dams Power Replacement Study Presentation
Recording of the E3 briefing at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council July 12 meeting (the briefing begins at timestamp 1:57:20)
Earthjustice, an organization representing several entities in the American Rivers v. BPA and NWF v. NMFS litigation, recently submitted a list of questions regarding the E3 analysis. Those questions and BPA’s responses are posted below:
BPA also provided answers to additional questions from interested entities regarding its ongoing analysis of potential replacement resources for the services provided by the four lower Snake River dams.