The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) annually markets 28,000 gigawatt-hours of clean, renewable power from 57 federal hydroelectric powerplants owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and International Boundary and Water Commission. Additionally, WAPA transmits this power along more than 17,000 circuit miles of transmission line found in 15 western and central states that is maintains 24 hours a day. WAPA is one four power marketing administrations within the Department of Energy.
