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EMD-81-68 1 (1981-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbvk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ... 8? UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS D[VISION B-198431 APRIL 27, 1981 The Honorable James B. Edwards The Secretary of Energy 115037 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: L4oncerns Over Efforts to Put in Place a Permanent Facility for te Solar Energy Research InstitutS(EMD-81-68) The General Accounting Office has completed a review of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) efforts to put in place a planned permanent facility for the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) in Golden, Colorado. During our review we noted that about $3 million has been spent over a 2-year period on designing the facility without (1) the benefit of a clearly defined role for SERI in the national solar pro- gram and (.) long-range requirements for the use of the SERI facility. The result is a lack of assurance that DOE can put in place a facility which meets DOE's needs. As this report was nearing completion, DOE took needed actions to defer design work on the permanent facility pending its reassessment of the role and mission of SERI and a deter- mination of the size and cost of the project. We agree with this decision and believe that these actions should help en- sure that DOE puts in place a facility which meets its needs. There are two matters, however, which give us additional concern and which need immediate attention. First, we are concerned that future design efforts may not take into con- sideration, to the extent practicable, the requirements for the use of the facility over its estimated life. Second, further design efforts of a field experiment test area and its associated support facilities, both of which are part of the total proposed permanent facility complex should not pro- ceed without adequate justification. We therefore offer a number of recommendations which you should implement to re- solve these concerns. 307191 7/

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