BPA wholesale power rates to rise 5.4%

摘要

The Bonneville Power Administration is raising its wholesale powerrnrates by 5.4% for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, with about half of thernincrease coming from reduced electric load and lower market pricernexpectations for sales of excess power.rn“Market prices have declined due to lower forecast natural gasrnprices and increasing amounts of new generating resources coming onrnline,” BPA Administrator and CEO Elliot Mainzer said in a final decisionrnreleased Wednesday.