The Bonneville Power Administration...

The Bonneville Power Administration's plan to raise electricity rates about 15 percent has motivated machinists from the region to rally in opposition to the rate hike and travel to a BPA hearing in Portland forward April 16.

BPA, which forfeited $300 million last year, has initiated a formal rate case proceeding in an attempt to raise power prices, and members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, including 300 workers from Alcoa Intalco