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RCED-84-172 1 (1984-08-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnle0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES. COMMUNITY, AUGUST 16, 1984 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-147365 124945 The Honorable Joseph F. Friedkin Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission Dear Mr. Friedkin: Subject: International Boundary and Water Commission Employ- ees Residing in Federal Housing Should Not Receive Electricity at Reduced Rates (GAO/RCED-84-172) At the request of Senator Dennis DeConcini, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, Committee on Appropriations, we reviewed and compared the elec- tricity rate charges of employees of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), who operate Falcon Dam and live in government-owned housing at Falcon Village, Texas, with the elec- tricity rate charges of other government workers also living in Falcon Village. Specifically, the Senator asked us to determine (1) if federal employees living at Falcon Village are, in fact, paying different rates for residential use of electricity and (2) whether this practice is legal and fair. In addition, after we had conveyed our findings to the Senator, he asked us to write to you and convey the findings, including any recommendations we might have. We have confirmed that IBWC employees living in housing at Falcon Village are paying a reduced rate for their residential use of electricity. Further, a decision rendered by the Comptroller General in 1961 suggests that the reduced electrical rate charges for IBWC employees are improper. OBJECTIVES, SCOPEr AND METHODOLOGY To complete this assignment, we met and discussed the Falcon Village electricity rate charges with cognizant IBWC officials at their El Paso, Texas, headquarters and with various federal em- ployees (IBWC, Department of the Treasury's U.S. Customs, and De- partment of Justice's Immigration and Naturalization Service) residing at Falcon Village. We also met with officials of Medina Electric Cooperative1 (Medina) in Rio Grande City and Hondo, Texa:s, to discuss how they bill their Falcon Village customers. In addition, we reviewed contracts and statutes pertaining to lMedina provides electricity to all residents of Falcon Village. 0(005336)

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