The Drought’s Effects on Reclamation’s Power Generation in the Lower Colorado Basin demonstration of low water levels.
In the face of drought and a dwindling Colorado River, the job of balancing the needs of people, hydropower, and agriculture is more challenging than ever. In this interview, David Arend, Reclamation’s new deputy regional director for the Lower Colorado Basin Region, talks with Hydro Leader about the effects the basin’s increasingly unpredictable hydrology have […]
Light Up Navajo: Powering Homes in the Navajo Nation
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) operates electricity, communications, and other utilities for the 27,000‑square-mile Navajo Nation. The 2019 mutual aid project Light Up Navajo and 2020 funding under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act brought power to some of the approximately 14,000 homes on the Navajo Nation that lacked electricity. Hydro […]
The Drought’s Effects on Reclamation’s Power Generation in the Upper Colorado Basin
More and more, the drought in the Colorado basin is affecting the amount of power that can be generated at Glen Canyon Dam and other hydropower plants on the Colorado River. That situation could get worse as lake levels decline. Hydro Leader spoke with Nicholas Williams, the Bureau of Reclamation’s power manager for the Upper […]
Jaclyn Gnusti of Anchor QEA: Solving Sedimentation Woes
When runoff carries sediment into lakes and reservoirs, it can build up and eventually dramatically reduce water capacity. That poses a threat to important sources of drinking water, recreation, wildlife habitat, and even flood control. Hydro Leader talked to Jaclyn Gnusti, the senior managing engineer at Anchor QEA, about how her company tackles the tough […]
Volume 3 Issue 3 March 2022
The Colorado Drought and Hydropower Production By Kris Polly Everyone knows that drought means less water, but it may not be as immediately obvious that it can also mean less power. In the Colorado basin, however, that is becoming more and more apparent. In our dual cover stories this month, we speak with Nicholas Williams, […]
FIX! Eddie Rich of the International Hydropower Association: Advocating for Sustainable Hydro at COP26 and on the World Stage
Atlanta-based Emrgy has created a unique hydropower device that can be deployed in water conveyance canals and channels to transform them into power generation assets. Arrays of its modular devices can be deployed with no modification to or construction in the canals themselves. In this interview, Emrgy’s chief technology officer (CTO), Tom Cuthbert, tells us […]
Emrgy’s Low-Cost, Low-Impact, High-Performance In-Canal Turbines
Atlanta-based Emrgy has created a unique hydropower device that can be deployed in water conveyance canals and channels to transform them into power generation assets. Arrays of its modular devices can be deployed with no modification to or construction in the canals themselves. In this interview, Emrgy’s chief technology officer (CTO), Tom Cuthbert, tells us […]
Hudson Hollister of HData: Automating Compliance and Business Intelligence for FERC Licensees
HData is a tech company that has developed a platform that uses regulatory data to automate compliance and business intelligence for FERC-regulated entities. Hydro Leader spoke with HData founder and CEO Hudson Hollister about leading the charge for searchable data and the next generation of smart dashboards and predictive analytics to inform financial management and […]
How the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lease of Power Privilege Program Relates to FERC
Federal initiatives to boost hydroelectric potential at federally owned facilities have led the Bureau of Reclamation to offer lease of power privilege (LOPP) contracts, which authorize a nonfederal entity to use its facilities to generate hydropower. However, it is not always immediately apparent whether nonfederal development on Reclamation project facilities will fall under the jurisdiction […]
Kim Hansen of Kleinschmidt Associates: Putting the Challenges Posed by FERC’s New Part 12 Regulations in Perspective
Kim Hansen, a senior engineering consultant with Kleinschmidt Associates, has worked in the hydro industry for more than 40 years and has conducted more than 100 Part 12 safety inspections. Hydro Leader reached out to him for perspective on the hydro industry’s current challenges in complying with the new Part 12 rule released in December […]
