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RCED-83-28 1 (1982-11-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 97 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 RESOURCES. COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-204494 NOVEMBER 10,1O2 The Honorable Charles M. Butler, III Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Dear Mr. Butlerz 119907 Subject: The Termination of the Common Support Agreement (GAO/RCED-83-28) We have reviewed the efforts of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to terminate the Common Support Agreement between FERC and the Department of Energy (DOE). This termination would transfer from DOE to FERC the responsibility for performing certain administrative functions in support of FERC. We found that FERC's estimates of the resources needed to perform the support functions were not based on a complete evaluation, and that FERC is not yet prepared for an orderly, economical transfer of the administrative support functions from DOE. We, therefore, believe that FERC needs to make complete evaluations of the resources it needs to assume responsibility for the functions and to prepare a transition plan for making the transfer. We undertook this review as part of our basic legislative re- sponsibilities because the House Appropriations Committee, in its report accompanying the bill for the fiscal year 1982 appropria- tions, directed DOE and FERC to work out the support problems and report the changes made in the Common Support Agreement. Our objectives were to determine whether --reasonable progress was being made in the negotiations be- tween FERC and DOE to terminate the Common Support Agree- ment and --resource estimates in the fiscal year 1983 budget for the administrative functions are adequately supported. Our review was based on interviews with FERC and DOE offi- cials involved in negotiating the termination of the Common Support Agreement and making the transfer of functions. We also examined (308533) 0 3q BJ

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