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Long-time Beaverton Resident Honored For Exceptional Public Service To Pacific Northwest (Photo) - 11/10/22

PR 22 13                                                                                                       BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
                                                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022
                                                                                 CONTACT: Tom Conning, BPA, 503-230-2832
                                                                                                                                            or 503-230-5131

Long-time Beaverton resident honored for exceptional public service to Pacific Northwest

Award cites extraordinary contributions and service to the region

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Bonneville Power Administration presented Beaverton local John Hyde with the agency’s Special Service Award as part of its 2022 Administrator’s Excellence Awards program. BPA’s CEO and Administrator John Hairston hosted the virtual awards ceremony on Aug. 17. 

Hyde, who has lived in the Beaverton area for most of his life and is a graduate of Sunset High School, has been with the federal power marketing administration for more than 40 years, retiring in 2012 but then returning to BPA as a contractor the same year. 

Hyde peers widely regard him as a subject matter expert on the Columbia River Treaty, an agreement between the U.S. and Canada that controls the Columbia River’s flow across the border, and on the Pacific Northwest Coordination agreement, which enables 17 Northwest entities, including BPA, to coordinate the operation of their power generating plants and electrical systems. 

This year’s virtual ceremony celebrated 31 award recipients, 26 individuals and five teams, who embody the 2022 AEA theme Energizing, Electrifying, Empowering. They are people who consistently demonstrate their willingness to identify challenges, develop solutions and invigorate the workforce to carry out BPA’s mission of delivering low-cost, carbon-free power to communities across the region.

The Special Service Award specifically honors contractor personnel who provide extraordinary service to BPA and create additional value beyond expectations.

BPA recognized Hyde, who lends his specialized knowledge to the Regional Coordination group under BPA Power Services, for his unparalleled ability to address complex regional and international coordination issues. Notably, Hyde has contributed significantly to Columbia River Treaty negotiations, including informing the U.S. government’s decision to continue the agreement in 2014 and advising BPA on the next era of the Treaty as potential changes rise to the negotiation table in 2024.

“I feel honored and lucky today to receive the Special Service Award,” said Hyde. “It’s been a wonderful 10 years for me to help the Regional Coordination team analyze operating plans, downstream benefits, and endless treaty rights and obligation issues.”

Hyde also mentors and trains new research analysts joining the team. 

“The best part of my job is providing training and assistance to new team members to make their jobs easier wherever I can,” he said. “They’re fast learners and easily master complicated procedures. As hydropower operations continue to evolve, I’m thinking BPA is lucky to have a great group of analysts to advise the best course.”

After growing up in Beaverton, Hyde served in the U.S. army in Vietnam before completing his education at Oregon State University in Corvallis where he earned his bachelor’s in civil engineering. His work on regional coordination issues related to hydropower planning began with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1975. He then joined BPA in 1981 and from 1983-2012 was a member of the Columbia River Treaty Operating Committee, which manages the creation of annual and weekly operating plans for Canadian reservoirs that offer flood control, hydropower generation and other benefits for both nations. Hyde remains a Beaverton resident.

“John has been key to ensuring BPA can work with its partners to continue meeting the region’s energy demands,” said BPA Administrator and CEO John Hairston, who hosted the virtual award ceremony. “His dedication to public service and consistent enthusiasm inspires colleagues and executive leadership alike to bring their best and ensure our agency successfully serves the Northwest.” 

Hyde and the other AEA recipients are some of the people behind the power that have enabled BPA to keep the lights on in the Northwest for more than 80 years, even in the most challenging times. 

AEA historically is the organization’s most anticipated workforce recognition event of the year. In the past, the event took place at BPA’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon. In 2020, the event went virtual for the first time due to the state and agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

About BPA

The Bonneville Power Administration, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is a nonprofit federal power marketer that sells wholesale electricity from 31 federal dams and one nuclear plant to 142 Northwest electric utilities, serving millions of consumers and businesses in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and parts of California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. BPA delivers power via more than 15,000 circuit miles of lines and 259 substations to 490 transmission customers. In all, BPA markets about a third of the electricity consumed in the Northwest and operates three-quarters of the region’s high-voltage transmission grid. BPA also funds one of the largest fish and wildlife programs in the world, and, with its partners, pursues cost-effective energy savings and operational solutions that help maintain affordable, reliable and carbon-free electric power for the Northwest. www.bpa.gov.  

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Long-time Beaverton Resident Honored For Exceptional Public Service To Pacific Northwest (Photo) - 11/10/22

PR 22 13                                                                                                       BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
                                                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022
                                                                                 CONTACT: Tom Conning, BPA, 503-230-2832
                                                                                                                                            or 503-230-5131

Long-time Beaverton resident honored for exceptional public service to Pacific Northwest

Award cites extraordinary contributions and service to the region

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Bonneville Power Administration presented Beaverton local John Hyde with the agency’s Special Service Award as part of its 2022 Administrator’s Excellence Awards program. BPA’s CEO and Administrator John Hairston hosted the virtual awards ceremony on Aug. 17. 

Hyde, who has lived in the Beaverton area for most of his life and is a graduate of Sunset High School, has been with the federal power marketing administration for more than 40 years, retiring in 2012 but then returning to BPA as a contractor the same year. 

Hyde peers widely regard him as a subject matter expert on the Columbia River Treaty, an agreement between the U.S. and Canada that controls the Columbia River’s flow across the border, and on the Pacific Northwest Coordination agreement, which enables 17 Northwest entities, including BPA, to coordinate the operation of their power generating plants and electrical systems. 

This year’s virtual ceremony celebrated 31 award recipients, 26 individuals and five teams, who embody the 2022 AEA theme Energizing, Electrifying, Empowering. They are people who consistently demonstrate their willingness to identify challenges, develop solutions and invigorate the workforce to carry out BPA’s mission of delivering low-cost, carbon-free power to communities across the region.

The Special Service Award specifically honors contractor personnel who provide extraordinary service to BPA and create additional value beyond expectations.

BPA recognized Hyde, who lends his specialized knowledge to the Regional Coordination group under BPA Power Services, for his unparalleled ability to address complex regional and international coordination issues. Notably, Hyde has contributed significantly to Columbia River Treaty negotiations, including informing the U.S. government’s decision to continue the agreement in 2014 and advising BPA on the next era of the Treaty as potential changes rise to the negotiation table in 2024.

“I feel honored and lucky today to receive the Special Service Award,” said Hyde. “It’s been a wonderful 10 years for me to help the Regional Coordination team analyze operating plans, downstream benefits, and endless treaty rights and obligation issues.”

Hyde also mentors and trains new research analysts joining the team. 

“The best part of my job is providing training and assistance to new team members to make their jobs easier wherever I can,” he said. “They’re fast learners and easily master complicated procedures. As hydropower operations continue to evolve, I’m thinking BPA is lucky to have a great group of analysts to advise the best course.”

After growing up in Beaverton, Hyde served in the U.S. army in Vietnam before completing his education at Oregon State University in Corvallis where he earned his bachelor’s in civil engineering. His work on regional coordination issues related to hydropower planning began with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1975. He then joined BPA in 1981 and from 1983-2012 was a member of the Columbia River Treaty Operating Committee, which manages the creation of annual and weekly operating plans for Canadian reservoirs that offer flood control, hydropower generation and other benefits for both nations. Hyde remains a Beaverton resident.

“John has been key to ensuring BPA can work with its partners to continue meeting the region’s energy demands,” said BPA Administrator and CEO John Hairston, who hosted the virtual award ceremony. “His dedication to public service and consistent enthusiasm inspires colleagues and executive leadership alike to bring their best and ensure our agency successfully serves the Northwest.” 

Hyde and the other AEA recipients are some of the people behind the power that have enabled BPA to keep the lights on in the Northwest for more than 80 years, even in the most challenging times. 

AEA historically is the organization’s most anticipated workforce recognition event of the year. In the past, the event took place at BPA’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon. In 2020, the event went virtual for the first time due to the state and agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

About BPA

The Bonneville Power Administration, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is a nonprofit federal power marketer that sells wholesale electricity from 31 federal dams and one nuclear plant to 142 Northwest electric utilities, serving millions of consumers and businesses in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and parts of California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. BPA delivers power via more than 15,000 circuit miles of lines and 259 substations to 490 transmission customers. In all, BPA markets about a third of the electricity consumed in the Northwest and operates three-quarters of the region’s high-voltage transmission grid. BPA also funds one of the largest fish and wildlife programs in the world, and, with its partners, pursues cost-effective energy savings and operational solutions that help maintain affordable, reliable and carbon-free electric power for the Northwest. www.bpa.gov.  

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