The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday it will not sell off Bonneville Power Administration assets.  Last year fifteen Pacific Northwest members of Congress sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney expressing their concern with a proposal in the President’s budget to sell off BPA assets.  Four members of Washington’s Congressional delegation, including Third District Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse, issued a statement expressing their relief with the decision. The legislators says the BPA has a unique and vital role in maintaining economic vitality in Northwest communities.