Workforce Development for U.S. Hydropower

The authors thank Hoyt Battey and Allison Johnson from the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office for their vision and guidance, which drove the production of this report. We also thank Navigant Consulting, Inc., including Jay Paidipati, Greg Chung, Ariel Esposito, and Rachel Marty for their work, which informed this report. Additional thanks are owed to Jennifer Daw and Heather Head from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for their contributions to this study, as well as to Kiki Carpenter, Sheri Anstedt, and John Frenzl for their project management, editorial, and graphic design support. Finally, we thank the following individuals for reviewing and commenting on the report: Elise DeGeorge and Jeremy Stefek of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Barbara Hins-Turner of Centralia College, and Steve Wenke of the Avista Corporation.