ProjectRegional context

Bonanza 230/500 kV Substation

About this record

BPA transmission project. A project record with the source’s own status, dates and estimates. A proposal or connection request does not establish operation.

2026-07-29

BPA transmission project

Bonneville Power Administration
Portfolio cycleBPA’s planned transmission upgrades, with published status, cost estimates and expected dates.Definition ↗
GERP 1.0
Status
Scoping(filed as “SCOPING”)
Expected energization
2031
Bundle
NEW BONANZA SUBSTATION

This facility would be a new hub substation in Central Oregon near Prineville, OR. The new 115/230/500 kV Bonanza Substation would be built near BPA’s existing Ponderosa Substation.

Justification as BPA states it: Will create additional capacity to support new resource development and access to non-federal resources

Substations

  • PonderosaPOND

A planning bundle in BPA's Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Portfolio: status, expected energization and cost change with each cycle; not a permit, a contract or a route. Proposed new or rebuilt substations as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are planning figures at publication; the point is the existing substation yard or the named site.

Map location unavailable. This plant remains part of the source inventory and tables.

Estimated cost
300,000,000USD
Source & method

The publisher's planning estimate for the project at publication (BPA GERP: nominal dollars as the layer carries it on the bundle, which does not say what it covers; BPA's summaries can state it for a group of projects); not a budget, contract or actual

2026-07-29 · reported · direct · valid · final

BPA's planning estimate as the layer carries it on this bundle at publication; nominal dollars. The layer does not say what it covers; BPA's project summaries can state it for a group of projects (group_name)

Bundle_ID=P05847; layer=substations

Publisher & attribution ↗ Cite this released fact ↗

Geographic & reporting context

A planning bundle in BPA's Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Portfolio: status, expected energization and cost change with each cycle; not a permit, a contract or a route. Proposed new or rebuilt substations as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are planning figures at publication; the point is the existing substation yard or the named site.

Sources for this record

Frozen citation page ↗

Grid Expansion & Reinforcement Portfolio, substation projects (Evolving Grid), layer 10

Bonneville Power Administration, Grid Expansion & Reinforcement Portfolio substation projects (Evolving Grid), 2026

Proposed new or rebuilt substations as BPA published them for its GERP cycle: expected energization year, estimated cost in dollars and status are planning figures at publication; the point is the existing substation yard or the named site.

Release 20260929T050546Z-51ae0f7d3c78 · Record JSON