New bill gives BPA control over employee pay and hiring.
This bill would let the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) set its own pay, bonuses, and benefits for its employees. This change aims to help BPA hire and keep skilled workers by making their pay competitive. It would mean BPA employees are no longer tied to standard federal pay scales.
Today, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) likely follows standard federal employee pay and civil service rules. If this bill becomes law, BPA would develop and carry out its own employee compensation plan, largely free from many of those federal rules. This new plan would aim to make BPA's pay competitive with other electric utilities to help with hiring and keeping staff, with the initial plan developed within one year and implemented within two years of the bill becoming law.
HR 447 · 119th Congress · January 15, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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