For the operating strategy of the Dajia river hydropower plant, it is an important consideration to satisfy the needs of tap water and process water consumption in the metropolitan area of Taichung. For the second consideration, it is to supply the electricity for power system during the peak load period. In this thesis, an electromagnetism-like algorithm is proposed to solve the scheduling problem for a cascade hydro power plant. The objective is to search the optimal release quantity depending on the water level of the dam on the same day, and compare with the current economic dispatch pattern of the Dajia river hydropower plant. Finally, 23 day of non-summer data were used to evaluate the proposed electromagnetism-like algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed electromagnetism-like algorithm can obtain the greater income than the current economic dispatch of Taiwan Power Company.