Hydropower Program

• Replacements Book
• Federal Hydropower Memoranum of Understanding (2020)
• Federal Hydropower Memoranum of Understanding (2015)
• Federal Hydropower Memoranum of Understanding (2010)
• The Bureau of Reclamation's Sustainable Energy Strategy

Reports and Data - Resource Assessments

• Assessment of Potential Capacity Increases at Existing Hydropower Plants (October 2010)

• Potential Hydroelectric Development at Existing Federal Facilities for Section 1834 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (May 2007)
  • Generic Energy Study
  • Plant Cost Estimator
• Hydropower Resources Assessment at Existing Reclamation Facilities (March 2011)
  • Hydropower Energy and Economic Analysis Tool
• Site Inventory and Hydropower Energy Assessment of Reclamation Owned Conduits (March 2012)
• Hydropower Resource Assessment Sites Available for Development (August 2018)
• Pumped Storage Evaluation Special Study (July 2013)
• Reclamation-Wide Pumped Storage Screening Study (September 2014)
• Guidebook – Use Authorizations for Non-Hydro Renewable Energy on Reclamation Lands (September 2015)
• Considerations for Floatovoltaics on Reclamation Reservoirs (November 2021)
• Inventory of Reclamation Water Surface Storage Studies with Hydropower Components
• Bureau of Reclamation Generation Summaries

Facility Data

• Clickable Map
• USBR Facilities, Operated and Maintained by Reclamation, Monthly and Annual Performance Data (10 Years)*
• (Phone and Address List)

Facilities Instructions, Standards, and Techniques (FIST)

Hydropower Information

• History of Hydropower Development
• Hydroelectric Power
• Hoover Dam Teacher/Student Learning Packet
• All About Waterpower
• Hydropower Basics
• Water Science for Schools