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Date April 21, 1981 Report No. CED-81-95 Title

Natural Resources: Information on the Resale of Water Provided Under Contract by the Federal Government in California

#)iM’MUNlTY RmmL0FMEN.r AND LCONOMIC oIvww3N APi?ll. 21,198l B-202886 The Honorable George Miller House of Representatives Dear Mr. Miller: Information on the Resale of Water Provided ndar Contrac by the Federal Government b--in California (CED-81-95) . 4 On April 8, 1981, we met with you to discuss our findings on your requests of April 30, 1980, and January 8, 1981, concerning the resale of Fe...
Date March 16, 1981 Report No. 088863 Title

Energy: Tennessee Valley Authority Electric Power Rates

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:OO AM MARCH 16. 1981 STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS U.S. SENATE Mr. Chairman: We appreciate your invitation Valley paid rate by to discuss some of our relates reto cent work at the Tennessee power rates the electric...
Date Feb. 25, 1981 Report No. EMD-81-54 Title

Energy: Cost Impacts of Reorganizations at the Tennessee Valley Authority

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 LNCROY AN0 MINERALS DIVISION B-202060 FEBRUARY 25,198l The Honorable John J. Duncan House of Representatives Dear Xr. Duncan: ost Impacts of Reorganizations at the Tennessee Valley Authority (END-81-54) 3 You requested that we review the operating costs of some organizational units within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and determ...
Date Oct. 29, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-28 Title

Energy: Comments on Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act--H.R. 8157

COM-OUR GENERAL wAu41NoToN. OF THL UNITED OS. mum -ATD October 29, 1980 B-114858 .I Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Interstate and ForeignCommerce House of Representatives The 113753 Dear Mr. Subject: Chairman% Comments on Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act - H.R. 8157)(EMD-81-28) Your recent request asked us to comment ...
Date Sept. 24, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-100 Title

Energy: Oil Savings From Greater Intertie Capacity Between the Pacific Northwest and California

. Y “b*i.m . , m 11339s B’Y’ THE US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFleE- Report To The Secretary Of Energy Oil Savings From Greater lntertie Capacity Between The Pacific Northwest And California Over 4 million barrels of oil might be saved annually by expanding the electrical transmission line capacity between the Pacific Northwest and California. This report makes recommendations to the Department o...
Date July 7, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-89 Title

Three Mile Island: The Financial Fallout

. . *e 11301a REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island raised serious questions about the financial ability of the electric utility company owners to clean up and repair the damaged reactor facilities while continuing to provide reliable electric service to customers. Financial insolvency of the companies is not imminent and power supplies are...
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 May 30, 1980 Report No. CED-80-52 Title

Rural Electrification Administration Loans to Electric Distribution Systems: Policy Changes Needed

9 l++fqq$ II2947 BY THE COMPTROLLEk GENERAL Report ToThe Congress ’ OF THE UNITEDSTATES Rural Electrification Administration Loans to Electric Distribution Systems: Policy Changes Needed The Rural Electrification Administration has been making subsidized loans to rural electric distribution systems since 1935. Do these For systems continue to need such loans? many, the answer is yes. Some may ne...
Date Feb. 6, 1980 Report No. EMD-80-57 Title

Energy: Administrative Feasibility of Two-Tiered Pricing by the Bonneville Power Administration

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February B-114858 The Honorable Jim Weaver House of Representative "(-, Dear Mr. Weaver: Subject: Administrative Feasibility L ricing by the Bonneville tration (EMD-80-57) 6, 1980 I II 111500 September 13, 1979, letter requested that we assess the administrative feasibility of a "two-tier" rate structure for electric power marketed by the...
Date Oct. 16, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-73 Title

Energy: Electrical Energy Development in the Pacific Southwest

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Electrical Energy Development In The Pacific Southwest GAO analyzed the Pacific Southwest to see how the Western Area Power Administration, the only Federal power agency in the area, could implement the National Energy Principles of electricity conservation and development of renewable resources, such as solar and wind power. G...
Date May 16, 1979 Report No. ID-79-32 Title

National Defense: Uncollected Retroactive Utility Charges Owed the United States by the Republic of Korea Air Force

, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE W+HINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION RLSTRICTLD - Accounting Offlee Wet (b be r&based exospt em the be& arokidar Qhe Qenerat of ypgclfic apprsval MAY 16, 1979 B-164264 by the Office sf Cemgmsdonal ReJationa, Y RELEASED The Iionorable James T. Broyhill House of Representatives Dear Mr. Broyhill: In your letter to the Comptroller General dated Februa...
Date April 26, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-12 Title

Meeting Winter Heating Bills for Needy Families: How Should the Federal Program Work?

Comptroller Genhal OF THE UNITEDSTATES M Meeting Winter Heating Bills For Needy Families: How Should The Federal Program Work? To alleviate the burden of high heating costs on low-income households during severe winter emergencies, the Congress has appropriated $200 million a year for 1977, 1978, and 1979. The program, administered by the Co mm u nity Services Administration and carried out by the...
Date April 11, 1979 Report No. B-194139 Title

Government Operations: Contract Between the Economic Regulatory Administration, Department of Energy, and Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc.

. - - . '. . . . . .+Qc The Honorable John 'D.~ Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy ?%re and Power Cormittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce--House of Representa~tives - . . . . .?e /-- ~, :.. ... . ... * - - ,. -, _ - _ . , . .. , - . . .. B-194139 6 arrangement if he determines that it is in the best interests of the United States to d o so and includes appropriate conditions [therein] *...
Date April 11, 1979 Report No. EMD-79-44 Title

Energy: TVA's Load Management Activities

UNITED STATES GENERAL &XCIUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20948 ENeRQY AND DIVISION MINERAU APRIL 11, 1979 E-114850 Mr. S. David Freeman Chairman, Board of Directors Tennessee Valley Authority Dear Mr. Chairman: began an t evaluation of the Tennessee Valley We recently Authority's m load manaqement activitieg Our primary purpose was to determine the status of various onqoing demonstration projects ...
Date Sept. 19, 1978 Report No. 107102 Title

Energy: Electric Energy Issues Facing the Pacific Northwest

DOCUERI!T RBSBI 07102 1978. B2647712 1 11 pp. + enclosure (2 pp.). [Blectric Inergy Isaues Pacing the Pacific lorthwest]. September 19g, Testimcny before the ecuse Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Energy and Pcwer Subcommittee; by eonte Canfield, Jr., Directcro Energy and ainerals Div. Contact: Energy and inesrals Div. Organization Concerned: Bonneville Power Administration. Congressi...
Date Aug. 10, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-76 Title

Region at the Crossroads: The Pacific Northwest Searches for New Sources of Electric Energy

Date Feb. 28, 1978 Report No. 091525 Title

Energy: Review of Energy Costs and Their Potential Impact on Small Business Relocations

‘i *. .. . . . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:00 A.M. EST TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1978 STATEMENT OF DEXTER PEACH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEES ON MINORITY ENTERPRISES AND GENERAL OVERSIGHT; AND ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES HOUS...
Date June 7, 1977 Report No. HRD-77-100 Title

Income Security: Operation Heatwave Program at Gaston Community Action, Inc.

DCCIUENT 027~4F - [A1672672' (Restricted) RESrU" [3peration Heatwave Proaram at Saston Community Action, Inc.]. HRD-77-100; B-163922. June 7, 1977. 1 pp. + enclosure (12 pp.). Report to Sen. General. Jesse Helms; by Elmer 9. Staats, Comptroller Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Effectiveness (1302) ; Energy: Federal Efforts to Conserve Energy (16C2) Contact: Human Pesources Div. Budget...
Date Sept. 7, 1976 Report No. EMD-76-9 Title

Energy: Management Improvements Needed in the Federal Power Commission's Processing of Electric-Rate-Increase Cases

V'Do13 REPORT OF THE "R OFoH . ' :.a$ Coout~ COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Management Improvements Needed In The Federal Power Commission's Processing Of ElectricRate- Increase Cases The Commission took over 5 years to process a Boston Edison Company wholesale electricrate-increase case and three additional Edison rate cases are still in process. Edison may have collected about $8.7 mil...
Date June 17, 1976 Report No. FOD-76-14 Title

Financial Management: Electrical and Hospital Rates Charged by the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government

, Allocating general corporate expenses to the electrical power rates charged other U.S. Government agencies in the Canal Zone is proper. But such rates should be determined on the basis of pooling the cost of generating hydroelectric and thermalelectric power. Adj.ustments should be made in hospital rate brllrngs to other U.S. Government agencies to insure full recovery of costs as required by la...
Date Dec. 30, 1975 Report No. LCD-76-311 Title

Environmental Protection: Progress and Problems of the Government's Utility Conservation Program

COMPT..ROLEER OF THE UNITED STATES LM096872 IIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll General Services Administration Department of Defense GSA and DOD are improving the design and construction of buildings to conserve utilities, but further improvements are needed in reviewing rates and charges, monitoring utility use, maintaining adequate records, and recruiting and training qualified personnel. LCD-76-3...
Date April 29, 1975 Report No. RED-75-368 Title

Energy: Information on Selected Aspects of the Power Operations of Tennessee Valley Authority

Illl~lllllllilllllllll~IlIlllllllllllIRlllll LM097045 Information On Selected Aspects Of The Power Operations Tenne.ssee Valley Authority BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL, WASHINGTON. OF THE D.C. UNITED 20548 S-i-A-i-ES B-114850 f’ / R The Honorable United States Dear Senator Bill Brock Senate Brock: In accordance with your request of February 18, 1975, and subsequent discussions w...
Date Sept. 17, 1974 Report No. LCD-74-325 Title

Government Operations: How Federal Agencies Can Conserve Utilities and Reduce Their Cost

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM096733 , * B-178205 General Services Administration Department of Defense SEpT.17,1S7c4 . i . I’ ? UNITED STATESGENEF’ALACC~UNTINN OFFICE WASHINrJ70N. D.C. 20548 E-178205 ,-I-7 I -I /P:? c$ 13a mittees on Government Operations not later than 58 days after the date of the report and the House and Senate Com7 Gb3OU mittees on Appropriations wi...
Date Aug. 15, 1974 Report No. RED-75-253 Title

Energy: Energy Conservation Activities by Utilities and Federal Power Agencies

U~ITEDSTATES GE~GRALACCOUNJING OFFICE WASH!~GTON. G.C. 20548 The Honorable Administrator, Dear Mr. John C. Sawhill Federdl Energy Administration 75- Sswhill: We have surveyed the energy conservation practices being encouraged by State utility commissions and public utilities. Our objectives were to ascertain whetner there were problems hampering the implementation of conservation practices snd, if...
Date Feb. 26, 1974 Report No. 093540 Title

Financial Management: Examination of Financial Statements of the Veterans Canteen Service, Fiscal Year 1973

UNITED ST’~TES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, i *i fE DC 20548 MANPOWER AND DlVlSION WELFARE i If FEB 2 6 1974 Hr. Robert E. Lindsey, Jr., Dlrector Division of Englneerlng Service Department of lledlclne and Surgery Veterans Admlnistratlon Dear Mr. Lindsey. BESTDOCUMENT AVAkRBLE I r , The General Accounting Office annually audlfs the financial statements of the Veterans Canteen Service (VC...
Date Sept. 1, 1971 Report No. 089398 Title

Environmental Protection: Review of Certain Aspects of a Water and Sewer Project in Jefferson County, Ohio

-~4W TgO - Not to be resteed outside the Genenl r Rcutln Offi e e c t e vbsis of speaic aspproval [ e Offloo of Lfo Llso a record ef whierh i 1jt I n tio, 2. Publi alsteons Banch,t OiA 0,Rozt. eCW ;r_*____o Of A Water And Sewer ProjIedqy,9 fr. b___. Xt = ____ Review Of Certain Aspects Of A Water And Sewer Project In Jefferson County, Ohio.,,, Department Of Housing And Urban Development BY THE COMP...
Date March 26, 1969 Report No. 092715 Title

Energy: Special Procedures Used in Computing the Power Bill of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION
Date Nov. 23, 1964 Report No. B-125032 Title

Energy: Report on Sale of Hydroelectric Power by the Department of the Interior Under Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 at Rates Not Approved by the Federal Power Commission

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SALE OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT OF 1944 AT RATES NOT APPROVED BY TIIE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 1964 _/1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-125032 To the Speaker of the House of Representatives and ...