Federal Power Implications of Reduced Maintenance and Repairs of Federal Hydropower Plants

Discusses the reliability of the Bureau of Reclamation's & the Corps of Engineers' hydropower plants in generating electricity compared with the reliability of nonfederal hydropower plants, the reasons why the Bureau's & the Corps' plants may be less reliable than nonfederal plants, & the potential implications of reduced reliability, & the actions taken to obtain funding to better maintain & repair the Bureau's & the Corps' plants. Since about the 1930s, the Bureau & the Corps have operated about 130 hydropower plants that supply about 5% of the nation's total electricity supply, with revenues in fiscal year 1997 of over $3 billion from the sale of electricity.Reese, Peg is the author of 'Federal Power Implications of Reduced Maintenance and Repairs of Federal Hydropower Plants' with ISBN 9780788184277 and ISBN 078818427X.