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One of the problems faced by planners when designing an expansion plan for water resource systems is selecting the sequence of projects that satisfies a given demand at minimum cost, some prescribed time in the future. There is also a need to develop hydropower that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. This book introduces optimal scheduling that minimizes net present cost by applying dynamic programming. At the same time this book has made a basis to follow this decision-making system for plants to be constructed in the future. This systematic analysis helps those who want to determine an optimal plan for the expansion of an electric power system, and should be especially useful to professional

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Jalele Geletu Bejiga, MSc: Studied Hydraulic Engineering at Addis Ababa University. Project Coordinator at Blue Nile Resort Hotel Project, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

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