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US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Hydroelectric Design Center “Leaders in Hydropower Engineering” 12 April 2016 Presentation for 2016 Southeastern Federal Power Alliance Meeting Atlanta, GA
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US Army Corps of Engineers
BUILDING STRONG®
Hydroelectric Design Center “Leaders in Hydropower Engineering”
12 April 2016
Presentation for
2016 Southeastern Federal Power
Alliance Meeting
Atlanta, GA
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Items for Discussion
Hydroelectric Design Center Updates
HDC Trends & Actions
Challenges
Planning
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The Team
Steve Miles - Director
Richard Nelson - Deputy Director
Dave Brown
AC-CS
Product Development
Product Application
Quality Assurance
Cyber Security
Steven Ernst
Electrical Branch
Power Systems
Protection Systems
Control Systems
Generation Equipment
Senior Electrical Technical Experts
James Calnon
Mechanical / Structural Branch
Turbomachinery
Mechanical Systems
Structural
Engineering Support
Senior Mechanical Technical Experts
Michael Posovich
Product Coordination Branch
Product Coordinators
Budget Section
Brian Shenk
Hydropower Analysis Center
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The Hydropower Environment
Next 30-50 years High Certainty of increasing Large Capital Investment to
Remodernize Corps’ hydropower fleet
($300M/yr now -> going to $500M/yr by 2025
High value energy resource; Base, Peak, Voltage Support, Frequency
Response/Regulation, major integrator of other renewables
10 Major Rehabs on-going (Gen rewind +/or Turbine runner)
15 new Rehabs to start in next 10 years.
Increased Emergency Response, Aging Fleet, Forced Outages
Trouble shooting, Emerg Repairs, Forensics
SCADA & ICS Emerging Requirements, Compliance and Reliability
burden, cyber security assurance, navigation and flood BLs
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2007
2010
2015
2020
2025
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• Increasing Reinvestment to Rehabilitate Corps Plants
• Plants are aging, Demands are growing, Hydro is Green
Power Customer “Direct Funding”
BPA
SEPA
SWPA
WAPA
2030
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BPA-FCRPS $175-200M/yr
(Inc to $300M/yr)
SEPA
$40-50M/yr
Large Capital Direct & Customer
Funding across the Corps
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HDC Program-Actual and Projected ($mil)
FY 06-14 actual workload expenditures. FY 15-18 estimate prepared May 2015.
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Positioning HDC to meet the Demand
Looking to 2020 and 2025
144 FTE now assigned to HDC, 11’ – 96,
12’- 110, 13’ – 115, 14’ – 127, 15’ - 135
$10M AE Capacity nearly in place
HDR and BV
“Right-sizing” HDC, program growth
beyond on our forecast
Add’l Needs: 20 FTE in ACCS, 10 FTE in
both Elec and Mech Branch
GDACS Expansion
New Deployments to SAD, SWD, NWO
BOR Grand Coulee/Hungary Horse
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HDC
AE Districts
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Challenges in Design
Outside of HDC - Contracting
- Project Staffing Levels
- Unforeseen Issues
- As-Built Drawings
HDC - Personnel Constraints
- Program Growth
- New Staff
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Phased Approach with Funding and
Planning
Phases of Design - Initial investigation/Detailed Scoping (Phase 1a)
- Plans and Specifications (Phase 1)
- Contract award and Construction (Phase 2)
Separating Phase 1a, 1 and 2
Enhance Short- and Long-term Planning
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Benefits of Long-term Planning
HDC pipeline
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Questions
