• Steve Wright has led the Bonneville Power Administration since becoming interim CEO in 2000.
• He said he will step down when the U.S. Department of Energy names his successor, and he will help the transition until his retirement takes effect at the end of January.
• Wright became permanent CEO in 2002 and is BPA's second-longest-serving administrator since it was formed in 1937. He went to work for the administration in 1981.

From the article: "... It has been a great honor to serve in an agency that has such a tremendous impact on the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest," Wright said. "It has been my goal since graduating from college to make a positive and meaningful difference in the world. In no place could I have had more of an opportunity to do so than at BPA."