Federal Columbia River Power System
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The Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) is a series of multi-purpose, hydroelectric facilities constructed and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
and the Bureau of Reclamation in the Pacific Northwest, and a transmission system built and operated by the Bonneville Power Administration
to market and deliver electric power. The program is currently funded by the BPA's own power and transmission rates.
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
and the Bureau of Reclamation in the Pacific Northwest, and a transmission system built and operated by the Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
The Bonneville Power Administration is an American federal agency based in the Pacific Northwest. BPA was created by an act of Congress in 1937 to market electric power from the Bonneville Dam located on the Columbia River and to construct facilities necessary to transmit that power...
to market and deliver electric power. The program is currently funded by the BPA's own power and transmission rates.