The
BPA,
a
federal
agency
that
markets
power
from
federal
dams
on
the
Columbia
River
and
operates
most
of
the
transmission
in
the
US
Pacific
Northwest,
proposes
to
pay
compensation
it
says
would
average
about
$12m
a
year.
Costs
for
compensation
this
spring
would
come
from
a
BPA
reserve
account,
but
in
future
years
the
BPA
proposes
splitting
the
cost
of
compensation
between
wind
producers
and
its
other
customers
–
mainly
municipal
and
public
utilities
in
the
region,
which
are
loathe
to
pay
more
to
accommodate
wind
generation
they
see…
