NEWS FROM WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2007
CONTACT: Theresa Williams, 720-962-7051
SIERRA NEVADA REGIONAL MANAGER NAMED
Tom Boyko selected to lead California team
LAKEWOOD, Colo.—A long-time Western manager was named today to head up the agency's Sierra Nevada Region.
Tom Boyko brings a wealth of experience in power marketing, maintenance and construction to the Sierra Nevada regional manager's office, gained in several challenging assignments in two Western regions, noted Western's Administrator Tim Meeks. Boyko served as project manager, planning, coordinating and directing the construction of the Path 15 transmission addition.
Currently Power Marketing Manager in the Sierra Nevada Region, he previously served as SN's Maintenance Manager and as the Montana Maintenance Manager in Western's Upper Great Plains Region. Boyko joined Western in 1986 as a construction field engineer in Bismarck, N.D. He also served in Huron, S.D., and Fort Peck, Mont., in progressively more responsible positions before moving to the Sierra Nevada Region in 1998 as Maintenance Manager.
Boyko holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from North Dakota State University and completed additional studies in engineering management at the University of Colorado.
He will lead more than 150 Federal employees and 50 contractors in marketing and delivering reliable, cost-based Federal hydropower to millions of consumers in northern and central California. SN regional staff also operate and maintain a network of 855 miles of high-voltage transmission lines ranging from 69 to 500 kV.
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Western Area Power Administration annually markets and transmits more than 10,000 megawatts of power from hydroelectric powerplants owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 15 western and central states. It is part of the Department of Energy.
Serving the West with Federal hydropower
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