# Bonneville Power Administration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bonneville-power-administration/  
**Website:** https://www.bpa.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 7

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that markets wholesale electrical power from federal hydroelectric projects in the Pacific Northwest. BPA also operates and maintains about three-quarters of the high-voltage transmission in the Pacific Northwest. The agency provides publicly available GIS data, energy statistics, and operational data through its data hub and web services.

## Kin Score — 18.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 18.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 46.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **BPA GIS Data Hub API** — The BPA GIS Data Hub provides publicly available geospatial data from Bonneville Power Administration. The hub is built on ArcGIS and supports data downloads in multiple formats...
- **BPA Wind and Solar Generation Data** — BPA publishes real-time and historical wind and solar generation data for the Balancing Authority area. Data includes total wind generation, total solar generation, net generati...
- **Bonneville Power Administration Customers API** — The Customers API from Bonneville Power Administration — 3 operation(s) for customers.
- **Bonneville Power Administration Hydrology API** — The Hydrology API from Bonneville Power Administration — 1 operation(s) for hydrology.
- **Bonneville Power Administration Right of Way API** — The Right of Way API from Bonneville Power Administration — 1 operation(s) for right of way.
- **Bonneville Power Administration Service Area API** — The Service Area API from Bonneville Power Administration — 1 operation(s) for service area.
- **Bonneville Power Administration Transmission API** — The Transmission API from Bonneville Power Administration — 2 operation(s) for transmission.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bonneville Power Administration Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (1)

- **Bonneville Power Administration Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bonneville Power Administration Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (3)

- **GIS Data Analysis**
- **Renewable Energy Monitoring**
- **Transmission System Monitoring**

## Tags

Energy, Federal-Government, GIS, Hydroelectric, Pacific Northwest, Power, Transmission, Wind

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bonneville-power-administration/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.