U.S. energy agencies including FERC laid out their plans for operations during the federal government shutdown.

DOE will allow the Bonneville Power Administration to reinstate 89 “probationary” employees and could provide the federal power agency exemptions from OPM’s reductions in force order, a BPA representative confirmed.

Employees of the Bonneville Power Administration received the same buyout offer from the Trump administration as millions of other federal workers — despite the agency's self-funding model.