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

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the: (1) reliability of the Bureau of Reclamation's and Army Corps of Engineers' hydropower plants in generating electricity compared with the reliability of nonfederal hydropower plants; (2) reasons why the Bureau's and the Corps' plants may be less reliable than nonfederal plants and the potential implications of reduced reliability; and (3) actions taken to obtain funding to better maintain and repair the Bureau's and the Corps' plants.