Allow competitive pay for the Bonneville Power Administration chief

Cliff Bentz introduced legislation that would let the Secretary of Energy set the Bonneville Power Administration administrator’s salary at a level competitive with executives of similar businesses. The stated aim is to modernize compensation for the role.

Context: The salary-setting authority is conditional on enactment; the source does not give a proposed salary or say the bill became law.

In their own words

would allow the Secretary of Energy to set the Administrator’s salary

The source

Cliff Bentz: Energy

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026