A system for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation, in which plant data are obtained from a plurality of power generation units, and wherein for each of the plurality of power generation units, power generation efficiency for the concerned power generation unit is calculated by making use of the obtained plant data, and further wherein failure history of machines and apparatus or the parts thereof in the plurality of power generation units is stored in a data base, failure probability of the respective machines and apparatus or the parts thereof is calculated by making use of the failure history stored in the data base, and operation and maintenance plans for the respective power generation units are prepared based on the calculated power generation efficiency and failure probability.