PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Steve Wright has been reappointed chief of the Bonneville Power Administration, the federal agency that markets power from 31 hydroelectric dams and a nuclear plant in the Northwest.
The 52-year-old Wright is the second longest-serving administrator of the agency, having served under three separate presidents.
Wright was originally appointed as acting administrator in November 2000 with the departure of Judi Johansen, and was formally appointed in January 2002.
Wright has led the agency through some difficult periods, including the 2001 energy crisis and the long process of determining how the agency would distribute the cheap hydropower it markets for the next 20 years.
