Gordon Ashby, Resource Economic Planner at the Bonneville Power Administration, has been involved in Hydro Asset Management for three years. In his time at BPA, Gordon has been involved in Long Term Asset Planning, developed models to value the cost of unit outages, written the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS)’s 2018 Hydro Asset Strategy and performed economic analyses for the Capital Investment program. As a member of the recently established Three Agency Asset Planning Team, Gordon will be supporting the advancement of Portfolio Optimization in the FCRPS. He received a BS in Economics from the University of Oregon and MS in Finance from the University of Portland.