Asset management partnership goes from strength to strength after 15 years

Successful strategic planning for capital investments in existing hydro plants requires the balancing of many factors, including the risks and consequences of equipment failure. In 2001, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Hydro-Québec (HQ), the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Hydroelectric Design Center (HDC), and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) partnered to create the Hydropower Asset Management Partnership (hydroAMP), aiming to develop a framework to streamline, simplify, and improve the evaluation and documentation of the condition of hydro equipment. This has been used ever since by a growing number of hydro owners and operators. In 2012 CEATI assumed the programme management role for hydroAMP, which now forms part of the Hydraulic Plant Life Interest Group programme supported by more than 65 hydro utilities around the world.