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RCED-92-229R 1 (1992-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackdx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-249056 June 30, 1992l 1111111111 HI The Honorable Pat Williams 147882 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Williams: You requested that we provide information on two contracts between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the operation and management of the Mission Valley Power utility, which provides electricity to the residents of the Flathead Reservation in Montana. As agreed with your office, we obtained descriptive information responding to eight questions regarding such things as the contracts' terms and differences, the utility's performance, and BIA's oversight. We agreed not to provide you with conclusions and recommendations. BACKGROUND In 1986, under provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as amended (25 U.S.C. 450 et seg.), the Tribes contracted with BIA to operate and manage Mission Valley Power for a term of 3 years. However, a legal challenge precluded the implementation of the contract. It was updated with a contract modification and thus became effective on October 8, 1988. The 1988 contract was subsequently modified nine times. The contract was to expire on October 8, 1991. On October 1, 1991, however, a new contract became effective, for an indefinite period of time. According to the terms of the preliminary 1986 contract, the 1988 contract, and the 1991 contract, BIA and the Tribes can modify the contracts at any time. Mission Valley Power was formerly known as the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project power division, operated and managed by BIA. Mission Valley Power provides service to the entire 1.25-million-acre reservation, and about 88 percent of the reservation's 30,000 residents are not tribal members. Mission Valley Power has an annual budget of about $11 million; all of the utility's revenues are GAO/RCED-92-229R Tribal Operation of Mission Valley Power 0 65t'*o

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