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EMD-82-94 1 (1982-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdkh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WAUHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION EET ID - NOt to be eae t . B-2754 ~ cultiRfl O)fi~ce excen, 0,1 11pa basis of spOciiic approval by the Office Of Congre5S°IIL3Ulti991982 The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy 118752 Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interpretation and Potential Impact of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 1983 Budget Request (GAO/EMD-82-94) Your May 4, 1982, letter requested that we address several questions concerning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) fiscal year 1983 budget request. FERC's budget request has been complicated by the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) submission of an amendment to the original FERC budget submission. FERC has expressed concern that the amendment appears to reduce its request from $92.5 million to $32.5 million with the remaining $60 million coming from the collection and retention of user charges by FERC. As you pointed out in your letter, OMB believes that the language in the amendment ensures that FERC will receive the full $92.5 million regardless of the level of collections. In other correspondence, however, it appears that OMB is limiting its request for budget authority to $32.5 million. To respond to your specific questions, we interviewed OMB, FERC, Congressional Budget Office, and Congressional Research Service officials, and analyzed memoranda and other materials obtained from FERC. FERC officials also provided data on the dollar value of rate filings received and amounts approved, suspended, and refunded for the last 5 years. Reporting time constraints prevented us from verifying this data and other funding and expenditure data obtained from FERC. We performed our review in accordance with GAO's Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions. Your specific questions, as enumerated in your letter, and our responses are provided below. (309351)

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