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EMD-82-92 1 (1982-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdmj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE q WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ..' EL.P SED ENERGY AMf MINERALS I RELEASED DIVISION No~W'w -,t to bo tve1&Moa 6~nuslete06 Account - , ~~--1 1 of specific approval B-207697 by the , --, .- .. ios. JUNE22, 1982 The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives 118951 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Views on Selected Department of Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Programs and Their Program Mandates (GAO/EMD-82-92) Your letter of April 6, 1982, asked that we review the extent to which the administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has met the program mandates for its conservation and renewable energy programs. For selected programs, this report identifies legislative program mandates, summarizes current program status, and, based on our prior work, discusses program effectiveness. Your letter also raised three legal questions dealing with the use of appropriated funds and requirements on agencies in using these funds. Our Office of General Counsel will be providing a separate response to these questions. Your letter enclosed a DOE document listing legislative requirements for selected programs. Using this document, and in discussions with your office, we selected programs which we either previously reviewed or are currently reviewing and examined pertinent legislation, regulations, and procedures pertaining to such programs. Because we relied mostly on our prior and ongoing work, we obtained additional information from DOE program officials when needed to assure that program status had not changed. We considered our past findings, con- clusions, and recommendations in view of the current energy situation and issues facing the Congress and the Nation. The enclosure to this letter discusses those programs identi- fied in discussions with your office. Nearly all of them are conservation programs. A brief overview of the origin, mandate, and scope of each program is given along with the current program status, and our views are based on our assessments of the programs and observations we have made about their effectiveness. For ready reference, we have identified pertinent GAO reports. (003511)

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