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Date June 27, 2001 Report No. GAO-01-921T Title

Licensing Hydropower Projects: Better Time and Cost Data Needed to Reach Informed Decisions About Process Reforms

United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives For Release on Delivery Expected at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2001 LICENSING HYDROPOWER PROJECTS Better Time and Cost Data Needed to Reach Informed Decisions About Process Reforms Statement of Barry T. Hill, Director, Natural Resour...
Date May 10, 1991 Report No. RCED-91-120 Title

Electricity Regulation: Issues Concerning the Hydroelectric Project Licensing Process

--_l l _ l . .-.._ .--. I .-.---.. I I... I . . . . ..-.. ._. I ._- “.__-“---“_-*-l*L_ May I!)!) 1 E L E C T R IC IT Y R E G U L A T IO N Is s u e s C o n c e rn i n g th e H y d ro e l e c tri c P ro j e c t L i c e n s i n g P ro c e s s * “” ., ,. .I _..,_ _.. --..., ._...- _.-._-,-__- .___._I.________ .~_ _------__- GAO General Acconntl n g Off’ & Washhj i j t on, D.C. 20548 l t es...
Date March 22, 1991 Report No. RCED-91-62 Title

Federal Electric Power: Effects of Delaying Colorado River Storage Project Irrigation Units

u CD 0 ‘ J -----.- GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-217826 March 22,1991 The Honorable George Miller Chairman, Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Offshore Energy Resources Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As you know, in 1956 the Congress authorized the ...
Date Sept. 6, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-180 Title

Hydroelectric Dams: Issues Surrounding Columbia River Basin Juvenile Fish Bypasses

United States General Accounting Office GAO September 1990 -_ .. T+ Report to the Chairman, SubcomqGttee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Issues Surrounding Columbia River Basin Juvenile Fish Bypasses -__ -,- _- - __.,, ,_ .- REsTRIcrED --Not to be released outside the General Accounting Of&e unless spedilcally appruved ...
Date Dec. 6, 1988 Report No. RCED-89-43 Title

Federal Electric Power: Controversy Relating to Construction of Transmission Lines

GAO Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on t , Water and Power Resources,, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives POWER FEDERAL ELECTRIC Controversy Relating to Construction of Transmission Lines - GAO Unitid States General Accounting Office Waehington, DAL20648 lteeources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-226290 December 6, 1988 The Honorable GeorgeMill...
Date Sept. 14, 1988 Report No. RCED-88-199 Title

Electric Power: Issues Concerning Expansion of the Pacific Northwest-Southwest Intertie

United States General Accounting Office GAO? September 1988 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives . ELECTRIC POWER Issues Concerning Expansion of the Pacific NorthwestSouthwest Intertie ‘: RESTRISNot bytheofliosof~Ml~na GAO/RCED-88-199 to be released outside the General Accmmting C&Ike except on the basis of the specific approval . Resources, Communit...
Date May 30, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-101 Title

Rural Cooperatives: Information on Two Rural Electrification Administration Proposals

. -- “-4 --- GAO May 1986 , ma75 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate United States General Accounting Office RURAL COOPERATIVES Information on Two Rural Electrification Administration Proposals 130275 . (yl358024 GAO/RCED-86101 . GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development...
Date Sept. 23, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-131 Title

Energy: Interim Report on GAO's Review of the Total Cost Estimate for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project

WITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 wov AND MIDIVISION September 23, 1982 B-164105 The Honorable John D. Dingell Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman, and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives ~ Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interim Estimate Project lllRI\IN 119621 Report on GAO's Review of the Total Cost for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor...
Date July 30, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-114 Title

Energy: TVA Is Justified in Deferring the Yellow Creek Unit 1 Nuclear Powerplant

RELEASED Report To The Honorable United States Senate John C. Stennis TVA Is Justified In Deferring Unit 1 Nuclear Powerplant TheYellow Creek TheTennesseeValley Authority’s December 1981 demand forecast is reasonable and supports its projection of the timing and need for the Yellow Creek Unit 1 nuclear powerplant. Moreover, the methodology, assumptions, and data TVA used to compute the benefits ...
Date Dec. 21, 1981 Report No. EMD-82-8 Title

Electric Power: Contemporary Issues and the Federal Role in Oversight and Regulation

BY ‘ C0VlPTRkL;En GENERAL THE F$c?port The Congress To OF THEUNITEDSTATES ElkxztricPower: Contemporary Issues And The Federdl Role In Oversight bnd Regulation This report provides the Congress with a discussion of : --important issues in electric power regui lation and management, I --recent GAO reports on some of those issues, and --questions and observations about power system planning and dev...
Date March 2, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-35 Title

Energy: The Effects of Regulation on the Electric Utility Industry

/7/b% ’ j GENERAL’ ’ ’ .’ i%’THECCiMPTROLLER Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES k The Effects Of Regulation On The Electric Utility industry Many sectors of the electric utility industry have asserted that the industry’ financial welE s being is threatened by over-regulation and that unless some relief is obtained, the industry’ s ability to continue providing reliable power ...
Date Dec. 8, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-25 Title

Energy: Electric Powerplant Cancellations and Delays

I BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL #eport To The Congress dF THEUNITEDSTATES Electric Powerplant @ancellations And Delays F om 1974 through 1978, the Nation’s electric u ilities canceled plans for 184electrical genera i ing units and delayed construction on most new units. Delays, particularly for nuplants, are getting longer each year. delays. Continued cancellations contribute to increased oil greater...
Date June 23, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-75 Title

Energy: Construction Work in Progress Issue Needs Improved Regulatory Response for Utilities and Consumers

II iWJ f&q/j REPORT BY THE THE UNITED -’ Comptroller Genera Construction Work In Progress Issue Needs Improved Regulatory Response For Utilities And Consumers As of late 1979, 33 State public utilit missions and the Federal Energy Reg Commission were allowing privately 0 electric companies to include construe work in progress in the rate base for estab ing utility rates. Critics of this policy c...
Date Feb. 11, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-14 Title

Magnetohydrodynamics: A Promising Technology for Efficiently Generating Electricity From Coal

. - ..,.c WJlFQE3 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL 4 , Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Magnetohydrodynamics: A Promising Technology For Efficiently Generating Electricity From Coal If technical problems can be solved, magnetohydrodynamics--which generates electricity from coal by passing heated, electrically charged gases through a magnetic field--could become an important technology for utilitie...
Date Nov. 26, 1979 Report No. EMD-80-16 Title

Coal Creek: A Power Project With Continuing Controversies Over Costs, Siting, and Potential Health Hazards

Date Nov. 20, 1979 Report No. EMD-80-25 Title

Montana's Libby Dam Project: More Study Needed Before Adding Generators and a Reregulating Dam

NAdcoC g ntED peit t hi; qtfrud Accoantirng Offl e 6 0,gs @. PoaR o f tuld the General f se edB3approv5al fi REPORT BY THE OF THE UNITED STATES RnU$ED 1IIr1al5 Comptroller General Montana's Libby Dam Project: More Study Needed Before Adding Generators And A Reregulating Dam The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has not shown that its proposed project to add more generators to the Libby Dam and a reregu...
Date Oct. 19, 1979 Report No. 110660 Title

Energy: Discussion of H.R. 3508, the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act

UNITED S'-ATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EST October 19, 1979 STATEMENT OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. DOUGLAS L. McCULLOUGH, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION 6 BEFORE THE -.. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Chairman: A - We appreciate your invitation to discuss'H.R. 3508, the Pacific Northwest Electric Power...
Date July 30, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-95 Title

Energy: Analysis of Estimated Cost for Three Pacific Northwest Nuclear Power Plants

REPORTBY THE ULS. This report analyzes the cost estimates for three nuclear powerplants being constructed by Washington Public Power Supply System in the Pacific Northwest and compares their estimated cost with estimates made by Ebasco, a national nuclear engineering and construction firm. The large difference between the estimates is because --differences exist in the base construction period use...
Date Aug. 18, 1976 Report No. PSAD-76-167 Title

Energy: Status of the Grand Coulee-Raver Transmission Line Project

UNITED STATES REPORT TO THE CO AUG I 1/t SYSIFn ' gESS" E SLIBRARY COMPTROLLER~n~ BY THE COMPTROLLER.- GENER OF THE UNITED STATES Status Of The Grand Coulee-Raver Transmission Line Project Bonneville Power Administration Department of the Interior The Grand Coulee-Raver electrical transmission line is the first 500-kilovolt highcapacity double-circuit line constructed by the Bonneville Power Admin...
Date March 26, 1976 Report No. RED-76-96 Title

Energy: Commenting on Proposed Modifications to the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Contract

lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM099404 I ‘, estajl !.:&a i nq UIILIW- the re strictions changes how the under to the project !Qhich existing would the onergy agency 6id Ge slanne2 co Ilot cleazly riegotiate delineate contract be managed. Fare con:>-rned over the anbip~ous language regarding project responsibilities and managemei:tAt that time, ene:gy agency officials said that the proposed...
Date March 1, 1976 Report No. PSAD-76-86 Title

Energy: Bellefonte Nuclear Plant

STUDY 4 4 BY THE STAFF OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE l-MO99944 GENERAL iillilllllllll!liIllIIl;lillilll Bellefonte Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority The Bellefonte Nuclear Plant is being constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purpose of generating electricity. It is TVA’s fourth nuclear plant and is situated near Scottsboro, Alabama. This study is part of GAO’s effort to provi...
Date Jan. 2, 1976 Report No. RED-76-47 Title

Financial Management: Southeastern Federal Power Program--Financial Management and Program Operations

.$\ a’ .-\::I) .‘^3’ h7’+ 7: z F> 5 r‘ a= -J BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Southeastern Federal Power ProgramFinancial Management And Program Operations Departments Federal of the Interior and the Army Power Commision The Southeastern Federal Power Program consists of (I) hydroelectric projects constructed, operated, and maintained by the Corps of Engineers (Civil Funct...
Date Oct. 20, 1965 Report No. B-125031 Title

Financial Management: Report on Examination of Financial Statements for the Southwestern Power System and Related Activities, Fiscal Year 1964

REPORT TO. THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES I'!\AMINATIO(N OF1 I'INANCIIAL ST'A 'I'EM'I' NTS SOUII'011X'1 ESTEIIN )POWEll SYSTEINI ANI) REJI,'ATEI) ACTIV'ITIES VlSCAL, YEAR\I 19q64 SOII''ITIWESTErN POWEl1 AI)MINISl'IIATION I)E:'AIRTM1,N1' 01)'TIE, INTERIOR ANDI O(RlPS (11'IENIIN I'NERIS (CIVIl, I NC,'l'TIONS) 1)1r:DI'VI{TENTI'O1' TlE ARXIMY BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ( :'['01...
Date April 26, 1962 Report No. B-125045 Title

Government Operations: Report on Central Valley Basin, California, Revenue-Producing Water Resources Development Projects, Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions), Fiscal Year 1960

REPORT T THE CONGRESS OF T H E 4 TATES OF URCES DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OF WECLA THE INTERIOR AND S OF ENGINEERS (CIVIL FUNCTIONS) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FISCAL YEAR 1960 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 1962 GAO Wash., D. C. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 25 A P R . 2 6 1962 Honorable John W. McCormack Speaker of the House of Representatives r Dear M. Speak...