[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[Department of Energy]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Federal Funds
Federal salaries and expenses
[(Including rescission of funds)]
For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, [$383,666,000] $412,817,000, to remain available until September 30, [2017] 2018, including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000[: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading, $19,900,000 is hereby rescinded:
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985]. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0313–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0010
Federal Salaries and Expenses
364
407
413
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
32
43
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
5
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
37
43
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
370
384
413
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–20
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
370
364
413
1900
Budget authority (total)
370
364
413
1930
Total budgetary resources available
407
407
413
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
43
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
67
68
96
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
364
407
413
3020
Outlays (gross)
–355
–379
–437
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–5
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–3
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
68
96
72
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
67
68
96
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
68
96
72
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
370
364
413
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
278
300
341
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
77
79
96
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
355
379
437
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
370
364
413
4190
Outlays, net (total)
355
379
437
Federal Salaries and Expenses.—This account provides the Federal salaries and other expenses of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) mission
and mission support staff. The Federal Salaries and Expenses appropriation allows for the creation of a well-managed, inclusive,
responsive, and accountable organization through the strategic management of human capital and greater integration of budget
and performance data. It also includes funding for a standardized corporate project management enterprise. Program direction
for Naval Reactors is within that program's account, and program direction for Secure Transportation Asset is within the Weapons
Activities account.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0313–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
196
205
215
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
3
3
3
11.5
Other personnel compensation
5
5
5
11.9
Total personnel compensation
204
213
223
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
60
73
71
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
12
15
14
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
2
2
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
27
33
33
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
4
5
5
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
37
45
44
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
16
19
19
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
99.9
Total new obligations
364
407
413
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0313–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
1,541
1,690
1,740
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
2
Naval reactors
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property,
plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, [$1,375,496,000] $1,420,120,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$42,504,000] $47,100,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0314–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0010
Naval reactors development
406
447
437
0020
Program Direction
43
43
47
0030
S8G prototype refueling
126
133
124
0040
Naval reactors operations and infrastructure
390
445
450
0050
Construction
113
121
148
0060
OHIO replacement reactor systems development
156
186
214
0900
Total new obligations
1,234
1,375
1,420
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
12
12
12
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
1,239
1,375
1,420
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–5
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
1,234
1,375
1,420
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1,246
1,387
1,432
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
12
12
12
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
343
465
442
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1,234
1,375
1,420
3020
Outlays (gross)
–1,112
–1,398
–1,593
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
465
442
269
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
343
465
442
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
465
442
269
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
1,234
1,375
1,420
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
788
1,169
1,207
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
324
229
386
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
1,112
1,398
1,593
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,234
1,375
1,420
4190
Outlays, net (total)
1,112
1,398
1,593
Naval Reactors.—This account funds all naval nuclear propulsion work. It begins with reactor technology development and design, continues
through reactor operation and maintenance, and ends with reactor plant disposal. The program ensures the safe and reliable
operation of reactor plants in nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers (constituting over 45 percent of the Navy's
combatants), and fulfills the Navy's requirements for new nuclear propulsion plants that meet current and future national
defense requirements. Due to the crucial nature of nuclear reactor work, Naval Reactors is a centrally managed organization.
Federal employees oversee and set policies/procedures for developing new reactor plants and operating existing nuclear plants
and the facilities that support these plants.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0314–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
26
29
29
11.5
Other personnel compensation
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
27
30
30
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
9
10
10
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
1
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
6
7
7
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
6
7
7
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
1,011
1,126
1,164
31.0
Equipment
26
29
30
32.0
Land and structures
145
162
167
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
3
3
4
99.9
Total new obligations
1,234
1,375
1,420
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0314–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
217
246
246
Weapons activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$8,846,948,000] $9,285,147,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$97,118,000] $106,600,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction: Provided further, That [funding made available under this heading may be made available for project engineering and design for the Albuquerque Complex
Project] of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading, $42,000,000 is hereby permanently
cancelled: Provided further, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were previously designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0240–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0020
Directed stockpile work
2,659
3,395
3,331
0021
Science
412
423
442
0022
Engineering
136
131
139
0023
Inertial confinement fusion ignition and high yield
516
511
523
0024
Advanced simulation and computing
607
623
663
0025
Readiness campaign
1
0026
Readiness in technical base and facilities
2,004
0027
Secure transportation asset
225
237
283
0028
Advanced manufacturing development
106
130
87
0030
Infrastructure and Operations
2,281
2,722
0091
Defense programs (DP), subtotal
6,666
7,731
8,190
0150
Nuclear counterterrorism incident response
176
0161
Counterterrorism and counterproliferation programs
46
0170
Site stewardship
78
0179
Information technology and cybersecurity
170
162
177
0180
Defense nuclear security
627
683
670
0183
Legacy contractor pensions
307
284
248
0185
Domestic Uranium Research, Development and Demonstration
97
0191
Non-DP activities, subtotal
1,501
1,129
1,095
0300
Subtotal, Weapons Activities
8,167
8,860
9,285
0799
Total direct obligations
8,167
8,860
9,285
0810
Weapons Activities (Reimbursable)
1,488
1,500
1,500
0900
Total new obligations
9,655
10,360
10,785
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
146
213
225
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
54
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
200
213
225
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
8,232
8,847
9,285
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–51
–42
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
8,181
8,847
9,243
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
2,409
1,525
1,525
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–922
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
1,487
1,525
1,525
1900
Budget authority (total)
9,668
10,372
10,768
1930
Total budgetary resources available
9,868
10,585
10,993
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
213
225
208
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
6,598
6,237
7,335
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
9,655
10,360
10,785
3020
Outlays (gross)
–9,962
–9,262
–11,071
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–54
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
6,237
7,335
7,049
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–3,078
–2,156
–2,156
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
922
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–2,156
–2,156
–2,156
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
3,520
4,081
5,179
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
4,081
5,179
4,893
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
9,668
10,372
10,768
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
4,782
6,742
6,999
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
5,180
2,520
4,072
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
9,962
9,262
11,071
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–2,302
–1,475
–1,475
4033
Non-Federal sources
–107
–50
–50
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–2,409
–1,525
–1,525
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
922
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
8,181
8,847
9,243
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
7,553
7,737
9,546
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
8,181
8,847
9,243
4190
Outlays, net (total)
7,553
7,737
9,546
Programs funded within the Weapons Activities appropriation support the Nation's current and future defense posture, and its
attendant nationwide infrastructure of science, technology and engineering capabilities. Weapons Activities provides for the
maintenance and refurbishment of nuclear weapons to continue sustained confidence in their safety, reliability, and performance;
continued investment in scientific, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities to enable certification of the enduring nuclear
weapons stockpile; and manufacture of nuclear weapon components. Weapons Activities also provides for continued maintenance
and investment in the NNSA nuclear complex to be more responsive and cost effective. The major elements of the program include
the following:
Directed Stockpile Work.—Encompasses all activities that directly support the nuclear weapons stockpile. These activities include: maintenance and
surveillance; planned refurbishment; reliability assessment; weapon dismantlement and disposal; and research, development,
and certification technology efforts to meet stockpile requirements. Additionally, starting in FY 2016, Strategic Materials
are also included in Directed Stockpile Work, in order to recognize the investment needed in nuclear materials to maintain
the viability of the enduring stockpile.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.—Focuses on scientific, technical, and engineering efforts to develop and maintain critical capabilities, tools, and processes
needed to support science-based stockpile stewardship, weapons refurbishments, and continued certification of the stockpile
over the long-term in the absence of underground nuclear testing.
Infrastructure and Operations (formerly Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities).—Provides for the base operations funding required to operate NNSA facilities and support underlying infrastructure and capabilities
at the level necessary to deliver mission results in a safe and secure manner. Includes resources for cross-cutting programmatic
functions such as Long Term Stewardship (formerly Environmental Projects and Operations), Nuclear Safety Research & Development,
Nuclear Criticality Safety, and the Packaging (formerly Containers) program. Modernizes NNSA infrastructure through recapitalization,
capability investments, strategic development, and line-item construction projects for the enhancement of capabilities.
Defense Nuclear Security.—Provides protection for NNSA personnel, facilities, and nuclear weapons from a full spectrum of threats, most notably terrorism.
Provides for all safeguards and security requirements including protective forces and systems at all NNSA sites.
Secure Transportation Asset.—Provides for the safe, secure movement of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, and weapon components to meet projected
DOE, Department of Defense (DOD), and other customer requirements. The Program Direction in this account provides for the
secure transportation workforce, including the Federal agents.
Information Technology and Cybersecurity.—Provides for research and development of information technology and cyber security solutions such as identity, credential,
and access management to help meet energy security, proliferation resistance, and climate goals.
NNSA's request reflects the partnership between NNSA and DOD to maintain and modernize the nuclear deterrent. DOD's NNSA Program
Support account has the amounts for Weapons Activities that are shown in the table below, underscoring the close link between
these activities and DOD nuclear weapons-related requirements and missions. OMB will ensure that future budget year allocations
to NNSA occur in the required amounts.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT TO NNSA ACTIVITIES (in millions)
Future Funds
Weapons Activities
from DOD Support
Total Including
to NNSA Account
DOD Support to NNSA
FY 2017
–
9,285
FY 2018
1,665
9,661
FY 2019
1,698
9,863
FY 2020
1,735
10,118
FY 2021
1,770
10,518
Of the Future Funds from DOD, OMB will ensure that the following allocations from DOD occur as planned for Naval Reactors:
FY 2018, $393 million; FY 2019, $402 million; FY 2020, $411 million; and FY 2021, $419 million. The remaining Future Funds
from DOD are included in "Weapons Activities Total Including DOD Support to NNSA."
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0240–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
44
47
48
11.5
Other personnel compensation
10
11
11
11.9
Total personnel compensation
54
58
59
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
24
26
27
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
4
4
5
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
77
84
88
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
29
31
33
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
184
200
209
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
462
501
525
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
35
38
40
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
6,375
6,916
7,249
25.5
Research and development contracts
117
127
133
25.6
Medical care
4
4
5
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
1
1
1
26.0
Supplies and materials
7
8
8
31.0
Equipment
235
255
267
32.0
Land and structures
502
545
571
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
57
62
65
99.0
Direct obligations
8,167
8,860
9,285
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
1,488
1,500
1,500
99.9
Total new obligations
9,655
10,360
10,785
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0240–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
536
579
586
Defense nuclear nonproliferation
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$1,940,302,000] $1,821,916,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading, $14,000,000 is hereby
permanently cancelled: Provided further, That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were previously designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0309–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0010
Defense nuclear nonproliferation research and development
387
419
394
0030
Nonproliferation and international security
141
0040
International materials protection and cooperation
284
0050
Fissile materials disposition
445
0071
Global material security
427
337
0072
Material management and minimization
317
341
0073
Nonproliferation and arms control
130
125
0074
Nonproliferation construction
340
270
0075
Nuclear counterterrorism incident response
234
272
0080
Global threat reduction initiative
325
0085
Legacy contractor pensions
103
95
83
0100
Subtotal, obligations by program activity
1,685
1,962
1,822
0799
Total direct obligations
1,685
1,962
1,822
0801
INMP&C international contributions
2
0802
GTRI international contribution
4
0899
Total reimbursable obligations
6
0900
Total new obligations
1,691
1,962
1,822
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
40
69
47
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
108
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
148
69
47
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
1,641
1,940
1,822
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [089–0222]
–7
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–26
–14
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
1,608
1,940
1,808
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
4
1900
Budget authority (total)
1,612
1,940
1,808
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1,760
2,009
1,855
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
69
47
33
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
1,913
1,642
1,647
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1,691
1,962
1,822
3020
Outlays (gross)
–1,854
–1,957
–1,906
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–108
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
1,642
1,647
1,563
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
1,913
1,642
1,647
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
1,642
1,647
1,563
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
1,612
1,940
1,808
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
617
660
615
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
1,237
1,297
1,291
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
1,854
1,957
1,906
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4034
Offsetting governmental collections
–4
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,608
1,940
1,808
4190
Outlays, net (total)
1,850
1,957
1,906
Nuclear threat reduction is one of the three pillars of the NNSA mission, as identified in the 2015 DOE/NNSA Enterprise Strategic
Vision. To achieve this mission, the NNSA strategy is to address the entire nuclear threat spectrum by preventing the acquisition
of nuclear weapons or weapons-usable materials, countering efforts to acquire such weapons or materials, and responding to
nuclear or radiological incidents.
This appropriation funds the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN) program, which primarily supports efforts to prevent nuclear
threats, as well as the Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response (NCTIR) program, which primarily supports efforts to
counter and respond to nuclear threats. These two programs provide policy and technical leadership to prevent or limit the
spread of materials, technology, and expertise relating to weapons of mass destruction; advance technologies that detect the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide; eliminate and secure inventories of surplus materials and infrastructure
usable for nuclear weapons; ensure a technically trained response to nuclear and radiological incidents worldwide; support
the Department's enterprise-wide approach to emergency management; and reduce the danger that hostile nations or terrorist
groups may acquire nuclear devices or weapons-usable material, nuclear and dual-use commodities and technology, or nuclear-related
expertise that could be used to develop nuclear weapon capabilities by states or non-state actors.
These activities are carried out within the context of a dynamic global security environment, which is described in NNSA's
annual report entitled Prevent, Counter, and Respond—A Strategic Plan to Reduce Global Nuclear Threats. This environment is
characterized by the persistent vulnerability of nuclear and radiological materials (particularly in regions of conflict);
the pressure on arms control and nonproliferation regimes from enduring interest in nuclear weapons capabilities by state-
and non-state actors; the global expansion of nuclear power and possible spread of fuel cycle technology; the increasing opportunities
for illicit nuclear material trafficking due to expanding global trade volumes and increasingly sophisticated procurement
networks; and the rapid advance of technology (including cyber) that may shorten nuclear weapon development pathways and directly
affect nuclear safeguards and security missions.
The major elements of the appropriation account include the following:
Global Material Security (GMS).—Supports the President's nuclear security agenda and the Secretary's goal of enhancing nuclear security through nonproliferation
by working with partner countries to increase the security of vulnerable stockpiles of nuclear weapons, weapons-usable nuclear
materials, and radiological materials and to improve partner countries' abilities to deter, detect, and interdict illicit
trafficking.
Material Management and Minimization (M3).—Presents an integrated approach to addressing the persistent threat posed by nuclear materials through a full cycle of materials
management and minimization efforts. Consistent with the priorities articulated in the National Security Strategy of the United
States and the Nuclear Posture Review, the primary objective of the program is to achieve permanent threat reduction by minimizing
and, when possible, eliminating weapons-usable nuclear material around the world.
Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC).—Supports activities to prevent the proliferation or use of WMD, including dual-use materials, equipment, technology, and
expertise, by state and non-state actors. The NPAC program strengthens the nonproliferation and arms control regimes by developing
and implementing programs and strategies to: strengthen international nuclear safeguards; control the spread of dual-use WMD
material, equipment, technology, and expertise; verify nuclear reductions and compliance with nonproliferation and arms control
treaties and agreements; and develop programs and strategies to address nonproliferation and arms control challenges and opportunities.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D).—Drives the innovation of unilateral and multi-lateral technical capabilities to detect, identify, and characterize: 1) foreign
nuclear weapons programs, 2) illicit diversion of special nuclear materials, and 3) nuclear detonations. To meet national
and Departmental nuclear security requirements, DNN R&D leverages the unique facilities and scientific skills of the Department
of Energy, academia, and industry for the performance of research, conduct of technology demonstrations, development of prototypes
for integration into operational systems, and the conduct of certain counterterrorism R&D activities.
Nonproliferation Construction.—Consolidates construction costs for DNN programs previously contained within each program budget. Construction covers Total
Project Costs (TPC), which include Other Project Costs (OPC) and Total Estimated Costs (TEC). Currently, the MOX Fuel Fabrication
Facility (MFFF) is the only project in this program. However, beginning in FY 2017 the MOX project will be terminated. The
Department will complete pre-conceptual design for the dilute and dispose (D&D) option to establish Critical Decision-0 (CD-0),
Approve Mission Need, and begin conceptual design in late FY 2017.
Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response (NCTIR).—Strategically manages and deploys expert scientific teams and equipment to provide a technically trained, rapid response
to nuclear or radiological incidents and accidents worldwide. NCTIR evaluates and assesses nuclear or radiological threats
and leverages that knowledge to provide interagency policy and contingency planning, training and support to national counterterrorism
and counterproliferation capabilities. Finally, NCTIR also executes the DOE's emergency management and Operations Support
program that manages the Emergency Operations Centers, Emergency Communications Network and Continuity of Operations (COOP)
activities.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0309–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
82
95
89
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
145
169
157
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
6
7
6
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
1,046
1,219
1,131
25.5
Research and development contracts
2
2
2
31.0
Equipment
48
56
52
32.0
Land and structures
348
405
376
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
8
9
9
99.0
Direct obligations
1,685
1,962
1,822
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
6
99.9
Total new obligations
1,691
1,962
1,822
Cerro Grande Fire Activities
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0312–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
3
3
3
1930
Total budgetary resources available
3
3
3
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
3
3
3
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
Cerro Grande Fire Activities.—Emergency funding was provided in 2000 and 2001 for restoration activities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Mexico after the Cerro Grande Fire in May 2000.
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
Federal Funds
Defense environmental cleanup
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed one fire apparatus
pumper truck, [and one armored vehicle] one aerial lift truck, one refuse truck, and one semi-truck for replacement only, [$5,289,742,000] $5,382,050,000, to remain available until expended, of which $155,100,000 shall be transferred to the "Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund": Provided, That of such amount, [$281,951,000] $290,050,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0251–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Closure Sites
5
5
9
0002
Hanford Site
938
923
636
0003
River Protection - Tank Farm
523
649
646
0004
River Protection - Waste Treatment Plant
667
690
693
0005
River Protection - LAWPS
23
75
73
0006
Idaho
380
396
338
0007
NNSA Sites
250
251
72
0008
Oak Ridge
221
239
164
0009
Savannah River
1,135
1,208
1,099
0010
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
302
300
244
0011
Program Support
14
15
15
0012
Safeguards & Security
240
237
256
0013
Technology Development & Demonstration
16
20
30
0014
Program Direction
291
282
290
0015
UED&D Fund Contribution
463
155
0016
Infrastructure
473
0017
Los Alamos
189
0900
Total new obligations
5,468
5,290
5,382
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
60
47
59
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
2
12
12
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
62
59
71
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
5,474
5,290
5,382
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–21
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
5,453
5,290
5,382
1930
Total budgetary resources available
5,515
5,349
5,453
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
47
59
71
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
2,022
1,984
1,800
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
5,468
5,290
5,382
3020
Outlays (gross)
–5,499
–5,462
–5,408
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–2
–12
–12
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–5
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
1,984
1,800
1,762
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
2,022
1,984
1,800
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
1,984
1,800
1,762
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
5,453
5,290
5,382
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
3,730
3,703
3,814
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
1,769
1,759
1,594
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
5,499
5,462
5,408
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–1
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4052
Offsetting collections credited to expired accounts
1
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
5,453
5,290
5,382
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
5,498
5,462
5,408
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
5,453
5,290
5,382
4190
Outlays, net (total)
5,498
5,462
5,408
The Defense Environmental Cleanup program is responsible for protecting human health and the environment by identifying and
reducing risks, as well as managing waste and facilities, at sites where the Department carried out defense-related nuclear
research and production activities. Those activities resulted in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed -waste contamination requiring
remediation, stabilization, decontamination and decommissioning, or some other type of cleanup action. The budget displays
the cleanup program by site and activity.
Closure Sites.—Funds post-closure administration costs after the physical completion of cleanup, including costs for contract closeout
and litigation support.
Hanford Site.—Funds cleanup and environmental restoration to protect the Columbia River and surrounding communities. The Hanford site
cleanup is managed by two Environmental Management (EM) site offices: the Richland Operations Office and the Office of River
Protection.
The Richland Office is responsible for cleanup activities on most of the geographic area making up the Hanford site. The primary
cleanup focus is decontamination and decommissioning legacy facilities and characterizing and treating contaminated groundwater.
The Office of River Protection is responsible for the safe storage, retrieval, treatment, immobilization, and disposal of
56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks. It is also responsible for related operation, maintenance,
engineering, and construction activities, including those connected to the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant being
built to solidify the liquid tank waste in a glass form that can be safely stored.
Idaho.—Funds retrieval, treatment, and disposition of nuclear and hazardous wastes and spent nuclear fuel, and legacy site cleanup
activities..
NNSA Sites.—Funds the safe and efficient cleanup of the environmental legacy past operations at National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) sites including Nevada National Security Site, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
and the Separations Process Research Unit. The cleanup strategy follows a risk-informed approach that focuses first on those
soil and groundwater contaminant plumes and sources that are the greatest contributors to risk. The overall goal is first
to ensure that risks to the public and workers are controlled, then to clean up soil and groundwater using a risk-informed
methodology. NNSA is responsible for long-term stewardship of its sites after physical cleanup is completed.
Los Alamos.—Funds the safe and compliant cleanup of legacy contamination resulting from the Los Alamos National Laboratory's national
security mission. Key activities include safe storage and processing of legacy transuranic wastes and remediation of contaminated
groundwater. Los Alamos legacy cleanup is managed by the newly formed EM Los Alamos field office.
Oak Ridge.—Funds defense-related cleanup of the three facilities that make up the Oak Ridge Reservation: the East Tennessee Technology
Park, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Y-12 Plant. The overall cleanup strategy is based on surface water considerations,
encompassing five distinct watersheds that feed the adjacent Clinch River.
Savannah River Site.—Funds the safe stabilization, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials, spent nuclear fuel, and waste at the
Savannah River site. Key activities include operating the Defense Waste Processing Facility, which is solidifying the high
activity liquid waste contained in underground storage tanks, and the construction of the Salt Waste Processing Facility,
which will separate various tank waste components and treat and dispose the low activity liquid waste stream.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.—Funds the world's first permitted deep geologic repository for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste, and the Nation's
only disposal site for defense-generated transuranic waste. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, managed by the Carlsbad Field
Office, is an operating facility, supporting the disposal of transuranic waste from waste generator and storage sites across
the DOE complex. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is crucial to the Department of Energy (DOE) completing its cleanup and closure
mission.
Program Direction.—Funds the Federal workforce responsible for the overall direction and administrative support of the EM program, including
both Headquarters and field personnel.
Program Support.—Funds management and direction for various crosscutting EM and DOE initiatives, intergovernmental activities, and analyses
and integration activities across DOE in a consistent, responsible, and efficient manner.
Safeguards and Security.—Funds activities to protect against unauthorized access, theft, diversion, loss of custody or destruction of DOE assets,
and hostile acts that could cause adverse impacts to fundamental national security or the health and safety of DOE and contractor
employees, the public or the environment.
Technology Development and Deployment.—Funds projects managed through Headquarters to address the immediate, near- and long-term technology needs identified by
the EM sites, enabling them to accelerate their cleanup schedules, treat orphaned wastes, improve worker safety, and provide
technical foundations for the sites' cleanup decisions. These projects focus on maturing and deploying the technologies necessary
to accelerate tank waste processing, treatment, and waste loading.
Infrastructure.—Funds the maintenance, repair, and recapitalization of general-purpose infrastructure to support the cleanup mission.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0251–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
158
153
156
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
3
3
3
11.5
Other personnel compensation
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
163
158
161
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
51
49
50
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
6
6
6
22.0
Transportation of things
1
1
1
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
11
11
11
23.2
Rental payments to others
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
15
15
15
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
1,075
1,040
1,058
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
261
252
257
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
49
47
48
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
2,755
2,665
2,711
25.5
Research and development contracts
2
2
2
25.6
Medical care
15
15
15
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
1
1
1
26.0
Supplies and materials
3
3
3
31.0
Equipment
54
52
53
32.0
Land and structures
939
908
924
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
66
64
65
99.9
Total new obligations
5,468
5,290
5,382
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0251–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
1,389
1,490
1,460
Other defense activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities, and classified activities, in carrying out
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$776,425,000] $791,552,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$249,137,000] $258,061,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0243–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0008
Environment, Health, Safety, and Security Mission Support
182
183
197
0009
Independent Enterprise Assessments
71
76
76
0015
Specialized security activities
202
236
238
0020
Legacy management
172
171
154
0030
Defense related administrative support
120
130
120
0060
Hearings and Appeals
4
5
6
0100
Subtotal, Direct program activities
751
801
791
0799
Total direct obligations
751
801
791
0810
Other Defense Activities (Reimbursable)
1,466
1,528
1,528
0819
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
1,466
1,528
1,528
0900
Total new obligations
2,217
2,329
2,319
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
19
25
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
2
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
21
25
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
754
776
792
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–1
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
753
776
792
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
531
1,528
1,559
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
937
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
1,468
1,528
1,559
1900
Budget authority (total)
2,221
2,304
2,351
1930
Total budgetary resources available
2,242
2,329
2,351
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
25
32
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
460
1,311
1,254
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
2,217
2,329
2,319
3020
Outlays (gross)
–1,363
–2,386
–2,559
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–2
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–1
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
1,311
1,254
1,014
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–92
–1,029
–1,029
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–937
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–1,029
–1,029
–1,029
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
368
282
225
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
282
225
–15
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
2,221
2,304
2,351
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
1,002
1,499
1,529
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
361
887
1,030
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
1,363
2,386
2,559
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–466
–1,500
–1,530
4033
Non-Federal sources
–65
–28
–29
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–531
–1,528
–1,559
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–937
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
753
776
792
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
832
858
1,000
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
753
776
792
4190
Outlays, net (total)
832
858
1,000
Environment, Health, Safety and Security Mission Support.—The program supports the Department's health, safety, environment, and security programs to enhance productivity while maintaining
the highest standards of safe operation, protection of national assets, and environmental sustainability. As the Department's
"environment, health, safety and security advocate," the program works closely with DOE line managers who are ultimately responsible
for ensuring that the Department's work is managed and performed in a manner that protects workers and the public as well
as the Department's material and information assets. The program functions include: policy and guidance development and technical
assistance; analysis of health, safety, environment, and security performance; nuclear safety; domestic and international
health studies; medical screening programs for former workers; Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
support; quality assurance programs; interface with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; national security information
programs; and security for the Department's facilities and personnel in the National Capital Area.
Enterprise Assessments.—The program supports the Department's independent analysis of security, cyber security, emergency management, and environment,
safety and health performance; enforcement of worker safety and health, nuclear safety; and classified information security
regulations; and implementation of safety and security professional development and training programs.
Specialized Security Activities.—The program supports national security related analyses requiring highly specialized skills and capabilities.
Legacy Management.—The program supports long-term stewardship activities (e.g., groundwater monitoring, disposal cell maintenance, records
management, and management of natural resources) at sites where active remediation has been completed. In addition, Legacy
Management funds the pensions and/or post-retirement benefits for former contractor employees.
Hearings and Appeals.—The Office of Hearings and Appeals adjudicates personnel security cases, as well as whistleblower reprisal complaints filed
by DOE contractor employees. The office is the appeal authority in various other areas, including Freedom of Information Act
and Privacy Act appeals. In addition, the office decides requests for exception from DOE orders, rules, regulations, and is
responsible for the DOE's alternative dispute resolution function.
All Other.—Obligations are included for defense-related administrative support.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0243–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
101
103
100
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
2
2
2
11.5
Other personnel compensation
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
105
107
104
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
32
33
32
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
5
5
5
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
2
2
2
23.2
Rental payments to others
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
1
1
1
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
238
245
245
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
109
133
138
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
43
43
43
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
153
169
158
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
12
12
12
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
49
49
49
99.0
Direct obligations
751
801
791
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
1,466
1,528
1,528
99.9
Total new obligations
2,217
2,329
2,319
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0243–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
809
963
976
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0244–0–1–053
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
6
6
6
1930
Total budgetary resources available
6
6
6
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
6
6
6
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
14
11
5
3020
Outlays (gross)
–3
–6
–4
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
11
5
1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
14
11
5
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
11
5
1
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
Outlays, gross:
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
3
6
4
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
3
6
4
In FY 2010, the Department closed the Yucca Mountain Project and the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Residual
obligations and outlays in this account are associated with Yucca Mountain project closeout activities and remaining legacy
activities such as accounting.
Energy Programs
Federal Funds
Science
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and
other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including
one ambulance and one bus, [$5,350,200,000] $5,572,069,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$185,000,000] $204,481,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction[: Provided further, That of such amount, not more than $115,000,000 shall be made available for the in-kind contributions and related support
activities of ITER: Provided further, That not later than May 2, 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress a report recommending either that the United States remain a partner in the ITER project after October 2017 or
terminate participation, which shall include, as applicable, an estimate of either the full cost, by fiscal year, of all future
Federal funding requirements for construction, operation, and maintenance of ITER or the cost of termination]. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0222–0–1–251
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Basic Energy Sciences
1,685
1,849
1,937
0002
Advanced Scientific Computing Research
525
621
663
0003
Biological and Environmental Research
575
609
662
0004
High Energy Physics
746
795
818
0005
Nuclear Physics
581
617
636
0006
Fusion Energy Sciences
458
438
398
0007
Science Laboratories Infrastructure
54
114
130
0008
Science Program Direction
184
185
204
0009
Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
20
20
21
0010
Safeguards and Security
95
103
103
0011
Small Business Innovation Research
182
0012
Small Business Technology Transfer
25
0799
Total direct obligations
5,130
5,351
5,572
0801
Science (Reimbursable)
520
520
520
0900
Total new obligations
5,650
5,871
6,092
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
27
39
35
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
12
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
39
39
35
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
5,071
5,350
5,572
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–0213]
12
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–0321]
28
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–0309]
7
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–0318]
3
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–0319]
14
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–3
–3
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
5,132
5,347
5,572
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
536
520
520
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–18
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
518
520
520
1900
Budget authority (total)
5,650
5,867
6,092
1930
Total budgetary resources available
5,689
5,906
6,127
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
39
35
35
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
4,219
4,386
4,372
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
5,650
5,871
6,092
3020
Outlays (gross)
–5,469
–5,885
–6,445
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–12
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–2
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
4,386
4,372
4,019
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–429
–411
–411
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
18
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–411
–411
–411
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
3,790
3,975
3,961
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
3,975
3,961
3,608
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
5,650
5,867
6,092
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
2,059
3,621
3,752
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
3,410
2,264
2,693
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
5,469
5,885
6,445
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–336
–250
–250
4033
Non-Federal sources
–200
–270
–270
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–536
–520
–520
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
18
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
5,132
5,347
5,572
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
4,933
5,365
5,925
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
5,132
5,347
5,572
4190
Outlays, net (total)
4,933
5,365
5,925
Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars)
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority
5,132
5,347
5,572
Outlays
4,933
5,365
5,925
Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO:
Budget Authority
100
Outlays
45
Total:
Budget Authority
5,132
5,347
5,672
Outlays
4,933
5,365
5,970
Advanced Scientific Computing Research.—The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program supports research in applied mathematics and computer science;
delivers the most advanced computational scientific applications in partnership with disciplinary science; advances computing
and networking capabilities; and develops future generations of computing hardware and tools for science, in partnership with
the research community and U.S. industry. The strategy to accomplish this has two thrusts: developing and maintaining world-class
computing and network facilities for science; and advancing research in applied mathematics, computer science and advanced
networking. The program supports the development, maintenance, and operation of large high performance computing and network
facilities, including the Leadership Computing Facilities at Oak Ridge and Argonne National Laboratories, the National Energy
Research Scientific Computing Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Energy Sciences Network.
The National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) established by executive order in July 2015 to ensure a coordinated Federal
strategy in HPC research, development, and deployment will be implemented by DOE, the Department of Defense, and the National
Science Foundation. Specifically, the DOE Office of Science and the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are
responsible for the execution of a joint program focused on advanced simulation through a capable exascale computing program,
with an emphasis on sustained performance on science and national security mission applications and increased convergence
between exascale and large-data analytic computing. The Department of Energy will meet its NSCI assignment through the Exascale
Computing Initiative (ECI), which began in FY 2016. The ECI, a partnership between Office of Science and NNSA, will accelerate
research and development (R&D) to overcome key exascale challenges in parallelism, energy efficiency, and reliability, leading
to deployment of exascale systems in the mid-2020s. Acceleration or advancement is defined as a hundred-fold increase in sustained
performance over today's computing capabilities, enabling applications to address next-generation science, engineering, and
data problems.
Basic Energy Sciences.—The Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program supports fundamental research to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter
and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies
and to support DOE missions in energy, environment, and national security. Key to exploiting such discoveries is the ability
to create new materials using sophisticated synthesis and processing techniques, precisely define the atomic arrangements
in matter, and control physical and chemical transformations. The energy systems of the future —whether they tap sunlight,
store electricity, or make fuel by splitting water or reducing carbon dioxide —will revolve around materials and chemical
changes that convert energy from one form to another.
The research disciplines that BES supports—condensed matter and materials physics, chemistry, geosciences, and aspects of
physical biosciences—are those that discover new materials and design new chemical processes that touch virtually every important
aspect of energy resources, production, conversion, transmission, storage, efficiency, and waste mitigation. BES research
provides a knowledge base to help understand, predict, and ultimately control the natural world and helps build the foundation
for achieving a secure and sustainable energy future. BES also supports world-class, open-access scientific user facilities
consisting of a complementary set of intense x-ray sources, neutron sources, and research centers for nanoscale science. BES
facilities probe materials with ultrahigh spatial, temporal, and energy resolutions to investigate the critical functions
of matter—transport, reactivity, fields, excitations, and motion—and answer some of the most challenging grand science questions.
BES-supported activities are entering a new era in which materials can be built with atom-by-atom precision and computational
models can predict the behavior of materials before they exist.
In FY 2017, BES will support optimal operations at all of its scientific user facilities, which will enable additional studies
in clean energy research, and will develop next generation tools and technologies at DOE x-ray light sources and Nanoscale
Science Research Centers to enable advances in brain imaging and sensing. In addition, BES is a partner in three Department-wide,
crosscutting activities: Subsurface Technology and Engineering RD&D (SubTER), the ECI, and Advanced Materials for Energy Innovation.
Biological and Environmental Research.—The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports fundamental research and provides scientific user facilities
to achieve a predictive understanding of complex biological, climatic, and environmental systems for a secure and sustainable
energy future.
The program seeks to understand the biological, biogeochemical, and physical principles needed to predict a continuum of processes
occurring at the molecular and genomics-controlled smallest scales to environmental and Earth system change at the largest
scales. Starting with the genetic potential encoded by organisms' genomes, BER research seeks to define the principles that
guide the translation of the genetic code into functional proteins and the metabolic and regulatory networks underlying the
systems biology of plants and microbes as they respond to and modify their environments. This predictive understanding can
enable more confident redesign of microbes and plants for sustainable biofuels production, improved carbon storage, and controlled
biological transformation of materials such as nutrients and contaminants in the environment. BER research also advances understanding
of how the Earth's dynamic, physical, and biogeochemical systems (the atmosphere, land, oceans, sea ice, and subsurface) interact
and cause future climate and environmental change, to provide information that will inform plans for future energy and resource
needs.
Investments in Biological Systems Science will provide a fundamental understanding in sustainable bioenergy production and
a predictive understanding of carbon, nutrient, and contaminant transformation in support of DOE's environmental missions.
These investments are aligned with national priorities in Clean Energy and Innovation in life sciences. Genomic Sciences research
activities continue with core research at the DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) and within the broader subprogram to provide
a scientific basis for sustainable and cost effective bioenergy production. Climate and Environmental Research activities
will focus on scientific analysis of the sensitivity and uncertainty of climate predictions to physical and biogeochemical
processes, with emphasis on Arctic and Tropical environments as part of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEEs).
These investments reflect national priorities in Global Climate Change, Information Technology and High Performance Computing,
Ocean and Arctic Issues, and R&D for informed policy-making and management. As part of the ECI, BER will be responsible for
determining the scope and management of Climate Modeling programs, which demand access to extreme scale computational capabilities.
Fusion Energy Sciences.—The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program mission is to expand the fundamental understanding of matter at very high temperatures
and densities and to build the scientific foundation needed to develop a fusion energy source. This is accomplished through
the study of plasma, the fourth state of matter, and how it interacts with its surroundings.
The next frontier for the major international fusion programs is the study of the burning plasma state, in which the fusion
process itself provides the dominant heat source for sustaining the plasma temperature. Production of strongly self-heated
fusion plasma will allow the discovery and study of a number of new scientific phenomena relevant to fusion energy. These
include the effects of highly energetic fusion -produced alpha particles on plasma stability and confinement; the strongly
non-linear coupling that will occur among fusion alpha particles, pressure-driven self-generated current, turbulent transport,
and boundary-plasma behavior; the properties of materials in the presence of high heat and particle fluxes and neutron irradiation;
and the self-organized nature of plasma profiles over long time scales. To support the program mission and its major focus,
the U.S. fusion program has four elements: Burning Plasma Science: Foundations; Long Pulse; High Power; and Discovery Plasma
Science. To achieve these research goals, FES invests in experimental facilities of various scales, international partnerships
leveraging U.S. expertise, large-scale numerical simulations based on experimentally validated theoretical models, development
of advanced fusion-relevant materials, and invention of new measurement techniques. The knowledge base being established through
FES research supports U.S. goals for future scientific exploration on ITER.
High Energy Physics.—The High Energy Physics (HEP) program mission is to understand how the universe works at its most fundamental level by discovering
the elementary constituents of matter and energy, probing the interactions among them, and exploring the basic nature of space
and time. The High Energy Physics Program offers research opportunities for individual investigators and small-scale collaborations,
as well as very large international collaborations. A world-wide program of particle physics research is underway to discover
what lies beyond the Standard Model. Five intertwined science drivers of particle physics provide compelling lines of inquiry
that show great promise for discovery: use the Higgs Boson as a new tool for discovery; pursue the physics associated with
neutrino mass; identify the new physics of dark matter; understand cosmic acceleration, dark energy, and inflation; and explore
new particles, interactions and physical principles. The program enables scientific discovery through a strategy organized
along three frontiers of particle physics: 1) The Energy Frontier, where researchers accelerate particles to the highest energies
ever made by humans and collide them to produce and study the fundamental constituents of matter. This requires some of the
largest machines ever built. 2) The Intensity Frontier, where researchers use a combination of intense particle beams and
highly sensitive detectors to make extremely precise measurements of particle properties, study some of the rarest particle
interactions predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, and search for new physics. 3) The Cosmic Frontier, where
researchers seek to reveal the nature of dark matter and dark energy by using naturally occurring particles to explore new
phenomena. The highest-energy particles ever observed have come from cosmic sources, and the ancient light from distant galaxies
allows the distribution of dark matter to be mapped and perhaps the nature of dark energy to be unraveled. Investments in
Theoretical and Computational Physics, which provides the framework to explain experimental observations and gain a deeper
understanding of nature, and Advanced Technology R&D, which fosters fundamental research into particle acceleration and detection
techniques and instrumentation, support these three frontiers.
The FY 2017 Budget Request continues implementation of the recommendations contained in the report by the Particle Physics
Project Prioritization Panel (P5), which was convened by the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) in September 2013
in response to a charge from the DOE and the National Science Foundation to develop a ten-year strategic plan for U.S. high
energy physics in the context of a 20-year global vision. The Request supports full operation of existing major HEP facilities
and experiments; the planned construction funding profile for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino
Experiment (LBNF/DUNE), and the Muon to Electron Conversion Experiment (Mu2e); and fabrication for recent major items of equipment
(MIEs) for the Large Underground Xenon (LUX)-ZonEd Proportional scintillation in LIquid Noble gases (ZEPLIN) experiment (LZ),
and the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search at Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SuperCDMS-SNOLab) experiment. The Request
includes capital equipment funding to continue support of the planned funding profiles for the camera for the Large Synoptic
Survey Telescope (LSSTcam) project, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, the Muon g-2 Experiment, and
the U.S. contributions to the LHC ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) Detector, and CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) Detector upgrades.
The Muon g-2 Experiment and LHC detector upgrades complete their funding profiles in FY 2017. Many of the advanced technologies
and research tools originally developed for high energy physics have also proven widely applicable to other sciences as well
as industry, medicine, and national security.
Nuclear Physics.—The Nuclear Physics (NP) program mission is to discover, explore, and understand all forms of nuclear matter. Although the
fundamental particles that compose nuclear matter —quarks and gluons— are themselves relatively well understood, exactly how
they interact and combine to form the different types of matter observed in the universe today and during its evolution remains
largely unknown. Nuclear physicists seek to understand not just the familiar forms of matter we see around us, but also exotic
forms such as those which existed in the first moments after the Big Bang and that exist today inside neutron stars, and to
understand why matter takes on the specific forms now observed in nature. The NP program addresses three tightly interrelated
scientific thrusts: Quantum Chromodynamics; Nuclei and Nuclear Astrophysics; and Fundamental Symmetries.
The FY 2017 Request provides enhanced support for university and laboratory research. The Request also supports the initiation
of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA), a premiere gamma-ray tracking device that will exploit world-leading capabilities
of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). Funding increases for operations at Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
(CEBAF) to support initiation of the full scientific program with the recently upgraded 12 GeV machine and new scientific
equipment in the experimental halls. Operations of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) facility are also increased.
Operations of the ATLAS facility continue to exploit the capabilities of the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU)
as well as newly completed instrumentation. Support for the Isotope Development and Production for Research and Applications
(DOE Isotope Program) maintains mission readiness for the production of stable and radioactive isotopes that are in short
supply for research and a wide array of applications. Research investments in this subprogram are increased to develop new
cutting-edge approaches for important isotopes that are not currently available to the public in sufficient quantities by
establishing a full-scale production capability for actinium-225, to enable clinical trials for cancer therapy. Following
several years of research supported by the Isotope Program, funding is requested for a Stable Isotope Production Facility
(SIPF) to enable the production of a broad range of enriched stable isotopes, a capability that has not been available in
the U.S. for almost 20 years. Finally, construction continues according to the baselined profile for the FRIB project, which
will provide intense beams of rare isotopes for a wide variety of studies in nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and
fundamental symmetries.
Science Laboratories Infrastructure.—The Science Laboratories Infrastructure (SLI) program supports scientific and technological innovation at the Office of
Science (SC) laboratories by funding and sustaining mission-ready infrastructure and fostering safe and environmentally responsible
operations. The program provides state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure that are flexible, reliable, and sustainable
in support of scientific discovery. The SLI program also funds Payments in Lieu of Taxes to local communities around the Argonne,
Brookhaven, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
Safeguards and Security.—The Safeguards and Security (S&S) program is designed to ensure appropriate security measures are in place to support the
SC mission requirement of open scientific research and to protect critical assets within SC laboratories. This is accomplished
by providing physical controls that will mitigate possible risks to the laboratories' employees, nuclear and special materials,
classified and sensitive information, and facilities. The S&S program also provides funding for cyber security for the laboratories'
information technology systems to protect electronic data while enabling the SC mission.
Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.—The Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) program mission is to help ensure that DOE has a sustained
pipeline of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers. This is accomplished through support of undergraduate
internships, graduate thesis research, and visiting faculty programs at the DOE laboratories; the Albert Einstein Distinguished
Educator Fellowship for K-12 STEM teachers, administered by WDTS for DOE and for a number of other federal agencies; and annual,
nationwide, middle- and high-school science competitions culminating in the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C. These
investments help develop the next generation of scientists and engineers to support the DOE mission, administer programs,
and conduct research.
Program Direction.— Science Program Direction supports a highly skilled Federal workforce to develop and oversee SC investments in research
and scientific user facilities SC investments deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools that transform our
understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States. In addition, SC provides
public access to DOE scientific findings to further leverage the Federal science investment and advance the scientific enterprise.
SC requires highly skilled scientific and technical program and project managers, as well as experts in areas such as acquisition,
finance, legal, construction, and infrastructure management, human resources, and environmental, safety, and health oversight.
SC plans, executes, and manages basic science research programs that address critical national needs. Oversight of DOE's basic
research portfolio, which includes grants and contracts supporting nearly 23,000 researchers located at 300 universities and
other institutions and 17 national laboratories, as well as supervision of major construction projects, is a Federal responsibility.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0222–0–1–251
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
11.1
Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
106
111
116
11.9
Total personnel compensation
106
111
116
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
31
32
33
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
4
4
4
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
1
1
1
23.2
Rental payments to others
2
2
2
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
4
4
4
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
19
20
21
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
60
63
66
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
17
18
19
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
3,148
3,285
3,420
25.5
Research and development contracts
192
200
208
26.0
Supplies and materials
2
2
2
31.0
Equipment
160
167
174
32.0
Land and structures
518
540
562
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
866
903
940
99.0
Direct obligations
5,130
5,352
5,572
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
520
520
520
99.5
Adjustment for rounding
–1
99.9
Total new obligations
5,650
5,871
6,092
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0222–0–1–251
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
902
945
955
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
1
Science
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0222–4–1–251
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Grants
100
0900
Total new obligations (object class 41.0)
100
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, mandatory:
1200
Appropriation
100
1930
Total budgetary resources available
100
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
100
3020
Outlays (gross)
–45
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
55
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
55
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
100
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
45
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
100
4190
Outlays, net (total)
45
Advanced research projects agency—energy
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES
Act (Public Law 110–69), [$291,000,000] $350,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$29,250,000] $32,000,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0337–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
ARPA-E Projects
222
262
318
0002
Program Direction
31
29
32
0799
Total direct obligations
253
291
350
0801
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (Reimbursable)
3
3
3
0900
Total new obligations
256
294
353
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
210
244
242
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
7
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
217
244
242
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
280
291
350
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
2
1
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
1
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
3
1
1900
Budget authority (total)
283
292
350
1930
Total budgetary resources available
500
536
592
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
244
242
239
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
433
437
348
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
256
294
353
3020
Outlays (gross)
–244
–383
–296
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–7
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–1
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
437
348
405
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–3
–4
–4
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–1
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–4
–4
–4
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
430
433
344
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
433
344
401
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
283
292
350
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
14
16
18
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
230
367
278
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
244
383
296
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–2
–1
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–1
4060
Additional offsets against budget authority only (total)
–1
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
280
291
350
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
242
382
296
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
280
291
350
4190
Outlays, net (total)
242
382
296
Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars)
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority
280
291
350
Outlays
242
382
296
Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO:
Budget Authority
150
Outlays
8
Total:
Budget Authority
280
291
500
Outlays
242
382
304
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) was established by the America COMPETES
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–69), as amended. The mission of ARPA-E is to enhance the economic and energy security of the United
States through the development of energy technologies that reduce imports of energy from foreign sources, increase energy
efficiency, and reduce energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases. ARPA-E will ensure that the United States maintains
a technological lead in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. ARPA-E will identify and promote revolutionary
advances in energy-related applied sciences, translating scientific discoveries and cutting-edge inventions into technological
innovations. It will also accelerate transformational technological advances in areas where industry by itself is not likely
to invest due to technical and financial uncertainty. The role of ARPA-E is not to duplicate DOE's basic research and applied
programs but to focus on novel early-stage energy research and development with technology applications that can be meaningfully
advanced with a small investment over a defined period of time.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0337–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
11.1
Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
5
6
6
11.9
Total personnel compensation
5
6
6
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
2
2
2
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
2
2
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
17
20
24
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
5
6
7
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
16
18
22
25.5
Research and development contracts
206
237
287
99.0
Direct obligations
253
291
350
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
3
3
3
99.9
Total new obligations
256
294
353
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0337–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
42
56
56
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0337–4–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
ARPA-E Projects
135
0002
Program Direction
15
0900
Total new obligations
150
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, mandatory:
1200
Appropriation
150
1930
Total budgetary resources available
150
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
150
3020
Outlays (gross)
–8
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
142
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
142
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
150
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
8
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
150
4190
Outlays, net (total)
8
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0337–4–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
11.1
Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
1
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
1
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
10
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
3
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
9
25.5
Research and development contracts
125
99.9
Total new obligations
150
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0337–4–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
10
Energy Transformation Acceleration Fund, Recovery Act
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0336–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
6
3020
Outlays (gross)
–4
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
6
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
Outlays, gross:
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
4
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
4
Energy Supply and Conservation
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0224–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
7
7
7
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
7
7
7
1930
Total budgetary resources available
7
7
7
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
7
7
7
Change in obligated balance:
Uncollected payments:
3060
Obligated balance transferred to other accts
–2
–2
–2
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–2
–2
–2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
–2
–2
–2
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
–2
–2
–2
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
Nuclear energy
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and
other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$986,161,000] and the purchase of no more than three emergency service vehicles for replacement only, $993,896,000, to remain available until expended, of which $61,040,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That of such amount, [$80,000,000]$88,700,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction [including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $10,000]. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0319–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0032
Reactor Concepts RD&D
125
142
109
0041
Fuel Cycle R&D
197
204
250
0042
Integrated University Program
5
5
0043
Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies R&D
98
111
89
0091
Research and Development programs, subtotal
425
462
448
0301
Radiological Facilities Management
20
25
7
0401
Idaho Facilities Management
206
222
227
0450
Idaho National Laboratory safeguards and security
104
126
129
0451
International Nuclear Safety
3
0491
Infrastructure programs, subtotal
313
348
356
0501
Small Modular Reactor Licensing Technical Support Program
64
63
89
0502
Supercritical Transformational Electric Power Generation
5
0551
Program Direction
83
80
89
0552
International Nuclear Energy Cooperation
3
3
5
0591
Other direct program activities, subtotal
150
151
183
0799
Total direct obligations
908
986
994
0801
Nuclear Energy (Reimbursable)
128
109
109
0900
Total new obligations
1,036
1,095
1,103
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
108
32
43
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
8
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
116
32
43
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
914
986
994
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [089–0222]
–14
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [072–1037]
2
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–80
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
822
986
994
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
108
120
120
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
22
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
130
120
120
1900
Budget authority (total)
952
1,106
1,114
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1,068
1,138
1,157
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
32
43
54
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
657
706
742
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1,036
1,095
1,103
3020
Outlays (gross)
–979
–1,059
–1,190
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–8
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
706
742
655
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–47
–69
–69
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–22
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–69
–69
–69
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
610
637
673
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
637
673
586
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
952
1,106
1,114
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
466
613
649
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
513
446
541
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
979
1,059
1,190
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–88
–120
–120
4033
Non-Federal sources
–20
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–108
–120
–120
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–22
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
822
986
994
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
871
939
1,070
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
822
986
994
4190
Outlays, net (total)
871
939
1,070
The Office of Nuclear Energy funds a range of research and development activities as well as supports the Nation's nuclear
facilities. The FY 2017 Budget continues programmatic support for advanced reactor R&D activities; fuel cycle R&D, including
work on storage, transportation, disposal, and process development activities that support the Administration's Strategy for
the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste; the safe, environmentally compliant, and
cost-effective operation of the Department's facilities vital to nuclear energy R&D activities.
Small Modular Reactor Licensing Technical Support (SMR LTS).— This program supports first-of-a-kind costs associated with design certification and licensing activities for small modular
reactor technologies, and site licensing activities for SMRs through cost-shared arrangements with industry partners. FY 2017
will be the final year of the SMR LTS program.
Reactor Concepts Research, Development and Demonstration.— This program develops new and advanced reactor designs and technologies and conducts research and development (R&D) on
advanced technologies that improve the reliability, sustain the safety, and extend the life of the current light water reactor
(LWR) fleet.
Fuel Cycle Research and Development.— This program conducts generic R&D and generic non-R&D activities related to used nuclear fuel (UNF) and nuclear waste management
and disposal issues; and conducts R&D on advanced fuel cycle technologies that have the potential to improve resource utilization
and energy generation, reduce waste generation, enhance safety, and limit proliferation risk.
Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies.— This program conducts R&D and strategic infrastructure investments to develop innovative and crosscutting nuclear energy
technologies, including a strong investment in modeling and simulation tools and providing access to unique nuclear energy
research capabilities through the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF).
Radiological Facilities Management.— This program supports the continued operation of U.S. university research reactors by providing university research reactor
fuel services, as well as maintenance of, and safety upgrades to, fuel fabrication equipment and facilities.
Idaho Facilities Management.— This program manages the planning, acquisition, operation, maintenance, and disposition of the Office of Nuclear Energy
(NE)-owned facilities and capabilities at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), maintains Department of Energy mission-supporting
facilities and capabilities at the INL in a safe, compliant status to support the Department's nuclear energy research, testing
of naval reactor fuels and reactor core components, and a diverse range of national security technology programs that support
the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and other federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security
in the areas of critical infrastructure protection, nuclear nonproliferation, and incident response.
Idaho Sitewide Safeguards and Security.— This program supports the INL complex nuclear facility infrastructure and enables R&D in support of multiple program missions.
International Nuclear Energy Cooperation.— This program supports the Department's international activities related to civil nuclear energy, including analysis, development,
coordination and implementation of international civil nuclear energy policy and integration of the Office of Nuclear Energy's
(NE) international nuclear technical activities.
Program Direction.— This program provides the federal staffing resources and associated costs required to support the overall direction and
execution of the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) programs.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0319–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
43
47
50
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
1
1
1
11.5
Other personnel compensation
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
45
49
52
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
14
15
15
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
2
2
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
9
10
10
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
110
119
120
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
16
17
17
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
620
673
643
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
21
23
23
32.0
Land and structures
12
13
13
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
59
64
98
99.0
Direct obligations
909
986
994
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
127
109
109
99.9
Total new obligations
1,036
1,095
1,103
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0319–0–1–999
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
373
372
394
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
5
Nuclear Energy
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
In January 2013 the Administration released its Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High Level
Radioactive Waste. This Strategy lays out a broad outline for a stable, integrated system capable of transporting, storing,
and disposing of high-level nuclear waste from civilian nuclear power generation, defense, national security and other activities.
In March 2015 the President made the determination that a separate repository for defense waste is required. The Administration
is working with Congress to build and implement this new program for managing both commercial and defense high-level nuclear
waste and believes that providing adequate and timely funding is critical to success.
Currently approximately 70,000 metric tons heavy metal (MTHM) of used nuclear fuel are stored at 72 commercial sites around
the country with almost 2,000 MTHM added to that amount every year. As a result of litigation by contract holders, the government
was found in partial breach of contract, and is now liable for damages to some utilities to cover the costs of that on-site,
at-reactor storage. The FY 2017 Budget continues to reflect a more complete estimate of those liability payments in the baseline.
Please see additional discussion of the cost of the government's liability in the Budget Process chapter in the Analytical
Perspectives volume.
To support the nuclear waste management program over the long term, reform of the current funding arrangement is necessary
and the Administration believes the funding system should consist of the following elements: ongoing discretionary appropriations,
access to annual fee collections provided in legislation either through their reclassification from mandatory to discretionary
or as a direct mandatory appropriation, and eventual access to the balance or "corpus" of the Nuclear Waste Fund. The FY 2017
Budget includes a proposal to implement such reform. Discretionary appropriations are included for this new program for the
duration of the effort. These funds would be used to fund expenses that are regular and recurring, such as program management
costs, including administrative expenses, salaries and benefits, studies, and regulatory interactions. Mandatory appropriations,
in addition to the discretionary funding, are proposed to be provided annually beginning in 2018 to fund the balance of the
annual program costs for managing commercial used nuclear fuel. The Department of Energy is currently exploring options for
managing defense high-level waste with the goal of a separate, permanent repository. The FY 2017 Budget includes defense discretionary
funding for the management of defense high-level waste.
The program envisioned in the FY 2017 Budget is a very long term, flexible, multi-faceted approach to dispose of the nation's
commercial and defense waste. The estimated programmatic cost of implementing the Administration's strategy for commercial
used nuclear fuel over the first 10 years is approximately $4.5 billion. As part of this program, the Budget assumes the construction
and operation of a pilot interim waste storage facility within the next 10 years as well as notable progress on both full-scale
interim storage and long-term permanent geologic disposal. The deployment of pilot interim storage within the next 10 years
allows the government to begin picking up waste, thus enabling the collection of one-time fees owed by certain generators
that will offset some of this spending. Over the 10-year budget window, the projected net mandatory cost would be in the range
of $700 million. 10-year funding for the management of defense high-level waste is being estimated as the program develops.
The sooner that legislation enables progress on implementing a nuclear waste management program, the lower the ultimate cost
will be to the taxpayers. This proposal is intended to limit, and then end, liability costs by making it possible for the
government to begin performing on its contractual obligations.
Electricity delivery and energy reliability
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and
other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$206,000,000] $262,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$28,000,000] $29,000,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0318–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0011
Clean Energy Transmission and Reliability
30
41
30
0012
Smart Grid R&D
17
35
30
0013
Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems
45
63
46
0014
Energy Storage
11
21
43
0015
Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components
5
15
0017
State Energy Assurance
15
0018
State Distribution-Level Reform Program
15
0019
Grid Institute
14
0020
Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration
5
12
18
0030
National Electricity Delivery
6
7
7
0040
Program Direction
29
29
29
0799
Total direct obligations
143
213
262
0801
Reimbursable work
3
6
6
0809
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
3
6
6
0900
Total new obligations
146
219
268
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
24
26
19
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
9
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
33
26
19
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
147
206
262
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [089–0222]
–3
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
144
206
262
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
3
3
3
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–8
3
3
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
–5
6
6
1900
Budget authority (total)
139
212
268
1930
Total budgetary resources available
172
238
287
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
26
19
19
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
412
170
133
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
146
219
268
3020
Outlays (gross)
–329
–256
–280
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–9
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–50
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
170
133
121
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–10
–2
–5
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
8
–3
–3
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–2
–5
–8
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
402
168
128
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
168
128
113
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
139
212
268
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
30
130
163
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
299
126
117
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
329
256
280
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–2
–3
–3
4033
Non-Federal sources
–1
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–3
–3
–3
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
8
–3
–3
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
144
206
262
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
326
253
277
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
144
206
262
4190
Outlays, net (total)
326
253
277
The mission of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) is to drive electric grid modernization and
resiliency in energy infrastructure. OE leads the Department of Energy's efforts to strengthen, transform, and improve energy
infrastructure so that consumers have access to reliable, secure, and clean sources of energy. OE also leads the Grid Modernization
Initiative, which is targeted at coordinating, integrating and executing grid related activities across the Department in
response to the Quadrennial Energy Review and Quadrennial Technology Review. OE programs include:
Clean Energy Transmission and Reliability (CETR).—The CETR program helps improve the reliability and resiliency of the U.S. transmission system through research and development
(R&D) focused on measurement and control of the electricity system and risk assessment to address challenges across integrated
energy systems.
Smart Grid.—The Smart Grid program strengthens distribution system modernization by accommodating greater numbers of distributed energy
resources (solar photovoltaics, combined heat and power, energy storage, electric vehicles, etc.), enabling higher levels
of demand-side management and control practices, and enhancing reliability and resiliency during both normal operations and
extreme weather events.
Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery System (CEDS).—The CEDS program supports research on cutting edge cybersecurity solutions, information sharing to enhance situational awareness,
implementing tools to aid industry to improve their cybersecurity posture, and building an effective, timely, and coordinated
cyber incident management capability in the energy sector.
Energy Storage.—The Energy Storage program conducts research, development, and demonstrations to enhance the stability, reliability, and flexibility
of the electric grid by accelerating the development and deployment of advanced grid-scale energy storage in the electric
system.
Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components (TRAC).—The TRAC program addresses challenges facing transformers and other critical components, such as geomagnetic disturbances
and electromagnetic pulses, in support of grid modernization. Activities will increase the resilience of aging grid assets,
identify requirements for next-generation "grid hardware," and accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of
advanced components.
Grid Institute.—The Grid Institute program supports funding for a competitively selected Institute as a part of the President's vision for
a larger multi-agency National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). This Institute will focus on technologies related
to industrial metals for grid application, and advances will be broadly applicable in multiple industries and markets.
National Electricity Delivery (NED).—The NED program provides technical assistance to states, regional entities, and tribes to help them develop and improve
their programs, policies, and laws that facilitate the development of reliable and affordable electricity infrastructure.
The program implements the electricity grid modernization requirements contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and authorizes the export of electric energy and processes permits for the construction
of transmission infrastructure across international borders.
State Distribution-Level Reform Program.—The State Distribution-Level Reform Program is a new activity in FY 2017 that will competitively award cooperative agreements
to states to utilize a grid architecture approach to address their system challenges. The states are well positioned to play
important leadership roles, and could benefit from the assistance that the proposed program could provide.
Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration (ISER).—The ISER program leads efforts for securing the U.S. energy infrastructure against all hazards, reducing the impact of disruptive
events, and responding to and facilitating recovery from energy disruptions, in collaboration with industry and State and
local governments.
State Energy Assurance.—The State Energy Assurance program is a new activity in FY 2017 that will provide grants to states, localities, and tribal
governments in support of energy assurance.
Program Direction.—Program Direction provides for the costs associated with the Federal workforce and contractor services that support OE's
mission. These costs include salaries, benefits, travel, training, building occupancy, IT systems, and other related expenses.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0318–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
11
16
16
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
12
17
17
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
4
6
7
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
1
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
17
25
32
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
3
4
5
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
3
4
5
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
53
81
98
25.5
Research and development contracts
49
74
94
32.0
Land and structures
1
1
2
99.0
Direct obligations
143
213
262
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
3
6
6
99.9
Total new obligations
146
219
268
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0318–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
95
118
118
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
1
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
[(including transfer of funds)]
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and
other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$2,073,000,000] $2,898,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, [$155,000,000] $170,900,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction[: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense Production Act
Fund for activities of the Department of Energy pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.)]. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0321–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Vehicle Technologies
220
310
468
0002
Bioenergy Technologies
176
257
279
0003
Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technologies
80
101
105
0091
Sustainable Transportation, subtotal
476
668
852
0101
Solar Energy
194
282
285
0102
Wind Energy
69
137
156
0103
Water Power
50
84
80
0104
Geothermal Technologies
30
75
100
0191
Renewable Electricity, subtotal
343
578
621
0201
Advanced Manufacturing
202
280
261
0202
Building Technologies
171
202
289
0203
Weatherization & Intergovernmental Activities
255
269
326
0204
Federal Energy Management Program
25
28
43
0291
Energy Efficiency, subtotal
653
779
919
0301
Program Direction & Support
177
155
171
0302
Strategic Programs
22
21
28
0303
Facilities & Infrastructure
56
62
92
0391
EERE Corporate Support, subtotal
255
238
291
0401
Regional Energy Innovation Partnerships
110
0402
Next-Generation Innovation
60
0403
Small Business Partnerships
20
0404
Energy Technology Innovation Accelerators
25
0491
Crosscutting Innovation Initiatives, Subtotal
215
0799
Total direct obligations
1,727
2,263
2,898
0810
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Reimbursable)
150
201
201
0900
Total new obligations
1,877
2,464
3,099
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
408
656
462
1011
Unobligated balance transfer from other acct [072–1037]
1
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
130
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
539
656
462
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
1,937
2,073
2,898
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [089–0222]
–28
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [097–0360]
–45
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–23
–4
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
1,841
2,069
2,898
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
181
201
201
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–28
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
153
201
201
1900
Budget authority (total)
1,994
2,270
3,099
1930
Total budgetary resources available
2,533
2,926
3,561
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
656
462
462
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
2,989
2,108
2,248
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1,877
2,464
3,099
3020
Outlays (gross)
–2,061
–2,324
–2,505
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–130
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–567
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
2,108
2,248
2,842
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–133
–105
–105
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
28
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–105
–105
–105
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
2,856
2,003
2,143
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
2,003
2,143
2,737
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
1,994
2,270
3,099
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
476
762
987
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
1,585
1,562
1,518
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
2,061
2,324
2,505
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–111
–100
–100
4033
Non-Federal sources
–73
–101
–101
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–184
–201
–201
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
28
4052
Offsetting collections credited to expired accounts
3
4060
Additional offsets against budget authority only (total)
31
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
1,841
2,069
2,898
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
1,877
2,123
2,304
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,841
2,069
2,898
4190
Outlays, net (total)
1,877
2,123
2,304
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is the U.S. Government's primary clean
energy technology organization. EERE works with many of America's best innovators and businesses to support high-impact applied
research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) activities in sustainable transportation, renewable power, and
end-use energy efficiency. EERE implements a range of strategies aimed at reducing our reliance on oil, saving families and
businesses money, creating jobs, and reducing pollution. We work to ensure that the clean energy technologies of today and
tomorrow are not only invented in America, but also manufactured in America.
Sustainable Transportation:
Vehicle Technologies.—This program conducts research and development (R&D) to achieve technology breakthroughs that enable the U.S. to greatly
reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. The program focuses on
advancing a suite of technologies including batteries and electric drivetrains, lightweight materials, advanced combustion
engines, and non-petroleum fuels and lubricants. The program also supports early demonstration, field validation, and community-scale
deployment of advanced vehicle technologies.
Bioenergy Technologies.—This program funds research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to advance biofuels technologies capable of producing
biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower that will help enable a more sustainable transportation sector. The program focuses on
biomass feedstock logistics, conversion technologies, and validation of commercial-scale integrated biorefineries. This work
is closely coordinated with the Departments of Agriculture and Defense.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies.—This program supports RD&D to achieve transformative advances in affordable, high efficiency and low emissions hydrogen
and fuel cell technologies with the greatest potential to reduce petroleum consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and criteria
air pollutants. The program focuses on automotive fuel cells and hydrogen fuel technologies with crosscutting activities to
overcome economic and institutional barriers to their commercial deployment.
Renewable Power:
Solar Energy.—This program supports solar energy RD&D at universities and the National Laboratories in collaboration with industry to
enable cost-competitive and reliable domestic solar energy options manufactured in the United States that enhance our economy,
reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, and support a resilient electric grid. The program's main goal under the SunShot Initiative
is to make solar energy cost-competitive with other sources of electricity, across the nation and without subsidies, by 2020.
To achieve this goal the program focuses on photovoltaic and concentrated solar power technology development, systems integration,
balance of system and soft cost reductions, and innovations in manufacturing competitiveness.
Wind Energy.—This program develops technology in partnership with industry, academia, and the National Laboratories to improve the reliability
and affordability of land-based and offshore wind energy systems. The program supports advanced turbine component research
and design, wind resource assessments and modeling, advanced turbine and wind plant system modeling and optimization, and
improved approaches to systems interconnection and integration with the electric transmission grid. These efforts also help
reduce barriers to technology acceptance, create domestic manufacturing opportunities, and enable increased market penetration
of this variable resource.
Water Power.—This program conducts RD&D to enable improved, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible renewable power generation
from innovative water power technologies. The program supports a diverse array of water power technologies and tools to significantly
improve the energy and environmental performance of producing electricity from waves, tides, ocean currents and rivers. The
program also supports resource assessments, cost assessments, environmental studies, and advanced modeling aimed at reducing
the market barriers to deployment.
Geothermal Technologies.—This program conducts RD&D in partnership with industry, academia, and the National Laboratories to improve the discovery,
access, and use of new geothermal resources for cost-effective base load renewable electricity generation. The program concentrates
on innovative technologies for discovering and developing enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), with complementary work on hydrothermal
systems and low-temperature/co-produced resources. The competitively selected Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal
Energy (FORGE) is a dedicated, DOE-managed, industry/stakeholder operated site for EGS field testing with laboratory accuracy,
which will enable transformative, high-impact technologies and techniques to be rapidly demonstrated and improved by increasing
technology sharing and leverage with the private sector.
Energy Efficiency:
Advanced Manufacturing.—This program supports RD&D focused on advanced manufacturing innovations applicable to clean energy products and industrial
energy productivity as well as cross-cutting manufacturing process technologies and advanced industrial materials that could
increase manufacturing productivity and reduce the costs. Program activities include R&D projects, industrial technical assistance,
and managing Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, which are part of a larger inter-agency network aimed at bringing
together universities, companies, and government to co-invest in solving industry-relevant manufacturing challenges. The program
seeks to develop and assist in the demonstration of materials and processes that reduce energy intensity and the life-cycle
energy consumption of manufactured products and promote continuous improvement in energy efficiency among existing facilities
and manufacturers.
Building Technologies.—This program develops, demonstrates, and promotes the integration of energy efficient practices and technologies in residential
and commercial buildings. The program accelerates the availability of technologies and practices through high impact R&D;
promotes model building efficiency codes and the promulgation of national lighting and appliance standards; and addresses
barriers through integration activities such as Better Buildings, Building America, and the ENERGY STAR partnership with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Federal Energy Management Program.—This program provides technical expertise, training, resources, and contracting support to help Federal agencies meet relevant
energy, water, greenhouse gas, transportation, and sustainable buildings goals as defined in statute and Executive Orders.
Weatherization and Intergovernmental.—This program supports the deployment of clean energy technologies and practices in partnership with State, local, and U.S.
territory governments. The State Energy Program provides technical and financial resources to States to help them achieve
their energy efficiency and renewable energy goals. Funding also supports local government energy program and project planning,
development, and implementation through technical assistance and grants awarded on a competitive basis. The Weatherization
Assistance Program lowers energy use and costs for low income families by supporting energy-efficient home retrofits through
State-managed networks of local weatherization providers.
Crosscutting Innovation Initiatives:
Regional Energy Innovation Centers.—This program supports regionally-focused sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency RD&D and innovation
ecosystem development initiatives.
Next Generation Innovation.—This program funds initial private-sector commercialization of high-promise, emerging early-stage technology concepts across
the sustainable transportation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency portfolios.
Small Business Partnerships.—This program will enable National Laboratories to partner with small businesses to address their critical clean energy RD&D
challenges and opportunities in the sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency space.
Energy Technology Innovation Accelerators.—This program will enable participating National Laboratories to provide clean energy entrepreneurs with seed funding, technical
support, and access to Lab researchers and capabilities.
Corporate Programs:
Program Direction.—This activity enables EERE to maintain and support a world-class Federal workforce to accomplish its mission to create and
sustain American leadership in the global transition to a clean energy economy through high-impact research, development,
and demonstration, and deployment market barriers activities to make clean energy as affordable and convenient as traditional
forms of energy and through breaking down barriers to market entry.
Strategic Programs.—The mission of the Office of Strategic Programs is to increase the effectiveness and impact of all EERE activities by funding
and guiding EERE cross-cutting activities, analysis, and support functions. The office focuses on accelerating development,
commercialization, and adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies through strategic partnerships to support
the transition of EERE technologies to market; communications and engagement with energy stakeholders; development and catalysis
of international markets for U.S. clean energy companies; and analytic support for decision making and management of the EERE
portfolio.
Facilities and Infrastructure.—This activity supports EERE's clean energy RD&D by providing funding for general plant projects, maintenance and repair,
general purpose equipment, upgrades to accommodate new research requirements, and safeguards and security operations at the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Facilities and Infrastructure also supports the operation of the NREL Energy
Systems Integration Facility as a DOE Technology User Facility. This facility provides component and system testing and grid
simulation capability to DOE programs and the private sector, helping to integrate clean energy technologies seamlessly into
electrical grid infrastructure and utility operations at the speed and scale required to meet national goals.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0321–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
70
92
92
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
5
7
7
11.5
Other personnel compensation
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
76
100
100
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
22
29
38
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
5
7
9
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
8
10
13
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
78
102
131
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
60
79
102
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
37
48
62
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
732
959
1,241
25.5
Research and development contracts
129
169
219
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
2
3
4
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
576
755
977
99.0
Direct obligations
1,727
2,263
2,898
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
150
201
201
99.9
Total new obligations
1,877
2,464
3,099
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0321–0–1–270
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
615
719
697
21st Century Clean Transportation Plan Investments, DOE
As part of the 21st Century Clean Transportation Plan, the Department of Energy will:
Scale-up clean transportation R&D through initiatives to accelerate cutting the cost of battery technology; advance the next
generation of low carbon biofuels, in particular for intermodal freight and fleets; and establish a smart mobility research
center to investigate systems level energy implications of vehicle connectivity and automation;
Launch the Clean Fleets Competition program which will use challenge grants to drive cleaner State, Tribal, and local government
vehicle fleets, in particular, those for first responders; and
Ensure all Americans have access to at least one alternative fuel by 2020 by providing funding for the development of regional
low-carbon fueling infrastructure including electric vehicles, advanced biofuels, fuel cells, and others low-carbon options.
In addition, DOE will launch an Electric Vehicle Accelerator Communities program with the goal of deploying 10,000 new grid
connected solar powered fast charging stations by 2025 through public-private partnerships.
21st Century Clean Transportation Plan Investments, DOE
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5673–4–2–990
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Clean Transportation R&D
200
0002
Next Generation Biofuels R&D
100
0003
Smart Mobility Research Center
200
0004
Clean Fleets Competition - Municipalities and First-Responders
85
0005
Low-Carbon Fueling Infrastructure Deployment
750
0900
Total new obligations
1,335
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, mandatory:
1201
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
1,335
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1,335
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1,335
3020
Outlays (gross)
–400
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
935
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
935
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
1,335
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
400
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,335
4190
Outlays, net (total)
400
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5673–4–2–990
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
200
25.5
Research and development contracts
300
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
835
99.9
Total new obligations
1,335
Office of Technology Transitions
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for technology transitions and commercialization activities in carrying out the
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 16391), and the Stephenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), $8,400,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2018.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0346–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0010
Office of Technology Transitions
8
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
8
1930
Total budgetary resources available
8
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
8
3020
Outlays (gross)
–6
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
2
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
8
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
6
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
8
4190
Outlays, net (total)
6
Office of Technology Transitions (OTT).— The Office of Technology Transitions' function is to help expand the commercial impact of the Department of Energy's portfolio
of research, development, demonstration and deployment activities. The office is led by the statutory 'Technology Transfer
Coordinator' for the Department and serves a corporate role to coordinate, develop, and implement strategies to transition
technologies to the market. The office works with the National Laboratories and other stakeholders to identify high value
technological innovations and discoveries, and to inject resources to move them rapidly to commercialization thus enhancing
U.S. competitiveness and energy technological leadership. The office implements the Clean Energy Investment Center and manages
the Technology Commercialization Fund.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0346–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
11.1
Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
1
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
1
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
3
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
1
99.0
Direct obligations
7
99.5
Adjustment for rounding
1
99.9
Total new obligations
8
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0346–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
11
Office of Indian Energy
For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C 7101 et seq.), $22,930,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated under
this heading, $4,800,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, for program direction.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0342–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Office of Indian Energy (Direct)
23
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
23
1930
Total budgetary resources available
23
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
23
3020
Outlays (gross)
–12
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
11
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
11
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
23
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
12
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
23
4190
Outlays, net (total)
12
Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (OIE).—The Office is charged to direct, foster, coordinate, and implement energy planning, education, management, and competitive
grant programs that assist Tribes with clean energy development and infrastructure, capacity building, energy costs, and electrification
of Indian lands and homes. OIE coordinates programmatic activity across the Department related to development of clean energy
resources on Indian lands, and works with other federal government agencies, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations to promote
Indian energy policies and initiatives.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0342–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
2
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
21
99.9
Total new obligations
23
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0342–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
15
Non-Defense environmental cleanup
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and
other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, [$255,000,000] $218,400,000, to remain available until expended. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0315–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0002
Fast Flux Test Facility
3
3
2
0003
Gaseous Diffusion Plants
102
104
90
0004
Small Sites
82
88
52
0005
West Valley Demonstration Project
59
59
62
0006
Infrastructure
12
0007
Mercury Storage Facility
1
0799
Total direct obligations
246
255
218
0801
Non-defense Environmental Cleanup (Reimbursable)
33
29
29
0900
Total new obligations
279
284
247
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
1
1
1
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
1
1
1
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
246
255
218
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
33
29
29
1900
Budget authority (total)
279
284
247
1930
Total budgetary resources available
280
285
248
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
1
1
1
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
139
152
107
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
279
284
247
3020
Outlays (gross)
–265
–329
–277
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–1
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
152
107
77
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–1
–1
–1
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–1
–1
–1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
138
151
106
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
151
106
76
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
279
284
247
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
169
207
182
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
96
122
95
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
265
329
277
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–2
4033
Non-Federal sources
–32
–29
–29
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–34
–29
–29
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4052
Offsetting collections credited to expired accounts
1
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
246
255
218
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
231
300
248
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
246
255
218
4190
Outlays, net (total)
231
300
248
The Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup program includes funds to manage and clean up sites used for civilian energy research
and non-defense related activities. These activities resulted in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste contamination that
requires remediation, stabilization, or some other type of corrective action, as well as the decontamination and decommissioning
of former research and production buildings and supporting infrastructure. The budget displays the cleanup program by site
and activity.
West Valley Demonstration Project.—Funds waste disposition, building decontamination, and removal of non-essential facilities in the near-term.
Gaseous Diffusion Plants.—Funds surveillance and maintenance of the former Uranium Program facilities and manages legacy polychlorinated biphenyl
contamination. The program also includes the operation of two depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion facilities at Paducah,
Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, which are converting the depleted uranium hexafluoride into a more stable form for reuse or
disposition.
Fast Flux Test Facility.—Funds the long-term surveillance and maintenance and eventual decontamination and decommissioning of the Fast Flux Test
Facility, constructed and operated from the 1960s through 1980s.
Small Sites.—Funds cleanup, closure, and post-closure environmental activities at a number of geographic sites across the nation, including
the Energy Technology Engineering Center and Moab, as well as non-defense activities at Idaho and Oak Ridge. Some sites are
associated with other Department of Energy programs, particularly the Office of Science, and will have continuing missions
after EM completes the cleanup. Others will transition to the Office of Legacy Management or private-sector entities for post-closure
activities.
Infrastructure.—Funds the maintenance, repair, and recapitalization of general-purpose infrastructure to support the cleanup mission.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0315–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
9
9
8
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
10
10
9
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
3
3
2
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
212
220
188
32.0
Land and structures
11
12
10
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
1
1
1
99.0
Direct obligations
246
255
218
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
33
29
29
99.9
Total new obligations
279
284
247
Fossil energy research and development
(Including Use of Prior Year Balances)
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible
and equitable interests in any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances
without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), [$632,000,000] $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $240,000,000 shall be from prior year unobligated balances previously appropriated: Provided, That of [such amount $114,202,000] the amount made available under this heading in this Act, $60,998,000 shall be available until September 30, [2017] 2018, for program direction: Provided further, That of the $600,000,000 provided under this heading, $360,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund
and $240,000,000 is derived from funds appropriated in prior Acts under the headings ''Fossil Energy Research and Development''
and ''Clean Coal Technology'' for prior solicitations under the Clean Coal Power Initiative from projects selected under such
solicitations that have not reached financial close prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such
funds appropriated in prior Acts shall be deobligated, if necessary, and shall be made available for activities under this
heading without regard to the provisions in the Act in which the funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, That
no amounts may be repurposed pursuant to this paragraph from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0213–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0002
Carbon Capture
85
101
170
0003
Carbon Storage
107
106
91
0004
Advanced Energy Systems
101
105
48
0005
Cross-Cutting Research
47
50
59
0007
Program Direction
61
0012
Program Direction - Management
125
114
0013
Program Direction - NETL R&D
40
53
0014
Plant and Capital Equipment
16
16
0016
Environmental Restoration
6
8
0017
Special Recruitment Program
1
1
0019
Fuel Supply Impact Mitigation
27
0020
Natural gas technologies
25
43
0021
Unconventional FE Technologies
9
20
0022
STEP (Supercritical CO2)
10
15
0024
NETL Research and Operations
76
0025
NETL Infrastructure
68
0799
Total direct obligations
572
632
600
0801
Fossil Energy Research and Development (Reimbursable)
2
2
2
0900
Total new obligations
574
634
602
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
52
35
275
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
6
240
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
58
275
275
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
571
632
360
1120
Appropriations transferred to other accts [089–0222]
–12
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–10
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
549
632
360
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
2
2
2
1900
Budget authority (total)
551
634
362
1930
Total budgetary resources available
609
909
637
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
35
275
35
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
2,738
1,178
930
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
574
634
602
3020
Outlays (gross)
–805
–642
–729
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–6
–240
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–1,323
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
1,178
930
803
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–2
–2
–2
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–2
–2
–2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
2,736
1,176
928
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
1,176
928
801
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
551
634
362
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
159
254
145
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
646
388
584
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
805
642
729
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–1
4033
Non-Federal sources
–4
–2
–2
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–5
–2
–2
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4052
Offsetting collections credited to expired accounts
3
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
549
632
360
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
800
640
727
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
549
632
360
4190
Outlays, net (total)
800
640
727
The Fossil Energy Research and Development (FER&D) program supports research that will improve the Nation's ability to use
fossil energy resources cleanly, affordably, and efficiently. The program funds research and development with academia, national
laboratories, and the private sector to advance the technology base used to develop new products and processes. FER&D supports
activities ranging from early concept research in universities and national laboratories to applied R&D and proof-of-concept
projects with private-sector firms.
Research, Development & Demonstration.—Program activities, including National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) R&D, focus on: 1) CO2 capture technology applicable
to both new and existing fossil-fueled facilities including pre-combustion capture, post-combustion capture, advanced combustion
technologies such as oxy-combustion, and natural gas carbon capture; 2) CO2 storage, with emphasis on field tests, modeling,
simulation, and CO2 monitoring, verification, accounting, and assessment; 3) advanced fossil-fueled power systems that support
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), including Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and advanced turbines; and 4) cross-cutting
research to bridge fundamental science and applied engineering development. The Department will continue to work with the
private sector and academia to conduct and direct research toward overcoming critical challenges to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions from fossil energy power generation in the United States. The program will also continue collaborative research
and development work with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior to ensure that unconventional
oil and gas development is conducted in a manner that is environmentally sound and protective of human health and safety.
In addition, FER&D will conduct work focused on characterizing gas hydrates and will develop technologies to monitor, quantify,
and reduce emissions from midstream natural gas infrastructure. NETL Research and Operations includes funding for scientists,
engineers and project managers conducting both in-house and collaborative research. NETL Infrastructure includes funding to
support the upkeep of a laboratory footprint in three geographic locations — Morgantown, WV; Pittsburgh, PA; and Albany, OR.
This includes infrastructure repairs and improvements for both site-wide/general purpose facilities and laboratory/research
facilities, including Joule, the fossil energy high performance computer.
Program Direction and Management Support. This program provides funding for all headquarters and field personnel and other operating expenses in FER&D. In addition,
it provides support for day-to-day project management functions and operating expenses for NETL. Also included is the Import/Export
Authorization program, which will continue regulatory reviews and oversight of the transmission of natural gas across the
U.S. borders.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0213–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
62
69
70
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
1
1
1
11.5
Other personnel compensation
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
64
71
72
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
20
22
21
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
4
4
4
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
7
8
8
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
115
127
120
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
10
11
10
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
11
12
11
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
56
62
58
25.5
Research and development contracts
268
297
278
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
4
4
4
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
4
4
4
32.0
Land and structures
7
8
8
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
1
1
1
99.0
Direct obligations
572
632
600
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
2
2
2
99.9
Total new obligations
574
634
602
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0213–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
582
641
658
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, [$17,500,000] $14,950,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be available for all
naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0219–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Production and Operations
4
17
13
0002
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves Program Direction
2
21
2
0900
Total new obligations
6
38
15
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
7
22
2
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
20
18
15
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
1
1900
Budget authority (total)
21
18
15
1930
Total budgetary resources available
28
40
17
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
22
2
2
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
19
10
11
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
6
38
15
3020
Outlays (gross)
–15
–37
–20
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
10
11
6
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
19
10
11
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
10
11
6
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
21
18
15
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
1
11
9
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
14
26
11
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
15
37
20
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–1
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
20
18
15
4190
Outlays, net (total)
14
37
20
Following the sale of the government's interests in Naval Petroleum Reserve 1 (NPR-1) in California (Elk Hills), post-sale
environmental assessment/remediation activities continue to be required by the legally binding agreements under the Corrective
Action Consent Agreement with the State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Program activities encompass
execution of a technical baseline, interim measures, environmental sampling and analysis, corrective measures, waste removal
and disposal, and confirmatory sampling. In FY 2017, these activities will continue to serve as the basis for requests to
DTSC to release DOE from further corrective action for 131 areas of concern at NPR-1.
The account also funds activities at Naval Petroleum Reserve 3 (NPR-3) in Wyoming (Teapot Dome), a stripper well oil field.
On January 30, 2015, the Department finalized the sale of the Teapot Dome Oilfield. The Department will oversee post-sale
remediation activities and ground water sampling for the closure of the landfill in compliance with National Environmental
Policy Act and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality requirements.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0219–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
1
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
1
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
1
14
6
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
3
6
3
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
1
16
6
99.9
Total new obligations
6
38
15
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0219–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
7
8
4
Strategic petroleum reserve
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), [$212,000,000] $257,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0218–0–1–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
SPR Management
23
25
29
0002
SPR Storage Facilities Development
179
187
228
0900
Total new obligations
202
212
257
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
7
5
5
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
7
5
5
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
200
212
257
1930
Total budgetary resources available
207
217
262
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
5
5
5
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
86
107
93
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
202
212
257
3020
Outlays (gross)
–181
–226
–218
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
107
93
132
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
86
107
93
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
107
93
132
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
200
212
257
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
103
117
141
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
78
109
77
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
181
226
218
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
200
212
257
4190
Outlays, net (total)
181
226
218
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) provides strategic and economic security against foreign and domestic disruptions in
oil supplies via an emergency stockpile of crude oil. The program fulfills U.S. obligations under the International Energy
Program, which avails the U.S. of International Energy Agency assistance through its coordinated energy emergency response
plans, and provides a deterrent against energy supply disruptions. This level of funding in FY 2017 will provide for the management,
operations, maintenance, and security of the Government's four storage sites and infrastructure, and maintains SPR readiness
and capability to respond to energy supply disruptions. The program will continue to address cavern testing and remediation;
degasification of crude oil inventory to ensure its availability; increased support for major maintenance requirements to
address an aging infrastructure, and includes the addition of a custody transfer flow metering skid for Big Hill site's distribution
flexibility and reliability.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0218–0–1–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
11
12
14
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
3
3
4
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
1
1
23.2
Rental payments to others
2
2
3
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
3
3
4
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
1
1
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
20
21
25
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
161
169
205
99.9
Total new obligations
202
212
257
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0218–0–1–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
110
126
126
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
1
SPR Petroleum Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0233–0–1–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
SPR Petroleum Account (Direct)
240
0900
Total new obligations (object class 26.0)
240
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
251
14
14
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
3
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
254
14
14
1930
Total budgetary resources available
254
14
14
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
14
14
14
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
109
85
49
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
240
3020
Outlays (gross)
–261
–36
–29
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–3
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
85
49
20
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
109
85
49
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
85
49
20
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
Outlays, gross:
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
261
36
29
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
261
36
29
The SPR Petroleum Account was established in the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981 (P.L. 97–35). This account funds all Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum inventory acquisitions, associated
transportation costs, U.S. Customs duties, terminal throughput charges and other related miscellaneous costs. During an emergency
drawdown and sale, the SPR Petroleum Account is the source of funding for the incremental costs of withdrawing oil from the
storage caverns and transporting it to the point where purchasers take title. In 2014, the SPR performed an operational Test
Sale resulting in $468,564,599 in receipts. The Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve was established in the SPR Petroleum Account
and funds all aspects of the gasoline reserve. A portion of the test sale receipts ($235,587,000) were the source for all
Gasoline Reserve requirements. Balances will fund activities in FY 2016 and FY 2017.
Energy information administration
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the activities of the Energy Information Administration, [$122,000,000] $131,125,000, to remain available until expended. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0216–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Obligations by Program Activity
117
122
131
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
2
2
2
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
117
122
131
1930
Total budgetary resources available
119
124
133
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
2
2
2
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
31
37
48
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
117
122
131
3020
Outlays (gross)
–111
–111
–129
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
37
48
50
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
31
37
48
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
37
48
50
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
117
122
131
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
81
85
92
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
30
26
37
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
111
111
129
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
117
122
131
4190
Outlays, net (total)
111
111
129
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy.
EIA collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient
markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. As the Nation's premier
source of energy information, EIA conducts a data collection program covering the full spectrum of energy sources, end uses,
and energy flows; generates short- and long-term domestic and international energy projections; and performs timely, informative
energy analyses. The FY 2017 Budget Request enables EIA to continue its core data collection, analysis, and dissemination
activities, while also pursuing four strategic initiatives to provide the public more detailed, timely, and accurate data
and analysis in the areas of commercial building efficiency, regional petroleum markets, international trends, and vehicle
transportation. EIA will revamp petroleum data and analysis to provide more regional detail, which will better address many
policymaker questions and market issues. In addition, EIA will build upon new methodologies from its residential building
data collection to realize efficiencies in its commercial building survey and will continue to evolve its energy consumption
program by beginning to test methods for tenant-level energy data collections. EIA will continue to collaborate with counterparts
in Canada and Mexico to improve the quality and transparency of North American energy data and infrastructure mapping capabilities,
in order to better understand domestic energy markets within the context of the world energy system, particularly export scenarios
for crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas. Finally, EIA will explore options and partnerships to collect
and analyze data on personal vehicle transportation related to macroeconomic, demographic, and behavioral changes, which will
help in developing projections of motor fuel demand, and also will be highly useful to policymakers who assess, plan, and
fund energy infrastructure needs.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0216–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
39
41
44
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
1
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
40
42
45
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
11
11
12
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
7
7
8
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
43
46
49
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
1
1
1
25.3
Purchases of goods and services from Government accounts
9
9
10
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
1
1
1
25.5
Research and development contracts
1
1
1
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
3
3
3
99.9
Total new obligations
117
122
131
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0216–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
329
375
375
Federal energy regulatory commission
Salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, [$319,800,000] $346,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed [$319,800,000] $346,800,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year [2016] 2017 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year [2016] 2017 so as to result in a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0212–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Ensure Just and Reasonable Rates, Terms & Conditions
147
153
160
0802
Promote Safe, Reliable, Secure & Efficient Infrastructure
110
117
123
0803
Mission Support through Organizational Excellence
58
61
64
0900
Total new obligations
315
331
347
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
28
18
7
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
1
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
29
18
7
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
304
320
347
1930
Total budgetary resources available
333
338
354
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
18
7
7
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
39
54
43
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
315
331
347
3020
Outlays (gross)
–299
–342
–344
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–1
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
54
43
46
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
39
54
43
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
54
43
46
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
304
320
347
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
279
288
312
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
20
54
32
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
299
342
344
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4034
Offsetting governmental collections
–304
–320
–347
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–5
22
–3
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5090
Unexpired unavailable balance, SOY: Offsetting collections
15
15
15
5092
Unexpired unavailable balance, EOY: Offsetting collections
15
15
15
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) regulates and oversees key interstate aspects of the electric power
(including hydropower), natural gas and oil pipeline industries. The Commission assists consumers in obtaining reliable, efficient
and sustainable energy services at a reasonable cost through appropriate regulatory and market means. Regulated entities pay
fees and charges sufficient to recover the Commission's full cost of operations.
Ensure Just and Reasonable Rates, Terms, and Conditions.—One of the Commission's fundamental statutory responsibilities is to ensure that rates, terms and conditions for wholesale
sales and transmission of electric energy and for transportation of natural gas are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory
or preferential. To fulfill this responsibility, the Commission uses a combination of market and regulatory means, complemented
by oversight and enforcement measures. For example, the Commission seeks to improve the competitiveness of organized wholesale
electric markets, which in turn encourages new entry by supply-side and demand-side resources, spurs innovation and deployment
of new technologies, improves operating performance, and exerts downward pressure on costs. The Commission will continue to
pursue market reforms to allow all resources to compete in jurisdictional markets on a level playing field. Another example
of the Commission's use of market and regulatory means in support of this goal is found in the Commission's requirements for
public utility transmission providers to participate in an open and transparent regional transmission planning process and
to allocate appropriately the costs of new transmission facilities stemming from such a process. In addition, the Commission
approves cost-based, and where appropriate, market-based rates for the interstate transportation of natural gas and oil on
jurisdictional pipelines, and for the interstate transmission and wholesale sales of electric energy. The Commission also
prevents the accumulation and exercise of market power by reviewing merger and other transactions in the electric industry
to ensure that these proposals will not harm the public interest. The Commission accepts tariff provisions, as appropriate,
to allow natural gas and oil pipelines and public utilities to modify their services to meet their customers' needs. Oversight
and enforcement are essential complements to the Commission's approach to ensure that rates, terms and conditions of service
are just and reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. The Commission will review internal compliance programs
as part of its compliance audits, issue publicly available audit reports, and engage in formal and informal outreach efforts
to promote effective compliance programs. Audits are planned and prioritized using a risk-based approach in order to maximize
the impact of the Commission's resources. The Commission also conducts public and non-public investigations of possible violations
of the statutes, regulations, rules, orders, and tariffs administered by the Commission. When violations of sufficient seriousness
are discovered, the Commission attempts to resolve the investigation through settlement with appropriate sanctions and future
compliance improvements before initiating further enforcement proceedings.
Promote Safe, Reliable, Secure, and Efficient Infrastructure.—The Commission plays an important role in the development of energy infrastructure that operates efficiently, safely and
reliably. One aspect of the Commission's role in energy infrastructure development stems from siting authority that includes
licensing non-federal hydropower projects, certificating interstate natural gas pipelines and storage projects, authorizing
liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, and, in certain circumstances, permitting electric transmission lines. Throughout
all of these processes, the Commission's goal is to expedite application processing without compromising environmental responsibilities
or public participation. The Commission encourages, and sometimes requires, project proponents to engage in early involvement
with state and federal agencies, Indian tribes, affected landowners and the public. Another aspect of the Commission's role
in energy infrastructure development stems from the Commission's responsibility for the safety of LNG and non-federal hydropower
facilities throughout the entire life cycle of a project: design review, construction and operation. To meet this mandate,
FERC primarily relies on physical inspections of the facilities. The Commission is incorporating risk-informed decision making
into its dam safety program. By doing so, the Commission is focusing its resources on those structures that pose the greatest
risk. The Commission also has an important role in protecting the reliability of the Nation's electric transmission grid.
A Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) develops and enforces mandatory reliability standards, subject
to the Commission's oversight and approval. The Reliability Standards development process uses an open and inclusive process
that employs extensive negotiation, consultation and coordination among many stakeholders. Regional Entities may also develop
regional Reliability Standards or regional modifications to a national Reliability Standard. In all such cases, the Commission
must either accept or remand these filings. The Commission may also, upon its own motion or upon complaint, order the ERO
to submit a proposed reliability standard or a modification of an existing reliability standard that addresses a specific
reliability matter. Once proposed standards are filed, it is important that the Commission respond in a timely manner so that
mandatory and enforceable standards affecting reliability can be implemented in a timely manner. In addition, the Commission
will provide leadership, expertise and assistance in identifying, communicating and seeking comprehensive solutions to significant
potential cyber and physical security risks to the energy infrastructure under the Commission's jurisdiction.
Mission Support through Organizational Excellence.—The public interest is best served when the Commission operates in an efficient, responsive and transparent manner. The
Commission achieves this operational state by maintaining processes and providing services in accordance with governing statutes,
authoritative guidance, and prevailing best practices. Facilitating understanding of how the Commission carries out its responsibilities
and maintaining public trust in the Commission are important components of the Commission's commitment to organizational excellence.
Trust and understanding increase acceptance of FERC decisions and reduces the potential for contentiousness toward FERC rules
and regulations. Through the use of the Commission's eLibrary and eSubscriptions web pages, the public can obtain extensive
information concerning documents both submitted to and issued by the Commission. The Commission also manages several social
media sites to promote transparency and open communication. More generally, the Commission prioritizes resource allocations
and makes prudent investments in relation to specific program activities or challenges. In meeting this commitment, the Commission
is making new investments in its human capital, information technology resources, and physical infrastructure. Because Commission
employees are directly responsible for achieving FERC's mission, the Commission allocates over two-thirds of its budget to
directly cover the compensation costs of its employees on an annual basis. Given this significant investment, the Commission
places extremely high value on its employees and is focused on ensuring their success. The Commission continues to focus its
human capital efforts on the competencies and positions most affected by the potential loss of approximately 30 percent of
its staff to retirement by FY 2018. The Commission will focus on the execution of its hiring processes to ensure it maximizes
allocated financial resources in a timely fashion. At the same time, the headquarters building is currently undergoing a complex
multi-year renovation effort to realize mandated space savings with a target of completion during FY 2020. In FY 2016, the
Commission is expecting to fund $10.4 million of the project using prior year unobligated budget authority. The FY 2017 request
includes increases of approximately $16.3 million to continue the modernization effort.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0212–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
165
172
176
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
5
5
5
11.5
Other personnel compensation
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
172
179
183
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
53
54
57
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
3
3
3
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
23
32
31
23.2
Rental payments to others
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
2
2
2
24.0
Printing and reproduction
2
2
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
8
9
11
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
8
8
9
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
2
1
2
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
2
2
2
25.7
Operation and maintenance of equipment
36
24
22
26.0
Supplies and materials
2
3
3
31.0
Equipment
1
4
6
32.0
Land and structures
7
13
99.9
Total new obligations
315
331
347
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0212–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
1,456
1,480
1,480
Clean Coal Technology
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0235–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
7
5
1
1029
Other balances withdrawn to Treasury
–4
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
7
1
1
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–3
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
1
1900
Budget authority (total)
–2
1930
Total budgetary resources available
5
1
1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
5
1
1
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
–2
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4033
Non-Federal sources
–1
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
–3
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–1
The Clean Coal Technology Program was established in the 1980s to perform commercial-scale demonstrations of advanced coal-based
technologies. All projects have concluded and only closeout activities remain.
Ultra-deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5523–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
1
1
1
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
1
1
1
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1
1
1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
1
1
1
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
97
48
8
3020
Outlays (gross)
–49
–40
–8
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
48
8
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
97
48
8
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
48
8
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
Outlays, gross:
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
49
40
8
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
49
40
8
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58) created a mandatory Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other
Petroleum Research program beginning in 2007. Subtitle J of Title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16371 et
seq.) was repealed and all unobligated balances in this account were rescinded by the Bipartisan Budget Control Act of FY
2013.
Elk Hills School Lands Fund
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5428–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
15
0198
Rounding adjustment
1
0199
Balance, start of year
16
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
16
Appropriations:
Current law:
2101
Elk Hills School Lands Fund
–16
5099
Balance, end of year
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5428–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Elk Hills School Lands Fund (Direct)
16
0900
Total new obligations (object class 41.0)
16
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1101
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
16
1930
Total budgetary resources available
16
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
16
3020
Outlays (gross)
–16
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
16
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
16
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
16
4190
Outlays, net (total)
16
The Elk Hills School Lands Fund provided a source of compensation for the California State Teachers' Retirement System as
a result of a settlement with the State of California with respect to its longstanding claim to title of two sections of land
within NPR-1. In 2011, the Department and the State of California agreed on the final, last payment of $15,579,815. The final
payment was appropriated and paid in FY 2015.
Payments to States under Federal Power Act
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5105–0–2–806
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
Receipts:
Current law:
1110
Licenses under Federal Power Act from Public Lands and National Forests, Payment to States (37 1/2%)
4
4
5
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
4
4
5
Appropriations:
Current law:
2101
Payments to States under Federal Power Act
–4
–4
–5
5099
Balance, end of year
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5105–0–2–806
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Payments to States under Federal Power Act (Direct)
4
4
5
0900
Total new obligations (object class 41.0)
4
4
5
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, mandatory:
1201
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
4
4
5
1930
Total budgetary resources available
4
4
5
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
4
4
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
4
4
5
3020
Outlays (gross)
–4
–8
–5
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
4
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
4
4
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
4
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
4
4
5
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
4
5
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
4
4
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
4
8
5
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4
4
5
4190
Outlays, net (total)
4
8
5
The States are paid 37.5 percent of the receipts from licenses for occupancy and use of national forests and public lands
within their boundaries issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (16 U.S.C. 810).
Northeast home heating oil reserve
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), [$7,600,000] $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5369–0–2–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
1
1
1
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
1
1
1
5099
Balance, end of year
1
1
1
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5369–0–2–274
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
NEHOR
4
8
7
0900
Total new obligations (object class 25.2)
4
8
7
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
12
10
10
1001
Discretionary unobligated balance brought fwd, Oct 1
10
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
8
8
7
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–6
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
2
8
7
1930
Total budgetary resources available
14
18
17
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
10
10
10
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
7
4
6
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
4
8
7
3020
Outlays (gross)
–7
–6
–11
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
4
6
2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
7
4
6
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
4
6
2
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
2
8
7
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
6
6
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
7
5
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
7
6
11
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
2
8
7
4190
Outlays, net (total)
7
6
11
The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve provides an emergency supply of home heating oil for the Northeast States during times
of inventory shortages and significant threats to immediate supply. The FY 2017 Budget continues to maintain a 1 million barrel
inventory of ultra-low sulfur distillate, stored in Northeast commercial storage terminals (Groton, CT and Revere, MA), to
provide a short-term emergency supplement to the Northeast systems' commercial supply of heating oil.
Nuclear Waste Disposal
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5227–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
32,413
33,836
35,671
0198
Unappropriated special fund receipt adjustment
–3
0199
Balance, start of year
32,410
33,836
35,671
Receipts:
Current law:
1130
Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund
386
388
1140
Earnings on Investments, Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund
1,429
1,453
1,513
1199
Total current law receipts
1,429
1,839
1,901
1999
Total receipts
1,429
1,839
1,901
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
33,839
35,675
37,572
Appropriations:
Current law:
2101
Salaries and Expenses
–3
–4
–4
5099
Balance, end of year
33,836
35,671
37,568
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5227–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Repository
1
0900
Total new obligations (object class 25.1)
1
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
11
13
13
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
3
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
14
13
13
1930
Total budgetary resources available
14
13
13
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
13
13
13
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
11
7
5
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
1
3020
Outlays (gross)
–2
–2
–2
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–3
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
7
5
3
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
11
7
5
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
7
5
3
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
Outlays, gross:
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
2
2
2
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
2
2
2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5000
Total investments, SOY: Federal securities: Par value
51,527
51,812
52,265
5001
Total investments, EOY: Federal securities: Par value
51,812
52,265
52,327
A new nuclear waste management approach was outlined in the Administration's January 2013 Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Waste and the FY 2017 Budget reflects this new Strategy. The Budget includes a proposal to implement funding reforms needed to
support the new approach, which includes the collection of one-time fees anticipated to begin in the 2026 timeframe. Additional
discussion of the proposal can be found in the narrative for the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy account.
In FY 2010, the Department closed the Yucca Mountain Project and the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Residual
obligations and outlays in the Nuclear Waste Disposal account are associated with Yucca project closeout activities and remaining
legacy activities such as accounting.
Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities
The unappropriated receipts currently in the Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities account shall be transferred to and
merged with the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and shall be available only to the extent provided
in advance in appropriations Acts.
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5226–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
861
861
0198
Unappropriated receipt adjustment
861
0199
Balance, start of year
861
861
861
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
861
861
861
Appropriations:
Current law:
2101
Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities
–861
5099
Balance, end of year
861
861
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5226–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1101
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
861
1120
Appropriations transferred to other acct [089–5231]
–861
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
This account funded operations of the Department's uranium enrichment facilities for commercial sales prior to 1992. These
facilities are now shut down and are significantly contaminated by decades of operations for defense and non-defense activities.
Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning (UED&D) Fund pays, subject
to appropriation, the decontamination and decommissioning costs of the Department's gaseous diffusion plants in Tennessee,
Ohio, and Kentucky. The Administration proposes to transfer the amount remaining in this account to the UED&D Fund due to
higher-than-expected cleanup costs. Funding so transferred will be precluded from obligation until appropriated for the authorized
purpose of the UED&D Fund.
Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund
[For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning,
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992, $673,749,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $32,959,000 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992.] (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5231–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
3,008
2,884
2,306
Receipts:
Current law:
1140
Earnings on Investments, Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
38
96
92
1140
General Fund Payment - Defense, Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
463
155
1199
Total current law receipts
501
96
247
Proposed:
1210
Assessments, Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
208
1240
Earnings on Investments, Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
16
1299
Total proposed receipts
224
1999
Total receipts
501
96
471
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
3,509
2,980
2,777
Appropriations:
Current law:
2101
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
–625
–674
2134
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
861
2199
Total current law appropriations
–625
–674
861
2999
Total appropriations
–625
–674
861
5099
Balance, end of year
2,884
2,306
3,638
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5231–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Oak Ridge
170
195
0002
Paducah
265
200
0003
Portsmouth
215
225
0004
Pension and Community and Regulatory Support
23
21
0005
Title X Uranium/Thorium Reimbursement Program
10
33
0900
Total new obligations
683
674
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
67
9
9
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1101
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
625
674
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [089–5226]
861
1134
Appropriations precluded from obligation
–861
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
625
674
1900
Budget authority (total)
625
674
1930
Total budgetary resources available
692
683
9
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
9
9
9
Special and non-revolving trust funds:
1955
Unobligated balances withdrawn and returned to general fund
1
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
274
324
306
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
683
674
3020
Outlays (gross)
–633
–692
–306
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
324
306
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
274
324
306
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
324
306
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
625
674
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
375
472
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
258
220
306
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
633
692
306
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
625
674
4190
Outlays, net (total)
633
692
306
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5000
Total investments, SOY: Federal securities: Par value
3,344
3,183
2,571
5001
Total investments, EOY: Federal securities: Par value
3,183
2,571
3,263
Decontamination and Decommissioning Activities.—Funds: 1) projects to decontaminate, decommission, and remediate the sites and facilities of the gaseous diffusion plants
at Portsmouth, Ohio; Paducah, Kentucky; and East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; 2) pensions and post-retirement
medical benefits for active and inactive gaseous diffusion plant workers.
Uranium and Thorium Reimbursement Program. —Provides reimbursement to uranium and thorium licensees for the Government's share of cleanup costs pursuant to Title X
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5231–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
13
13
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
49
48
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
619
611
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
2
2
99.9
Total new obligations
683
674
Uranium Sales and Remediation
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5530–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
2
2
2
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
2
2
2
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
2
2
2
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
2
2
2
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2006 provided the Department of Energy authority to barter, transfer,
or sell uranium and to use any proceeds, without fiscal year limitation, to remediate contaminated uranium inventories held
by the Secretary of Energy.
Isotope Production and Distribution Program Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4180–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Isotope Production and Distribution Reimbursable program
58
57
57
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
15
9
7
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
52
55
55
1930
Total budgetary resources available
67
64
62
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
9
7
5
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
41
39
32
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
58
57
57
3020
Outlays (gross)
–60
–64
–60
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
39
32
29
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
41
39
32
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
39
32
29
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
52
55
55
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
18
55
55
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
42
9
5
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
60
64
60
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–20
–19
–19
4033
Non-Federal sources
–32
–36
–36
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–52
–55
–55
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
8
9
5
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
8
9
5
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4180–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
55
54
54
31.0
Equipment
2
2
2
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
1
1
1
99.9
Total new obligations
58
57
57
Advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing
Loan Program, [$6,000,000] $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, [2017] 2018. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0322–0–1–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
Credit program obligations:
0701
Direct loan subsidy
19
170
119
0706
Interest on reestimates of direct loan subsidy
15
0709
Administrative expenses
4
6
5
0900
Total new obligations
38
176
124
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
4,313
4,294
4,124
1001
Discretionary unobligated balance brought fwd, Oct 1
4,313
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
4,313
4,294
4,124
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
4
6
5
Appropriations, mandatory:
1200
Appropriation
15
1900
Budget authority (total)
19
6
5
1930
Total budgetary resources available
4,332
4,300
4,129
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
4,294
4,124
4,005
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
28
47
176
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
38
176
124
3020
Outlays (gross)
–19
–47
–75
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
47
176
225
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
28
47
176
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
47
176
225
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
4
6
5
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
4
4
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
4
43
71
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
4
47
75
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
15
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
15
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
19
6
5
4190
Outlays, net (total)
19
47
75
Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0322–0–1–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority:
115001
Direct Auto Loans
259
3,400
2,500
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
132001
Direct Auto Loans
7.28
5.01
4.75
132999
Weighted average subsidy rate
7.28
5.01
4.75
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
133001
Direct Auto Loans
19
170
119
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
134001
Direct Auto Loans
43
69
Direct loan reestimates:
135001
Direct Auto Loans
–4
–12
Administrative expense data:
3580
Outlays from balances
2
3590
Outlays from new authority
2
Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established a direct loan program to support the development
of advanced technology vehicles and associated components in the United States, known as the Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVM). The 2009 Continuing Resolution (CR), enacted on September 30, 2008, appropriated $7.5 billion
to support a maximum of $25 billion in loans under the ATVM. The ATVM provides loans to automobile and automobile part manufacturers
for the cost of re-equipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce advanced
technology vehicles or qualified components and for associated engineering integration costs.
The FY 2017 Budget reflects placeholder estimates for direct loan subsidy costs. These estimates are not related to any specific
project proposals. DOE will calculate the credit subsidy cost of any direct loan on a case-by-case basis in accordance with
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) and OMB Circular A-11. For any project, the terms and conditions of the loan, the
risks associated with the project, and any other factor that affects the amount and timing of such cash flows will affect
the credit subsidy cost calculations.
The Department requests $5,000,000 in FY 2017 to operate ATVM and support personnel and associated costs. To ensure that the
Department meets statutory and regulatory requirements and implements effective management and oversight of its direct loan
activities, program funding also will support the procurement of providers of outside expertise in areas such as finance,
project engineering, and commercial market assessment. The costs of these outside advisors are paid from the ATVM administrative
budget.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated
with the direct loans committed in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations
or commitments in any year), as well as the administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on
a present value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0322–0–1–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
2
2
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
1
2
1
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
2
2
2
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
34
170
119
99.9
Total new obligations
38
176
124
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0322–0–1–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
7
14
16
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4579–0–3–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
Credit program obligations:
0710
Direct loan obligations
259
3,400
2,500
0713
Payment of interest to Treasury
1
1
2
0715
Interest paid to FFB
128
129
159
0742
Downward reestimate paid to receipt account
19
11
0743
Interest on downward reestimates
1
0900
Total new obligations
407
3,542
2,661
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
179
182
962
1023
Unobligated balances applied to repay debt
–129
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
50
182
962
Financing authority:
Borrowing authority, mandatory:
1400
Borrowing authority
262
3,410
2,505
Spending authority from offsetting collections, mandatory:
1800
Collected
779
784
848
1801
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
19
128
50
1825
Spending authority from offsetting collections applied to repay debt
–521
1850
Spending auth from offsetting collections, mand (total)
277
912
898
1900
Budget authority (total)
539
4,322
3,403
1930
Total budgetary resources available
589
4,504
4,365
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
182
962
1,704
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
781
1,040
3,705
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
407
3,542
2,661
3020
Outlays (gross)
–148
–877
–1,688
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
1,040
3,705
4,678
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–24
–43
–171
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–19
–128
–50
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–43
–171
–221
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
757
997
3,534
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
997
3,534
4,457
Financing authority and disbursements, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
539
4,322
3,403
Financing disbursements:
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
148
877
1,688
Offsets against gross financing authority and disbursements:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4120
Payment from program account
–43
–69
4120
Interest on Reestimate
–15
4122
Interest on uninvested funds
–5
–13
–34
4123
Non-Federal sources (interest)
–109
–98
–110
4123
Non-Federal sources (principal)
–650
–626
–632
4123
Other Income - Fees
–4
–3
4130
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–779
–784
–848
Additional offsets against financing authority only (total):
4140
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–19
–128
–50
4160
Budget authority, net (mandatory)
–259
3,410
2,505
4170
Outlays, net (mandatory)
–631
93
840
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
–259
3,410
2,505
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–631
93
840
Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4579–0–3–272
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations:
1121
Limitation available from carry-forward
16,939
16,680
13,280
1143
Unobligated limitation carried forward (P.L. 110–329) (-)
–16,680
–13,280
–10,780
1150
Total direct loan obligations
259
3,400
2,500
Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding:
1210
Outstanding, start of year
5,160
4,510
4,619
1231
Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements
735
1,526
1251
Repayments: Repayments and prepayments
–650
–626
–632
1290
Outstanding, end of year
4,510
4,619
5,513
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4579–0–3–272
2014 actual
2015 actual
ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101
Fund balances with Treasury
155
139
Investments in US securities:
1106
Receivables, net
28
9
Net value of assets related to post-1991 direct loans receivable:
1401
Direct loans receivable, gross
5,160
4,510
1402
Interest receivable
5
4
1405
Allowance for subsidy cost (-)
–128
–102
1499
Net present value of assets related to direct loans
5,037
4,412
1999
Total assets
5,220
4,560
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101
Accounts payable
33
20
2103
Debt
5,187
4,540
2999
Total liabilities
5,220
4,560
4999
Total upward reestimate subsidy BA [89–0322]
5,220
4,560
Title 17 innovative technology loan guarantee program
[Such] Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, commitments to guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount of $4,000,000,000 for eligible projects, to remain available
until committed: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to those provided in any other Act: Provided further, That such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under
this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided, That, for necessary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee program, [$42,000,000] $37,000,000 is appropriated from fees collected in prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, [2017] 2018: Provided further, That if the amount in the previous proviso is not available from such fees, an amount for such purposes
is also appropriated from the general fund so as to result in a total amount appropriated for such purpose of no more than
$37,000,000 Provided further, That [$25,000,000 of the] fees collected pursuant to such section 1702(h) [of the Energy Policy Act of 2005] for fiscal year 2017 shall be credited as offsetting collections [to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall remain available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal
year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $17,000,000: Provided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative expenses] under this heading and shall not be available until appropriated: Provided further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation
of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0208–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
Credit program obligations:
0701
Direct loan subsidy
28
27
0705
Reestimates of direct loan subsidy
5
4
0706
Interest on reestimates of direct loan subsidy
41
37
0709
Administrative expenses
37
42
37
0900
Total new obligations
83
111
64
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
629
667
639
1001
Discretionary unobligated balance brought fwd, Oct 1
128
667
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
31
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
660
667
639
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
31
Appropriations, mandatory:
1200
Appropriation
46
41
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
12
43
27
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
1
–1
1702
Offsetting collections (previously unavailable)
37
1725
Spending authority from offsetting collections precluded from obligation (limitation on obligations)
–27
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
13
42
37
1900
Budget authority (total)
90
83
37
1930
Total budgetary resources available
750
750
676
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
667
639
612
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
128
65
77
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
83
111
64
3020
Outlays (gross)
–115
–99
–103
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–31
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
65
77
38
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–1
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–1
1
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
128
64
77
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
64
77
38
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
44
42
37
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
27
42
37
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
42
16
66
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
69
58
103
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–1
–1
4033
Non-Federal sources
–11
–42
–27
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–12
–43
–27
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–1
1
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
31
10
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
57
15
76
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
46
41
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
46
41
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
77
41
10
4190
Outlays, net (total)
103
56
76
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5090
Unexpired unavailable balance, SOY: Offsetting collections
47
47
47
5092
Unexpired unavailable balance, EOY: Offsetting collections
47
47
37
Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0208–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority:
115001
Section 1703 FFB Loans (Self Pay)
1,691
8,000
2,900
115003
Section 1703 FFB Loans (EERE)
200
200
115999
Total direct loan levels
1,691
8,200
3,100
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
132001
Section 1703 FFB Loans (Self Pay)
–1.24
0.00
0.00
132003
Section 1703 FFB Loans (EERE)
0.00
14.06
13.55
132999
Weighted average subsidy rate
–1.24
0.34
0.87
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
133001
Section 1703 FFB Loans (Self Pay)
–21
133003
Section 1703 FFB Loans (EERE)
28
27
133999
Total subsidy budget authority
–21
28
27
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
134001
Section 1703 FFB Loans (Self Pay)
–64
–48
–37
134002
Section 1705 FFB Loans
19
8
10
134003
Section 1703 FFB Loans (EERE)
4
28
134999
Total subsidy outlays
–45
–36
1
Direct loan reestimates:
135001
Section 1703 FFB Loans (Self Pay)
5
–14
135002
Section 1705 FFB Loans
–67
15
135999
Total direct loan reestimates
–62
1
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
234002
Section 1705 Loan Guarantees
13
234999
Total subsidy outlays
13
Guaranteed loan reestimates:
235002
Section 1705 Loan Guarantees
–24
–71
235999
Total guaranteed loan reestimates
–24
–71
Administrative expense data:
3590
Outlays from new authority
25
The Loan Programs Office (LPO) will consider and coordinate Departmental action on all loan guarantee applications submitted
to the Department of Energy in compliance with Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct of 2005). Section 1703 of
that Act authorizes the Department to provide loan guarantees for projects in categories including renewable energy systems,
advanced nuclear facilities, coal gasification, carbon sequestration, energy efficiency, and various other types of projects.
These projects must avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases; employ new
or significantly improved technologies compared to commercial technologies in service in the United States at the time the
guarantee is issued; and offer a reasonable prospect of repayment of the principal and interest on the guaranteed obligation.
DOE has been implementing Section 1703 of this program under authorizing law that allows borrowers to pay the credit subsidy
costs of these loan guarantees ("self-pay" authority).
Section 406 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. No. 111–5 (the "Recovery Act"), amended the LGPO's
authorizing legislation, by establishing Section 1705, a temporary program for the rapid deployment of renewable energy and
electric power transmission projects. For the Section 1705 program, $2.435 billion (after rescissions and transfers) in appropriated
credit subsidy was provided, which allowed the Secretary to make loan guarantees available for the following categories of
projects that commenced construction not later than September 30, 2011: renewable energy systems, including incremental hydropower,
that generate electricity or thermal energy, and facilities that manufacture related components; electric power transmission
systems, including upgrading and reconductoring projects; and leading edge biofuel projects that will use technologies performing
at the pilot or demonstrations scale that the Secretary determines are likely to become commercial technologies and will produce
transportation fuels that substantially reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to other transportation fuels.
The authority to enter into loan guarantees under Section 1705 expired on September 30, 2011.
The decision to issue loan guarantees depends on the merits and benefits of particular project proposals and their compliance
with statutory and regulatory requirements.
As of January 2016, $24.9 billion in self-pay loan guarantee authority is available to support projects eligible under Section
1703. In addition, the FY 2011 full-year continuing resolution provided $170 million in appropriated credit subsidy for Section
1703 loan guarantees for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Loan volume utilized may not be reused. The FY 2017
Budget includes a request for $4,000,000,000 in additional loan authority and reflects estimates based on illustrative examples,
unrelated to any specific project.
The Loan Programs Office will ensure all processes and criteria are applied uniformly in accordance with established requirements,
procedures and guidelines. The Department requests $37,000,000 in FY 2017 to operate the Office and support personnel and
associated costs. This request is intended to be offset by $27,000,000 in collections authorized under the EPAct of 2005.
To ensure that the Department meets statutory and regulatory requirements and implements effective management and oversight
of its loan guarantee activities, program funding also will support the procurement of outside expertise in areas such as
finance, project engineering, and commercial market assessment. The costs of these outside advisors are paid for by applicants
to the Section 1703 Loan Guarantee Program.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated
with loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans or loan guarantees that resulted
from obligations or commitments in any year), as well as the administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts
are estimated on a present value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0208–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
9
10
10
11.3
Other than full-time permanent
1
1
11.9
Total personnel compensation
10
11
10
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
3
3
4
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
21
21
22
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
2
2
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
46
74
28
99.0
Direct obligations
82
111
64
99.5
Adjustment for rounding
1
99.9
Total new obligations
83
111
64
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0208–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
83
120
120
Title 17 Innovative Technology Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4455–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
Credit program obligations:
0710
Direct loan obligations
1,691
8,200
3,100
0713
Payment of interest to Treasury
5
8
10
0715
Interest paid to FFB
326
363
520
0740
Negative subsidy obligations
21
0742
Downward reestimate paid to receipt account
107
32
0743
Interest on downward reestimates
1
8
0900
Total new obligations
2,151
8,611
3,630
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
1,249
1,107
1,669
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
156
1023
Unobligated balances applied to repay debt
–494
–670
–146
1024
Unobligated balance of borrowing authority withdrawn
–156
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
755
437
1,523
Financing authority:
Borrowing authority, mandatory:
1400
Borrowing authority
1,757
8,295
3,198
Spending authority from offsetting collections, mandatory:
1800
Collected
1,031
1,687
867
1801
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–44
16
16
1825
Spending authority from offsetting collections applied to repay debt
–241
–155
–18
1850
Spending auth from offsetting collections, mand (total)
746
1,548
865
1900
Budget authority (total)
2,503
9,843
4,063
1930
Total budgetary resources available
3,258
10,280
5,586
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
1,107
1,669
1,956
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
5,127
4,249
9,995
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
2,151
8,611
3,630
3020
Outlays (gross)
–2,873
–2,865
–5,972
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–156
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
4,249
9,995
7,653
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–91
–47
–63
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
44
–16
–16
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–47
–63
–79
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
5,036
4,202
9,932
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
4,202
9,932
7,574
Financing authority and disbursements, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
2,503
9,843
4,063
Financing disbursements:
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
2,873
2,865
5,972
Offsets against gross financing authority and disbursements:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4120
Payment from program account
–19
–12
–38
4120
Upward reestimate
–5
–4
4120
Interest on reestimate
–41
–37
4122
Interest on uninvested funds
–75
–76
–139
4123
Interest payments
–303
–298
–301
4123
Principal payments
–588
–569
–127
4123
Fees
–691
–262
4130
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–1,031
–1,687
–867
Additional offsets against financing authority only (total):
4140
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
44
–16
–16
4160
Budget authority, net (mandatory)
1,516
8,140
3,180
4170
Outlays, net (mandatory)
1,842
1,178
5,105
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,516
8,140
3,180
4190
Outlays, net (total)
1,842
1,178
5,105
Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4455–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations:
1121
Limitation available from carry-forward
6,184
8,200
3,100
1143
Unobligated limitation carried forward (P.L. xx) (-)
–4,493
1150
Total direct loan obligations
1,691
8,200
3,100
Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding:
1210
Outstanding, start of year
9,869
11,630
13,450
1231
Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements
2,370
2,370
2,407
1251
Repayments: Repayments and prepayments
–609
–569
–127
1261
Adjustments: Capitalized interest
19
155
1290
Outstanding, end of year
11,630
13,450
15,885
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4455–0–3–271
2014 actual
2015 actual
ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101
Fund balances with Treasury
1,159
1,060
Investments in US securities:
1106
Receivables, net
127
213
Net value of assets related to post-1991 direct loans receivable:
1401
Direct loans receivable, gross
9,869
11,630
1402
Interest receivable
50
67
1405
Allowance for subsidy cost (-)
–1,549
–1,597
1499
Net present value of assets related to direct loans
8,370
10,100
1999
Total assets
9,656
11,373
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101
Accounts payable
196
168
2103
Debt
9,460
11,205
2999
Total liabilities
9,656
11,373
4999
Total liabilities and net position
9,656
11,373
Tribal Indian Energy Loan Gurantee Program
Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation at the Department of Energy
At the 2015 Paris climate summit, the President along with other world leaders announced Mission Innovation, an initiative
to dramatically accelerate public and private global clean energy innovation to address global climate change; provide affordable
clean energy to consumers, including in the developing world; and create additional commercial opportunities in clean energy.
To support this initiative, the U.S. is seeking to double its government-wide clean energy research and development funding
over five years, from $6.4 billion in FY 2016 to $12.8 billion in FY 2021. The FY 2017 Budget demonstrates the strength of
the U.S. commitment to this pledge by providing $7.7 billion for a portfolio of investments that spans the full range of clean
energy R&D activities, from basic research to demonstration, across 12 agencies. Reaching $12.8 billion by FY 2021 will require
the equivalent of an almost 15 percent year-over-year increase in clean energy R&D funding in each of the five years of the
pledge. The FY 2017 Budget goes beyond this with a down payment of a 20 percent increase. The Budget also reflects the required
growth in the outyears by including incremental increases in the DOE and the government-wide accounts for accelerating clean
energy innovation. Specific government-wide contributions toward the pledge and the allocation of that contribution across
all participating agencies will be revisited and established in annual Budgets.
Title 17 Innovative Technology Guaranteed Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4577–0- -271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
Credit program obligations:
0711
Default claim payments on principal
14
9
0712
Default claim payments on interest
4
4
0742
Downward reestimate paid to receipt account
21
64
0743
Interest on downward reestimates
3
8
0900
Total new obligations
24
90
13
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
256
233
148
Financing authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, mandatory:
1800
Collected
19
5
13
1801
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
–18
1850
Spending auth from offsetting collections, mand (total)
1
5
13
1930
Total budgetary resources available
257
238
161
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
233
148
148
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
24
90
13
3020
Outlays (gross)
–24
–90
–13
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–27
–9
–9
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
18
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–9
–9
–9
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
–27
–9
–9
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
–9
–9
–9
Financing authority and disbursements, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
1
5
13
Financing disbursements:
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
24
90
13
Offsets against gross financing authority and disbursements:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4120
Payment from program account
–13
4122
Interest on uninvested funds
–6
–5
–4
4123
Principal payments
–7
4123
Interest Payments
–2
4130
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–19
–5
–13
Additional offsets against financing authority only (total):
4140
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
18
4170
Outlays, net (mandatory)
5
85
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
5
85
Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4577–0- -271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on commitments:
2121
Limitation available from carry-forward
2143
Uncommitted limitation carried forward
2150
Total guaranteed loan commitments
Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding:
2210
Outstanding, start of year
3,224
3,086
2,944
2231
Disbursements of new guaranteed loans
266
2251
Repayments and prepayments
–404
–128
–134
2261
Adjustments: Terminations for default that result in loans receivable
–14
–9
2290
Outstanding, end of year
3,086
2,944
2,801
Memorandum:
2299
Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year
2,469
2,355
2,241
Addendum:
Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed loans that result in loans receivable:
2310
Outstanding, start of year
3
18
2331
Disbursements for guaranteed loan claims
14
9
2351
Repayments of loans receivable
–8
2364
Other adjustments, net
–3
4
4
2390
Outstanding, end of year
18
23
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4577–0- -271
2014 actual
2015 actual
ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101
Fund balances with Treasury
229
225
Investments in US securities:
1106
Receivables, net
1501
Net value of assets related to post-1991 acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Defaulted guaranteed loans receivable,
gross
3
1999
Total assets
232
225
LIABILITIES:
2101
Federal liabilities: Accounts payable
21
70
2204
Non-Federal liabilities: Liabilities for loan guarantees
211
155
2999
Total liabilities
232
225
4999
Total liabilities and net position
232
225
Power Marketing Administration
Federal Funds
Operation and Maintenance, Alaska Power Administration
The Alaska Power Administration (APA) was created in 1967 by the Secretary of the Interior to assume the functions of the
Bureau of Reclamation in Alaska. These functions include operations, maintenance, transmission, and power marketing of the
two Federal hydroelectric projects (Eklutna and Snettisham), and the investigation of future water and power development programs.
All Alaska activities of APA, including the Juneau headquarters office, were terminated on September 30, 1998. A fund is maintained
to liquidate the remaining obligations of the APA.
Operation and maintenance, southeastern power administration
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and
energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16
U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, [$6,900,000] $1,000,000, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to [$6,900,000] $1,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual
expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year
so as to result in a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to [$66,500,000] $60,760,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the
sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0302–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Purchase Power and Wheeling
49
67
61
0802
Annual Expenses and other costs repaid in one year
6
7
6
0900
Total new obligations
55
74
67
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
17
14
14
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
52
74
67
1930
Total budgetary resources available
69
88
81
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
14
14
14
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
7
9
9
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
55
74
67
3020
Outlays (gross)
–53
–74
–72
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
9
9
4
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
7
9
9
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
9
9
4
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
52
74
67
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
32
71
64
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
21
3
8
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
53
74
72
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4033
Non-Federal sources
–52
–74
–67
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–52
–74
–67
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
1
5
The Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) markets power generated at 22 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' hydroelectric
generating plants in an eleven-State area of the Southeast. Power deliveries are made by means of contracting for use of transmission
facilities owned by others.
Southeastern sells wholesale power primarily to publicly and cooperatively-owned electric distribution utilities. Southeastern
does not own or operate any transmission facilities. Its long-term contracts provide for periodic electric rate adjustments
to ensure that the Federal Government recovers the costs of operations and the capital invested in power facilities, with
interest, in keeping with statutory requirements. As in past years, the budget continues to provide funding for annual expenses
and purchase power and wheeling expenses through discretionary offsetting collections derived from power receipts collected
to recover those expenses.
Program Direction.—Provision is made for negotiation and administration of transmission and power contracts, collection of revenues, accounting
and budget activities, development of wholesale power rates, amortization of the Federal power investment, energy efficiency
and competitiveness program, investigation and planning of proposed water resources projects, scheduling and dispatch of power
generation, scheduling storage and release of water, administration of contractual operation requirements, and determination
of methods of operating generating plants individually and in coordination with others to obtain maximum utilization of resources.
Purchase Power and Wheeling.—Provision is made for the payment of wheeling fees and for the purchase of electricity in connection with the disposal of
power under contracts with utility companies. Customers are encouraged to use alternative funding mechanisms, including customer
advances and net billing to finance these activities. Offsetting collections to fund these ongoing operating services are
also available up to $60.8 million in 2017.
Reimbursable Program.—The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. No. 110–161) provided Southeastern with authority to accept advance payment
from customers for reimbursable work associated with operations and maintenance activities, consistent with those authorized
in section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944. Funds received from any State, municipality, corporation, association, firm,
district or individual as an advance payment for reimbursable work will be credited to Southeastern's account and remain available
until expended.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0302–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
5
5
5
25.2
Purchase Power and Wheeling
50
69
62
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
55
74
67
99.9
Total new obligations
55
74
67
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0302–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
36
44
44
Continuing Fund, Southeastern Power Administration
A continuing fund maintained from receipts from the sale and transmission of electric power in the Southeastern service area
is available to defray emergency expenses necessary to ensure continuity of service (16 U.S.C. 825s-2). The fund was last
activated in fiscal year 2009 to finance power purchases associated with below normal hydro power generation due to severe
drought. Consistent with sound business practices, the Southeastern Power Administration has implemented a policy to recover
all emergency costs associated with purchased power and wheeling within one year from the time funds are expended.
Operation and maintenance, southwestern power administration
For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and
energy, for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative
expenses, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section
5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power Administration, [$47,361,000] $45,643,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to [$35,961,000] $34,586,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual
expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year
so as to result in a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than [$11,400,000] $11,057,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to [$63,000,000] $73,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and
wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the
sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0303–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Systems operation and maintenance
4
5
2
0003
Construction
6
4
7
0004
Program direction
2
2
2
0005
Spectrum Relocation
5
0200
Direct program subtotal
17
11
11
0799
Total direct obligations
17
11
11
0805
Purchase power and wheeling
17
63
73
0810
Other reimbursable activities
4
37
37
0811
Annual Expenses
26
36
35
0899
Total reimbursable obligations
47
136
145
0900
Total new obligations
64
147
156
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
64
80
80
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
11
11
11
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
69
136
145
1900
Budget authority (total)
80
147
156
1930
Total budgetary resources available
144
227
236
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
80
80
80
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
89
86
34
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
64
147
156
3020
Outlays (gross)
–67
–199
–173
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
86
34
17
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
89
86
34
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
86
34
17
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
80
147
156
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
22
143
152
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
45
56
21
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
67
199
173
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–6
–6
4033
Non-Federal sources
–69
–130
–139
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–69
–136
–145
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
11
11
11
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
–2
63
28
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
11
11
11
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–2
63
28
The Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) operates in a six-state area marketing and delivering renewable hydroelectric
power produced at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' dams. Southwestern operates and maintains 1,380 miles of high voltage
transmission lines, 25 substations/switching stations, associated power system controls, and communication sites. Southwestern
also constructs additions and modifications to existing facilities.
Southwestern markets and delivers its power at wholesale rates primarily to public bodies and rural electric cooperatives.
In compliance with statutory requirements, Southwestern's power sales contracts provide for periodic rate adjustments to ensure
that the Federal Government recovers all costs of operations, other costs allocated to power, and the capital investments
in power facilities, with interest. Southwestern is also responsible for scheduling and dispatching power and negotiating
power sales contracts to meet changing customer load requirements. As in past years, the budget continues to provide funding
for annual expenses and purchase power and wheeling expenses through discretionary offsetting collections derived from power
receipts collected to recover those expenses.
Program Direction.—Provides compensation and all related expenses for personnel who market, deliver, operate, and maintain Southwestern's high-voltage
interconnected power system and associated facilities.
Operations and Maintenance.—Provides essential electrical and communications equipment replacements and upgrades, capitalized moveable equipment, technical
services, and supplies and materials necessary for the safe, reliable, and cost effective operation and maintenance of the
power system.
Purchase Power and Wheeling.—Provides for the purchase and delivery of energy to meet limited peaking power contractual obligations. Federal power receipts
and alternative financing methods, including net billing, bill crediting, and customer advances are used to fund system-purchased
power support and other contractual services. Customers will provide other power resources and/or purchases for the remainder
of their firm loads.
Construction.—Provides for replacement, addition or upgrade of existing infrastructure to sustain reliable delivery of power to its customers,
contain annual maintenance costs, and improve overall efficiency.
Reimbursable Program.—This activity involves services provided by Southwestern to others under various types of reimbursable arrangements.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0303–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
2
2
2
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
11
7
7
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
3
1
1
99.0
Direct obligations
17
11
11
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
47
136
145
99.9
Total new obligations
64
147
156
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0303–0–1–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
15
10
10
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
159
184
184
Purchase Power Drought Fund
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5597–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
Receipts:
Proposed:
1230
Special Rate Assessment, Purchase Power Emergency Fund
15
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
15
5099
Balance, end of year
15
The Purchase Power Drought Fund would allow Southwestern to pre-collect funds through power rates for use in times of below
average water and drought conditions. This fund would supplement Southwestern's current authorities and would minimize the
necessity to invoke the Continuing Fund for the Purchase Power and Wheeling expenses and mitigate the rate volatility associated
with such activation.
Continuing Fund, Southwestern Power Administration
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5649–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5080
Outstanding debt, SOY
–68
–68
–68
5081
Outstanding debt, EOY
–68
–68
–68
A continuing fund, maintained from receipts from the sale and transmission of electric power in the Southwestern service area,
is available permanently for emergency expenses necessary to ensure continuity of electric service and continuous operation
of the facilities. The fund is also available on an ongoing basis to pay for purchase power and wheeling expenses when the
Administrator determines that such expenses are necessary to meet contractual obligations for the sale and delivery of power
during periods of below-average generation (16 U.S.C. 825s-1 as amended further by Public Law No. 101–101). The fund was last
activated in fiscal year 2009 to repair and replace damaged transmission lines due to an ice storm.
Construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance, western area power administration
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152),
and other related activities including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, [$307,714,000] $307,144,000, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended,
of which [$302,000,000] $299,742,000 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior
Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to [$214,342,000] $211,563,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to this
account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual
expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year
so as to result in a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than [$93,372,000] $95,581,000, of which [$87,658,000] $88,179,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to [$352,813,000] $367,009,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project
Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to
remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year
that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5068–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Systems operation and maintenance
37
41
42
0004
Program direction
40
47
35
0091
Direct Program by Activities - Subtotal (1 level)
77
88
77
0100
Total operating expenses
77
88
77
0101
Capital investment
11
5
19
0799
Total direct obligations
88
93
96
0802
Purchase Power and Wheeling
164
353
367
0803
Annual Expenses
184
214
211
0804
Other Reimbursable
270
638
273
0809
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
618
1,205
851
0899
Total reimbursable obligations
618
1,205
851
0900
Total new obligations
706
1,298
947
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
555
638
638
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
8
6
7
1101
Appropriation (special or trust fund)
85
87
89
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–2
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
91
93
96
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
694
1,205
851
1701
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
4
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
698
1,205
851
1900
Budget authority (total)
789
1,298
947
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1,344
1,936
1,585
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
638
638
638
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
306
333
163
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
706
1,298
947
3020
Outlays (gross)
–679
–1,468
–1,020
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
333
163
90
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–41
–45
–45
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–4
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–45
–45
–45
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
265
288
118
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
288
118
45
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
789
1,298
947
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
230
1,247
894
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
449
221
126
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
679
1,468
1,020
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–125
–237
–170
4033
Non-Federal sources
–569
–968
–681
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–694
–1,205
–851
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4050
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–4
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
91
93
96
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
–15
263
169
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
91
93
96
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–15
263
169
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5080
Outstanding debt, SOY
–12,427
–12,709
–12,709
5081
Outstanding debt, EOY
–12,709
–12,709
–12,709
5082
Cumulative change in appropriation classified by FASAB as debt
–282
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) markets electric power in 15 central and western states from federally-owned
power plants operated primarily by the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the International Boundary
and Water Commission. Western operates and maintains about 17,000 circuit-miles of high-voltage transmission lines, more than
300 substations/switchyards and associated power system controls, and communication and electrical facilities for 15 separate
power projects. Western also constructs additions and modifications to existing facilities.
In keeping with statutory requirements, Western's long-term power contracts allow for periodic rate adjustments to ensure
that the Federal Government recovers costs of operations, other costs allocated to power, and the capital investment in power
facilities, with interest.
Power is sold to wholesale customers such as municipalities, cooperatives, irrigation districts, public utility districts,
State and Federal Government agencies, and private utilities. Receipts are deposited in the Reclamation Fund, the Falcon and
Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, the General Fund, the Colorado River Dam Fund and the Colorado River Basins Power
Marketing Fund.
As in past years, the budget continues to provide funding for annual expenses and purchase power and wheeling expenses through
discretionary offsetting collections derived from power receipts collected to recover those expenses.
Systems Operation and Maintenance.—Provides essential electrical and communication equipment replacements and upgrades, capitalized moveable equipment, technical
services, and supplies and materials necessary for safe reliable operation and cost-effective maintenance of the power systems.
Purchase Power and Wheeling.—Provision is made for the payment of wheeling fees and for the purchase of electricity in connection with the distribution
of power under contracts with utility companies, including the cost of voluntary participation in state greenhouse gas programs.
Customers are encouraged to contract for power and wheeling on their own, or use alternative funding mechanisms, including
customer advances, net billing and bill crediting to finance these activities. Ongoing operating services are also available
on a reimbursable basis.
System Construction.—Western's construction and rehabilitation activity emphasizes replacement and upgrades of existing infrastructure to sustain
reliable power delivery to its customers, to contain annual maintenance costs, and to improve overall operational efficiency.
Western will continue to participate in joint construction projects with customers to encourage more widespread transmission
access.
Program Direction.—Provides compensation and all related expenses for the workforce that operates and maintains Western's high-voltage interconnected
transmission system (systems operation and maintenance program), and those that plan, design, and supervise the construction
of replacements, upgrades and additions (system construction program) to the transmission facilities.
Reimbursable Program.—This program involves services provided by Western to others under various types of reimbursable arrangements. Western will
continue to spend out of the Colorado River Dam Fund for operations and maintenance activities associated with the Boulder
Canyon Project via a reimbursable arrangement with the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River Dam
Fund is a revolving fund operated by the Bureau of Reclamation. Authority for Western to obligate directly from the Colorado
River Dam Fund comes from section 104(a) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5068–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
17
19
17
11.5
Other personnel compensation
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
19
21
19
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
6
5
5
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
2
1
22.0
Transportation of things
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
1
1
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
13
16
23
26.0
Supplies and materials
2
2
2
31.0
Equipment
15
17
19
32.0
Land and structures
30
28
25
99.0
Direct obligations
88
93
96
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
618
1,205
851
99.9
Total new obligations
706
1,298
947
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–5068–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
134
196
171
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
1,021
955
1,031
Western Area Power Administration, Borrowing Authority, Recovery Act.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4404–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0102
Transmission Infrastructure Program Projects
4
1,050
800
0811
Western Area Power Administration, Borrowing Authority, Recovery (Reimbursable)
2
16
12
0900
Total new obligations
6
1,066
812
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
9
11
11
1001
Discretionary unobligated balance brought fwd, Oct 1
10
Budget authority:
Borrowing authority, mandatory:
1400
Borrowing authority
281
1,151
804
1422
Borrowing authority applied to repay debt
–281
–101
–4
1440
Borrowing authority, mandatory (total)
1,050
800
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
4
8
5
Spending authority from offsetting collections, mandatory:
1800
Collected
4
8
7
1900
Budget authority (total)
8
1,066
812
1930
Total budgetary resources available
17
1,077
823
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
11
11
11
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
31
26
601
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
6
1,066
812
3020
Outlays (gross)
–11
–491
–674
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
26
601
739
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
31
26
601
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
26
601
739
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
4
8
5
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
1
8
5
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
4
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
5
8
5
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–1
4033
Non-Federal sources
–3
–8
–5
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–4
–8
–5
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
1
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
4
1,058
807
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
1
458
457
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
5
25
212
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
6
483
669
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4123
Non-Federal sources
–4
–8
–7
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
1,050
800
4190
Outlays, net (total)
3
475
662
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5101
Unexpired unavailable balance, SOY: Borrowing authority
2
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act) provided Western Area Power Administration (Western) borrowing
authority for the purpose of constructing, financing, facilitating, planning, operating, maintaining or studying construction
of new or upgraded electric power transmission lines and related facilities with at least one terminus within the area served
by Western, and for delivering or facilitating the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources. This authority
to borrow from the United States Treasury is available to Western on a permanent, indefinite basis, with the amount of borrowing
outstanding not to exceed $3.25 billion at any one time. Western established the Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP)
to manage and administer this borrowing authority and its related program requirements. The Transmission Infrastructure Program
supports Western's and the Department of Energy's priorities by supporting projects which facilitate the delivery of clean
energy resources to market.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4404–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
1
33.0
Investments and loans
1,050
800
43.0
Interest and dividends
1
99.0
Direct obligations
4
1,050
800
Reimbursable obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
1
1
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
1
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
2
14
10
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
2
16
12
99.9
Total new obligations
6
1,066
812
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–4404–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
15
15
15
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
4
2
2
Emergency Fund, Western Area Power Administration
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5069–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
1
1
1
1930
Total budgetary resources available
1
1
1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
1
1
1
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5080
Outstanding debt, SOY
–55
–55
–55
5081
Outstanding debt, EOY
–55
–55
–55
An emergency fund maintained from receipts from the sale and transmission of electric power is available to defray expenses
necessary to ensure continuity of service. The fund was last activated in fiscal year 2010 to repair and replace damaged transmission
lines due to severe winter storm conditions. This work has since been completed.
Falcon and amistad operating and maintenance fund
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, [$4,490,000] $4,070,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the
Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to [$4,262,000] $3,838,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and Amistad
Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year
so as to result in a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation estimated at not more than [$228,000] $232,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year
that they are incurred: Provided further, That for fiscal year [2016] 2017, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to [$460,000] $323,000 in funds contributed by United States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad
Operating and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as
if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That any such funds shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the Commissioner
of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining,
repairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agreements
reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5178–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
0100
Balance, start of year
5
6
6
0198
Unappropriated receipt adjustment
1
0199
Balance, start of year
6
6
6
2000
Total: Balances and receipts
6
6
6
5099
Balance, end of year
6
6
6
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–5178–0–2–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Reimbursable program activity - Annual expenses
5
4
4
0802
Reimbursable program activity - Alternative Financing
1
0900
Total new obligations (object class 25.3)
5
5
4
Budgetary resources:
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Offsetting collections
5
5
4
1930
Total budgetary resources available
5
5
4
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
7
7
4
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
5
5
4
3020
Outlays (gross)
–5
–8
–7
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
7
4
1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
7
7
4
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
7
4
1
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
5
5
4
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
1
3
3
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
4
5
4
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
5
8
7
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4033
Non-Federal sources
–5
–5
–4
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
3
3
Pursuant to section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954, as amended, Western Area Power Administration is requesting funding for
the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund to defray operations, maintenance, and emergency (OM&E) expenses for
the hydroelectric facilities at Falcon and Amistad Dams on the Rio Grande River. Most of these funds will be made available
to the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission through a reimbursable agreement. Within the
fund, $200,000 is for an emergency reserve that will remain unobligated unless unanticipated expenses arise. Revenues in excess
of OM&E will be paid to the General Fund to repay the costs of replacements and the original investment with interest. The
budget provides funding for annual expenses through discretionary offsetting collections derived from power receipts collected
to recover those expenses.
Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administration
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4452–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Program direction
54
62
62
0802
Equipment, Contracts and Related Expenses
108
154
152
0900
Total new obligations
162
216
214
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
143
142
142
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
161
239
237
1720
Capital transfer of spending authority from offsetting collections to general fund
–23
–23
1750
Spending auth from offsetting collections, disc (total)
161
216
214
1930
Total budgetary resources available
304
358
356
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
142
142
142
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
61
49
57
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
162
216
214
3020
Outlays (gross)
–174
–208
–229
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
49
57
42
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–1
–1
–1
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–1
–1
–1
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
60
48
56
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
48
56
41
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
161
216
214
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
48
48
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
174
160
181
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
174
208
229
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–6
–7
–6
4033
Non-Federal sources
–155
–232
–231
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–161
–239
–237
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
–23
–23
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
13
–31
–8
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
–23
–23
4190
Outlays, net (total)
13
–31
–8
Western Area Power Administration's (Western) operation and maintenance (O&M) and power marketing expenses for the Colorado
River Storage Project, the Colorado River Basin Project, the Seedskadee Project, the Dolores Project and the Fort Peck Project
are financed from power revenues.
Colorado River Storage Project.—Western markets power and operates and maintains the power transmission facilities of the Colorado River Storage Project
consisting of four major storage units: Glen Canyon on the Colorado River in Arizona, Flaming Gorge on the Green River in
Utah, Navajo on the San Juan River in New Mexico, and the Wayne N. Aspinall unit on the Gunnison River in Colorado.
Colorado River Basin Project.—This project includes Western's expenses associated with the Central Arizona Project and the United States entitlement from
the Navajo coal-fired powerplant. Revenues in excess of operating expenses are transferred to the Lower Colorado River Basin
Development Fund.
Seedskadee Project.—This project includes Western's expenses for O&M, power marketing, and transmission of hydroelectric power from the Fontenelle
Dam power plant in southwestern Wyoming.
Dolores Project.—This project includes Western's expenses for O&M, power marketing, and transmission of hydroelectric power from power plants
at McPhee Dam and Towaoc Canal in southwestern Colorado.
Fort Peck Project.—Revenues collected by Western are used to defray operation and maintenance and power marketing expenses associated with
the power generation and transmission facilities of the Fort Peck Project, and Western operates and maintains the transmission
system and performs power marketing functions.
Equipment, Contracts and Related Expenses.—Western operates and maintains approximately 4,000 miles of transmission lines, substations, switchyards, communications
and control equipment associated with this fund. Wholesale power is provided to utilities over interconnected high-voltage
transmission systems. In keeping with statutory requirements, long-term power contracts provide for periodic rate adjustments
to ensure that the Federal Government recovers all costs of O&M, and all capital invested in power, with interest. This activity
provides for the supplies, materials, services, capital equipment replacements and additions, including communications and
control equipment, purchase power, transmission and wheeling services, and interest payments to the U.S. Treasury.
Program Direction.—The personnel compensation and related expenses for all these activities are quantified under Program Direction.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4452–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
27
30
29
11.5
Other personnel compensation
3
2
3
11.9
Total personnel compensation
30
32
32
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
10
10
11
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
2
2
2
22.0
Transportation of things
1
1
1
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
1
2
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
100
128
135
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
8
7
6
26.0
Supplies and materials
4
4
31.0
Equipment
3
4
2
32.0
Land and structures
6
16
12
43.0
Interest and dividends
10
7
99.9
Total new obligations
162
216
214
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–4452–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
276
301
302
Bonneville power administration fund
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved [for the Shoshone Paiute Trout Hatchery, the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, the Snake River Sockeye Weirs and, in addition,] for official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year [2016] 2017, no new direct loan obligations may be made. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4045–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Power business line
951
1,103
1,099
0802
Residential exchange
200
217
217
0803
Bureau of Reclamation
134
157
158
0804
Corp of Engineers
230
244
251
0805
Colville settlement
19
22
22
0806
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
31
32
33
0807
Planning council
10
11
11
0808
Fish and Wildlife
258
267
274
0809
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
1,833
2,053
2,065
0811
Transmission business line
453
449
458
0812
Conservation and energy efficiency
75
178
173
0813
Interest
350
299
314
0814
Pension and health benefits
38
38
39
0819
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
916
964
984
0821
Power business line
43
241
270
0822
Transmission services
461
700
644
0823
Conservation and energy efficiency
87
0824
Fish and Wildlife
21
40
46
0825
Capital Equipment
34
37
29
0826
Projects funded in advance
390
30
30
0829
Reimbursable program activities, subtotal
1,036
1,048
1,019
0900
Total new obligations
3,785
4,065
4,068
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
8
11
839
1023
Unobligated balances applied to repay debt
–1
–839
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
8
10
Budget authority:
Appropriations, mandatory:
1221
Appropriations transferred from other acct [011–5512]
5
Borrowing authority, mandatory:
1400
Borrowing authority
619
1,018
989
Contract authority, mandatory:
1600
Contract authority
1,946
Spending authority from offsetting collections, mandatory:
1800
Collected
3,345
4,065
4,114
1801
Change in uncollected payments, Federal sources
23
1802
Offsetting collections (previously unavailable)
9
9
9
1810
Spending authority from offsetting collections transferred to other accounts [096–3123]
–111
1823
New and/or unobligated balance of spending authority from offsetting collections temporarily reduced
–9
–9
1825
Spending authority from offsetting collections applied to repay debt
–212
–189
–206
1826
Spending authority from offsetting collections applied to liquidate contract authority
–1,827
1850
Spending auth from offsetting collections, mand (total)
1,218
3,876
3,917
1900
Budget authority (total)
3,788
4,894
4,906
1930
Total budgetary resources available
3,796
4,904
4,906
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
11
839
838
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
3,190
3,247
3,247
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
3,785
4,065
4,068
3020
Outlays (gross)
–3,728
–4,065
–4,068
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
3,247
3,247
3,247
Uncollected payments:
3060
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, brought forward, Oct 1
–304
–327
–327
3070
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–23
3090
Uncollected pymts, Fed sources, end of year
–327
–327
–327
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
2,886
2,920
2,920
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
2,920
2,920
2,920
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
3,788
4,894
4,906
Outlays, gross:
4100
Outlays from new mandatory authority
3,728
3,865
3,868
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
200
200
4110
Outlays, gross (total)
3,728
4,065
4,068
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4120
Federal sources
–47
–90
–90
4121
Interest on Federal securities
3
4123
Non-Federal sources
–3,301
–3,975
–4,024
4130
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–3,345
–4,065
–4,114
Additional offsets against gross budget authority only:
4140
Change in uncollected pymts, Fed sources, unexpired
–23
4160
Budget authority, net (mandatory)
420
829
792
4170
Outlays, net (mandatory)
383
–46
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
420
829
792
4190
Outlays, net (total)
383
–46
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
5000
Total investments, SOY: Federal securities: Par value
594
690
785
5001
Total investments, EOY: Federal securities: Par value
690
785
880
5052
Obligated balance, SOY: Contract authority
1,827
1,947
1,947
5053
Obligated balance, EOY: Contract authority
1,947
1,947
1,947
5090
Unexpired unavailable balance, SOY: Offsetting collections
9
9
9
5092
Unexpired unavailable balance, EOY: Offsetting collections
9
9
Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4045–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding:
1210
Outstanding, start of year
2
2
2
1290
Outstanding, end of year
2
2
2
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Federal electric power marketing agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA markets hydroelectric
power from 21 multipurpose water resource projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 10 projects of the U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation, plus some energy from non-Federal generating projects in the region. These generating resources and BPA's
transmission system are operated as an integrated power system with operating and financial results combined and reported
as the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). BPA provides about 50 percent of the region's electric energy supply and
about three-fourths of the region's high-voltage electric power transmission capacity.
BPA is responsible for meeting the net firm power requirements of its requesting customers through a variety of means, including
energy conservation programs, acquisition of renewable and other resources, and power exchanges with utilities both in and
outside the region.
BPA finances its operations with a business-type budget under the Government Corporation Control Act, 31 U.S.C. 9101–10, on
the basis of the self-financing authority provided by the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act of 1974 (Transmission
Act) (Public Law 93–454) and the U.S. Treasury borrowing authority provided by the Transmission Act, the Pacific Northwest
Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Pacific Northwest Power Act) (Public Law 96–501) for energy conservation, renewable
energy resources, capital fish facilities, and other purposes, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public
Law 111–5), and other legislation. Authority to borrow from the U.S. Treasury is available to the BPA on a permanent, indefinite
basis. The amount of U.S. Treasury borrowing outstanding at any time cannot exceed $7.70 billion. BPA finances its approximate
$4.3 billion annual cost of operations and investments primarily using power and transmission revenues and loans from the
U.S. Treasury.
Operating Expenses.—Transmission Services.-Provides for operating over 15,000 circuit miles of high-voltage transmissions lines and 259 substations, and for maintaining
the facilities and equipment of the Bonneville transmission system in 2017.
Power Services.—Provides for the planning, contractual acquisition and oversight of reliable, cost effective resources. These resources
are needed to serve BPA's portion of the region's forecasted net electric load requirements. This activity also includes protection,
mitigation and enhancement of fish and wildlife affected by hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia River and its tributaries
in accordance with the Pacific Northwest Power Act. This activity provides for payment of the operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs allocated to power the 31 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation hydro projects, amortization on
the capital investment in power generating facilities, and irrigation assistance at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation facilities.
This activity also provides for the planning, contractual acquisition and oversight of reliable, cost effective conservation.
It also provides for extending the benefits of low cost Federal power to the residential and small farm customers of investor-owned
and publicly-owned utilities, in accordance with the Pacific Northwest Power Act and for activities of the Pacific Northwest
Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council required by the Pacific Northwest Power Act.
Interest.—Provides for payments to the U.S. Treasury for interest on U.S. Treasury borrowings to finance BPA's capital investments
under $7.70 billion of U.S. Treasury borrowing authority provided by the Transmission Act, the Pacific Northwest Power Act
for energy conservation, renewable energy resources, capital fish facilities, and other purposes, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, and other legislation. This interest category also includes interest on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
BPA and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation appropriated debt.
Capital Investments-Transmission Services.—Provides for the planning, design and construction of transmission lines, substation and control system additions, replacements,
and enhancements to the FCRPS transmission system for a reliable, efficient and cost-effective regional transmission system.
Provides for planning, design, and construction work to repair or replace existing transmission lines, substations, control
systems, and general facilities of the FCRPS transmission system.
Power Services.—Provides for direct funding of additions, improvements, and replacements at existing Federal hydroelectric projects in the
Northwest. It also provides for capital investments to implement environmental activities, and protect, mitigate, and enhance
fish and wildlife affected by hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia River and its tributaries, in accordance with the Pacific
Northwest Power Act. This activity provides for the planning, contractual acquisition and oversight of reliable, cost effective
conservation.
Capital Equipment/Capitalized Bond Premium.—Provides for capital information technologies, and office furniture and equipment, and software capital development in support
of all BPA programs. It also provides for bond premiums incurred for refinancing of bonds.
Total Capital Obligations.—The 2017 capital obligations are estimated to be $989.8 million.
Contingencies.—Although contingencies are not specifically funded, the need may arise to provide for purchase of power in low-water years;
for repair and/or replacement of facilities affected by natural and man-made emergencies, including the resulting additional
costs for contracting, construction, and operation and maintenance work; for unavoidable increased costs for the planned program
due to necessary but unforeseen adjustments, including engineering and design changes, contractor and other claims and relocations;
or for payment of a retrospective premium adjustment in excess nuclear property insurance.
Financing.—The Transmission Act provides for the use by BPA of all receipts, collections, and recoveries in cash from all sources,
including the sale of bonds, to finance the annual budget programs of BPA. These receipts result primarily from the sale of
power and transmission services. The Transmission Act also provides for authority to borrow from the U.S. Treasury at rates
comparable to borrowings at open market rates for similar issues. BPA has $7.70 billion of U.S. Treasury borrowing authority
provided by the Transmission Act, the Pacific Northwest Power Act for energy conservation, renewable energy resources, capital
fish facilities, and other purposes, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and other legislation. At the end
of 2015, BPA had outstanding bonds with the U.S. Treasury of $4.6 billion. At the end of 2015, BPA also had $7.5 billion of
non-Federal debt outstanding, including Energy Northwest bonds. BPA will rely primarily on its U.S. Treasury borrowing authority
to finance capital projects, but may also elect to use cash reserves generated by revenues from customers or seek third party
financing sources when feasible to finance some of these investments.
In 2015, BPA made payments to the Treasury of $891 million and also expects to make payments of $640 million in 2016 and $662
million in 2017. The 2017 payment is expected to be distributed as follows: interest on bonds and appropriations ($365 million),
amortization ($206 million), and other ($91 million). BPA also received credits totaling approximately $80 million applied
against its Treasury payments in 2015 to reflect amounts diverted to fish mitigation efforts, but not allocable to power,
in the Columbia and Snake River systems.
BPA, with input from its stakeholders, considers other strategies to sustain funding for its infrastructure investment requirements
as well. BPA's Financial Plan defines strategies and policies for guiding how BPA will manage risk and variability of electricity
markets and water years. It also describes how BPA will continue to manage to ensure it meets its Treasury repayment responsibilities.
Direct Loans.—During 2017, no new direct loan obligations may be made.
Operating Results.—Total revenues are forecast at approximately $4.1 billion in 2017.
It should be noted that BPA's revenue forecasts are based on several critical assumptions about both the supply of and demand
for Federal energy. During the operating year, deviation from the conditions assumed in a rate case may result in a variation
in actual revenues of several hundred million dollars from the forecast.
Consistent with Administration policy, BPA will continue to fully recover, from the sale of electric power and transmission,
funds sufficient to cover the full cost of Civil Service Retirement System and Post-Retirement Health Benefits for its employees.
The entire cost of BPA and the power share of FCRPS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation employees
working under the Federal Employees Retirement System is fully recovered in wholesale electric power and transmission rates.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4045–0–3–271
2014 actual
2015 actual
ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101
Fund balances with Treasury
524
524
Investments in US securities:
1106
Receivables, net
1
1
1206
Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net
304
304
Other Federal assets:
1802
Inventories and related properties
112
112
1803
Property, plant and equipment, net
6,253
6,253
1901
Other assets
16,191
16,191
1999
Total assets
23,385
23,385
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102
Interest payable
68
68
2103
Debt
9,300
9,300
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201
Accounts payable
411
411
2203
Debt
5,787
5,787
2207
Other
7,819
7,819
2999
Total liabilities
23,385
23,385
4999
Total liabilities and net position
23,385
23,385
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4045–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
11.1
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
413
442
442
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
130
139
139
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
21
22
22
22.0
Transportation of things
2
2
2
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
17
19
19
23.2
Rental payments to others
30
32
32
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
10
11
11
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
221
237
237
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
1,935
2,088
2,089
25.5
Research and development contracts
13
11
11
26.0
Supplies and materials
59
63
63
31.0
Equipment
232
248
249
32.0
Land and structures
397
425
425
41.0
Grants, subsidies, and contributions
45
49
49
43.0
Interest and dividends
260
277
278
99.9
Total new obligations
3,785
4,065
4,068
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–4045–0–3–271
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
2,836
3,100
3,100
Departmental Administration
Federal Funds
Departmental administration
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), [$248,142,000] $270,037,000, to remain available until September 30, [2017] 2018, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding
the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total [$117,171,000] $125,171,000 in fiscal year [2016] 2017 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in
a final fiscal year [2016] 2017 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than [$130,971,000] $144,866,000: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, [$31,297,000 is for Energy Policy and Systems Analysis] $3,000,000 is to support the Department's activities related to implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency
Act (DATA Act; Public Law 113–101; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), to include changes in business processes, workforce, or information
technology to support high quality, transparent Federal spending information. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0228–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0002
Cost of Work for Others
22
0003
Office of the Secretary
6
6
5
0004
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
5
1
6
0005
Office of Public Affairs
3
4
3
0006
General Counsel
33
33
31
0008
Economic Impact and Diversity
9
9
11
0009
Chief Financial Officer
1
0011
Human Capital Management
24
25
25
0012
Indian Energy Policy
6
16
0013
Energy Policy and Systems Analysis
30
35
31
0014
International Affairs
25
18
19
0015
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
2
3
3
0018
Management
62
65
59
0020
Project Management Oversight and Assessment
18
0030
Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation
5
0040
Office of the Energy Jobs Development
4
0045
Strategic Partnership Programs
40
39
0799
Total direct obligations
228
255
259
0801
Departmental Administration (Reimbursable)
4
4
4
0900
Total new obligations
232
259
263
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
74
87
76
1001
Discretionary unobligated balance brought fwd, Oct 1
72
1011
Unobligated balance transfer from other acct [072–1037]
10
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
4
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
88
87
76
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
165
167
145
1121
Appropriations transferred from other acct [072–1037]
1
1131
Unobligated balance of appropriations permanently reduced
–1
1160
Appropriation, discretionary (total)
165
167
145
Appropriations, mandatory:
1221
Appropriations transferred from other acct [011–5512]
2
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
81
81
125
1900
Budget authority (total)
248
248
270
1930
Total budgetary resources available
336
335
346
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1940
Unobligated balance expiring
–17
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
87
76
83
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
90
98
72
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
232
259
263
3020
Outlays (gross)
–216
–285
–283
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–4
3041
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, expired
–4
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
98
72
52
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
90
98
72
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
98
72
52
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
246
248
270
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
124
205
223
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
92
78
60
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
216
283
283
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–34
–34
–52
4033
Non-Federal sources
–47
–47
–73
4040
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays (total)
–81
–81
–125
4070
Budget authority, net (discretionary)
165
167
145
4080
Outlays, net (discretionary)
135
202
158
Mandatory:
4090
Budget authority, gross
2
Outlays, gross:
4101
Outlays from mandatory balances
2
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
167
167
145
4190
Outlays, net (total)
135
204
158
Office of the Secretary (OSE).—Directs and leads the management of the Department and provides policy guidance to line and staff organizations in the accomplishment
of DOE's mission.
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (CI).—Responsible for the Department's liaison, communication, coordinating, directing, and promoting the Secretary's and the Department's
policies and legislative initiatives with Congress, State, territorial, Tribal and local government officials, other Federal
agencies, and the general public.
Public Affairs (PA).— Responsible for directing and managing the Department's policies and initiatives with the public, news media, and other
stakeholders on energy issues. The Office serves as the Department's chief spokesperson with the news media, shapes initiatives
aimed at educating the press and public about energy issues, builds and maintains the Department's Energy.gov internet platform.
General Counsel (GC).— Responsible for providing legal services to all Department offices, and for determining the Department's authoritative
position on any question of law with respect to all Department offices and programs, except for those belonging exclusively
to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. GC is responsible for the coordination and clearance of proposed legislation
affecting energy policy and Department activities. GC administers and monitors standards of conduct requirements, conducts
patent program and intellectual property activities, and coordinates rulemaking actions of the Department with other Federal
agencies.
Economic Impact and Diversity (ED).—Develops and executes Department-wide policies to implement applicable statutes and Executive Orders that strengthen diversity
goals affecting equal employment opportunities, minority businesses, minority educational institutions, and historically underrepresented
communities. ED identifies ways of ensuring that underrepresented populations are afforded an opportunity to participate fully
in the energy programs of the Department.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO).— Assures the effective management and financial integrity of DOE programs, activities, and resources by developing, implementing,
and monitoring Department-wide policies and systems in the areas of budget administration, finance and accounting, internal
controls and financial policy, corporate financial systems, and strategic planning. Also includes continued support for DATA
Act implementation.
Chief Information Officer (CIO).—Provides advice and assistance to the Secretary and other senior managers to ensure that information technology is acquired
and information resources are managed in a manner that complies with policies and procedures of statutory requirements.
Chief Human Capital Officer (HC).—Provides leadership to the Department on the impact and use of policies, proposals, programs, partnership agreements and
relationships related to all aspects of human capital management. HC seeks solutions that address workforce issues in the
areas of recruiting, hiring, motivating, succession planning, competency development, training and learning, retention, and
diversity. It also provides leadership and direction on DOE human capital issues with other Federal agencies.
Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA).—Serves as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary on energy and related integration of energy systems. EPSA serves
as a focal point for policy coordination within the Department on the formulation, analysis, and implementation of energy
policy and related programmatic options and initiatives that could facilitate the transition to a low-carbon and secure energy
economy.
International Affairs (IA).— Advises Departmental leadership on strategic implementation of the United States' international energy policy. IA develops
and leads the Department's bilateral and multilateral R&D cooperation, including investment and trade activities with other
nations and international agencies, and represents the Department and the United States Government in interagency processes,
intergovernmental forums, and bilateral and multilateral proceedings that address the development and implementation of energy
policies, strategies and objectives.
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU). —Responsible for maximizing contracting and subcontracting opportunities for small businesses interested in doing business with
the Department. A primary responsibility of OSDBU is to work in partnership with Departmental program elements to achieve
prime and subcontracting small business goals set forth by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Office of Management (MA).—Provides DOE with centralized direction and oversight for the full range of management, procurement and administrative services.
MA is responsible for project and contract management policy development and oversight, acquisition and contract administration,
and delivery of procurement services to DOE headquarters organizations. MA's administrative activities include the management
of headquarters facilities and the delivery of other services critical to meeting Federal sustainability goals and other proper
functions of the Department.
Project Management Oversight and Assessment (PM).—Provides the Department corporate oversight, managerial leadership and assistance in developing and implementing DOE-wide policies,
procedures, programs, and management systems pertaining to project management, and manages the project management career development
program for DOE's Federal Project Directors. PMOA also provides independent oversight of Environmental Management's portfolio
of capital asset projects, including all activities involved with on-site cost, schedule, technical and management status
reviews, as well as analyzing and reporting performance progress of the projects.
Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation-DOE (CEPE-DOE).— Provides independent analytic advice on all aspects of DOE-wide programs, including cost effectiveness, development and
evaluation of program alternatives. CEPE-DOE develops cost estimating policy and practices, provides timely and unbiased analysis,
and performs independent cost estimation for the Department. CEPE-DOE ensures that the Department's cost estimation and cost
analysis processes provide accurate information and realistic estimates of cost for the Department's programs, projects, and
acquisitions.
Energy Jobs Development (EJD).—Manages the collection of annual energy jobs growth data and issues annual reports, coordinates the ongoing energy workforce
development activities within the program offices and laboratories, manages external partnerships with other federal agencies
on energy workforce, and provides energy economic development technical services to states, municipalities, and tribal governments.
Strategic Partnership Programs (SPP).— (formerly, Cost of Work for Others) Covers the cost of work performed under orders placed with the Department by non-DOE
entities that are precluded by law from making advance payments and certain revenue programs. Reimbursement of these costs
is made through deposits of offsetting collections to this account.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0228–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
11.1
Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent
84
108
112
11.9
Total personnel compensation
84
108
112
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
24
29
32
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
4
4
4
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
2
2
2
25.7
Other Contractual Services
111
110
107
26.0
Other Services
2
2
2
44.0
Non-Capitalized Personal Property
1
99.0
Direct obligations
228
255
259
99.0
Reimbursable obligations
4
4
4
99.9
Total new obligations
232
259
263
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0228–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
695
832
843
Office of the inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act
of 1978, [$46,424,000] $44,424,000, to remain available until September 30, [2017] 2018. (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0236–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0001
Office of the Inspector General (Direct)
48
51
48
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
15
9
4
1021
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations
1
1050
Unobligated balance (total)
16
9
4
Budget authority:
Appropriations, discretionary:
1100
Appropriation
41
46
44
1930
Total budgetary resources available
57
55
48
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
9
4
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
6
5
8
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
48
51
48
3020
Outlays (gross)
–48
–48
–47
3040
Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, unexpired
–1
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
5
8
9
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
6
5
8
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
5
8
9
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
41
46
44
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
29
39
37
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
19
9
10
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
48
48
47
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
41
46
44
4190
Outlays, net (total)
48
48
47
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides Department-wide (including the National Nuclear Security Administration and
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) audit, inspection, and investigative functions to identify and recommend corrections
for management and administrative deficiencies, which create conditions for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste,
abuse and violations of law. The audit function provides financial and performance audits of programs and operations. The
inspection function provides independent inspection and analysis of the performance of programs and operations. The investigative
function provides for the detection and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, and
operations. Through these efforts, the OIG identifies opportunities for cost savings and operational efficiency; identifies
programs that are not meeting performance expectations; recovers monies to the Department and the Treasury as a result of
civil and criminal prosecutions; and identifies ways to make Departmental programs safer and more secure.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–0236–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
27
29
27
11.5
Other personnel compensation
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
29
31
29
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
11
12
11
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
1
1
1
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
3
3
3
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
4
4
4
99.9
Total new obligations
48
51
48
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–0236–0–1–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
1001
Direct civilian full-time equivalent employment
277
279
279
Working Capital Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4563–0–4–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Obligations by program activity:
0801
Payroll and other personnel
6
8
8
0802
Project management and career development program
1
2
2
0810
Supplies
2
2
2
0812
Photocopying
4
3
3
0813
Printing and graphics
3
4
4
0814
Building rental, operations & maintenance
109
102
102
0815
iManage
40
30
30
0816
Mail and Transportation Services
4
4
4
0817
Internal control/Financial Statement Audit
10
12
12
0818
Procurement Management
18
18
18
0820
Telecommunication
34
32
32
0821
Overseas Representation
13
17
17
0822
Interagency Transfers to GSA
10
6
6
0823
Health Services
1
2
2
0824
CyberOne
22
33
33
0825
Corporate Training Services
2
3
3
0826
Financial Reporting Control Assessment
1
2
2
0827
Pension Studies
1
1
0900
Total new obligations
280
281
281
Budgetary resources:
Unobligated balance:
1000
Unobligated balance brought forward, Oct 1
29
30
30
Budget authority:
Spending authority from offsetting collections, discretionary:
1700
Collected
281
281
281
1930
Total budgetary resources available
310
311
311
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
1941
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
30
30
30
Change in obligated balance:
Unpaid obligations:
3000
Unpaid obligations, brought forward, Oct 1
128
131
74
3010
Obligations incurred, unexpired accounts
280
281
281
3020
Outlays (gross)
–277
–338
–337
3050
Unpaid obligations, end of year
131
74
18
Memorandum (non-add) entries:
3100
Obligated balance, start of year
128
131
74
3200
Obligated balance, end of year
131
74
18
Budget authority and outlays, net:
Discretionary:
4000
Budget authority, gross
281
281
281
Outlays, gross:
4010
Outlays from new discretionary authority
149
270
270
4011
Outlays from discretionary balances
128
68
67
4020
Outlays, gross (total)
277
338
337
Offsets against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (collected) from:
4030
Federal sources
–281
–281
–281
4180
Budget authority, net (total)
4190
Outlays, net (total)
–4
57
56
The Department's Working Capital Fund (WCF) provides the following shared services: rent and building operations, telecommunications,
cybersecurity, automated office systems including the Standard Accounting and Reporting System, Strategic Integrated Procurement
Enterprise System, payroll and personnel processing, administrative services, training and health services, overseas representation,
procurement management, audits, and controls for financial reporting. The WCF helps the Department reduce waste and improve
efficiency.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 089–4563–0–4–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Reimbursable obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent
13
14
14
11.8
Special personal services payments
2
2
2
11.9
Total personnel compensation
15
16
16
12.1
Civilian personnel benefits
5
5
5
21.0
Travel and transportation of persons
2
2
2
22.0
Transportation of things
1
1
1
23.1
Rental payments to GSA
53
53
53
23.2
Rental payments to others
1
1
1
23.3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
15
15
15
24.0
Printing and reproduction
1
1
1
25.1
Advisory and assistance services
44
44
44
25.2
Other services from non-Federal sources
20
20
20
25.3
Other goods and services from Federal sources
86
85
85
25.4
Operation and maintenance of facilities
24
25
25
25.6
Medical care
1
1
1
26.0
Supplies and materials
1
1
1
31.0
Equipment
2
2
2
32.0
Land and structures
9
9
9
99.9
Total new obligations
280
281
281
Employment Summary
Identification code 089–4563–0–4–276
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
2001
Reimbursable civilian full-time equivalent employment
94
94
94
Federal Funds
Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund
General and Administrative Provisions
GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
(in millions of dollars)
2015 actual
2016 est.
2017 est.
Offsetting receipts from the public:
089–223000
Oil and Gas Sale Proceeds at NPRs.
2
089–279530
DOE ATVM Direct Loans Downward Reestimate Account
19
12
089–279730
DOE Loan Guarantees Downward Reestimate Account
131
112
089–224500
Sale and Transmission of Electric Energy, Falcon Dam
2
1
1
089–089400
Fees and Recoveries, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
17
24
9
089–322000
All Other General Fund Proprietary Receipts Including Budget Clearing Accounts
87
14
14
089–267910
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantees, Negative Subsidies
65
48
37
089–224900
Sale of Power and Other Utilities, not Otherwise Classified
93
30
30
089–288900
Repayments on Miscellaneous Recoverable Costs, not Otherwise Classified
38
38
39
089–224700
Sale and Transmission of Electric Energy, Southwestern Power Administration
94
66
72
089–224800
Sale and Transmission of Electric Energy, Southeastern Power Administration
194
189
189
General Fund Offsetting receipts from the public
742
534
391
Intragovernmental payments:
089–388500
Undistributed Intragovernmental Payments and Receivables from Cancelled Accounts
7
7
General Fund Intragovernmental payments
7
7
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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(including transfer[and rescissions]of funds)
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate
or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements (including
Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity
if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by Congress.
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business
days in advance, none of the funds made available in this title may be used to—
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more;
(B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered
by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or (B); or
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or
(B).
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of the
conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000
provided during the previous quarter.
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award,
the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project,
or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief description of the activity for which
the award is made.
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made available
in this title under the heading "Department of Energy—Energy Programs", enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear
grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless—
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time of award;
or
(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes a clause conditioning the Federal Government's obligation on the availability
of future year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at
least 3 days in advance.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the amounts made available by this title shall be expended as authorized
by law for the programs, projects, and activities specified in the "Final Bill" column in the "Department of Energy" table
included under the heading "Title III—Department of Energy" in the explanatory statement [described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated] accompanying this Act).
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming
that would cause any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less, during the time period covered by this Act.
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds
that—
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this Act; or
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made available
for the Department of Energy if compliance with such requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human health,
the environment, welfare, or national security.
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under paragraph
(1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction
would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted
such waiver.
SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable
established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted.SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities
are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year [2016]2017 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year [2016]2017.SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard
nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of [Independent] Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under Department
of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental guidance, for construction projects where the total project cost exceeds
$100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate has been developed for the project for that critical decision.SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none of the funds made available under the heading "Department of Energy—Energy
Programs—Science" in this or any subsequent Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations Act for any fiscal
year may be used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or less
unless the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full period of performance
as anticipated at the time of award.[SEC. 307. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any prior Act under the heading "Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation" may be made
available to enter into new contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation.
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in the
national security interests of the United States. This waiver authority may not be delegated.
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a report on the justification for the waiver.]
SEC. [308]307. (a) New Regional Reserves.—The Secretary of Energy may not establish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed regional
petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budget submission and approved by the Congress in
an appropriations Act.
(b) The budget request or notification shall include—
(1) the justification for the new reserve;
(2) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
(3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including the conditions upon which the products may be released;
(4) the location of the reserve; and
(5) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.
[SEC. 309. Of the amounts made available by this Act for "National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons Activities", up to $50,000,000
may be reprogrammed within such account for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, subject to the notice requirement in section 301(e).][SEC. 310. (a) Unobligated balances available from appropriations are hereby rescinded from the following accounts of the Department of Energy
in the specified amounts:
(1) "Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy", $1,355,149.00 from Public Law 110–161; $627,299.24 from Public Law
111–8; and $1,824,051.94 from Public Law 111–85.
(2) "Energy Programs—Science", $3,200,000.00.
(b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.]
[SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of 40 U.S.C. 11319 shall not apply to funds appropriated in this
title to Federally Funded Research and Development Centers sponsored by the Department of Energy.][SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used—
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2) to implement or enforce the standards established by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps,
and ER incandescent reflector lamps.]
[SEC. 313. (a) Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts under the headings "Fossil Energy Research and Development" and "Clean Coal Technology"
for prior solicitations under the Clean Coal Power Initiative and FutureGen, not less than $160,000,000 from projects selected
under such solicitations that have not reached financial close and have not secured funding sufficient to construct the project
prior to 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act shall be deobligated, if necessary, shall be utilized for previously
selected demonstration projects under such solicitations that have reached financial close or have otherwise secured funding
sufficient to construct the project prior to 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be allocated among
such projects in proportion to the total financial contribution by the recipients to those projects stipulated in their respective
cooperative agreements.
(b) Funds utilized pursuant to subsection (a) shall be administered in accordance with the provisions in the Act in which the
funds for those demonstration projects were originally appropriated, except that financial assistance for costs in excess
of those estimated as of the date of award of the original financial assistance may be provided in excess of the proportion
of costs borne by the Government in the original agreement and shall not be limited to 25 percent of the original financial
assistance.
(c) No amounts may be repurposed pursuant to this section from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(d) This section shall be fully implemented not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.]
SEC. 308. Amounts made available by this title may be transferred to the Technology Commercialization Fund in amounts not to exceed
0.9% of the amounts appropriated for applied energy research and development. Amounts so transferred shall be available for
a broad spectrum of energy technology or combination of technologies, consistent with section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (42 U.S. Code paragraph 16391(e)), and shall remain available until expended. SEC. 309. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for Department of Energy activities funded in this Act or subsequent
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts may be transferred between such appropriations, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise provided, shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by any such transfers,
and notification of any such transfers shall be submitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate. SEC. 310. Consolidated Emergency Operations Center. Amounts available for the Department of Energy under this title in this and prior
appropriations Acts shall be available for the design of a consolidated Emergency Operations Center: Provided, That no amounts
may be repurposed from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. SEC. 311. TREATMENT OF LOBBYING AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY COSTS AS ALLOWABLE COSTS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACTS. (a) Allowable Costs.—
(1) Section 4801(b) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2781(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking "(1)" and all that follows through "the Secretary" and inserting "The Secretary"; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2).
(2) Section 305 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1988, as contained in section 101(d) of Public Law 100–202
(101 Stat. 1329–125), is repealed.
(b) Regulations Revised.—The Secretary of Energy shall revise existing regulations consistent with the repeal of 50 U.S.C. 2781(b)(2)
and section 305 of Public Law 100–202 and shall issue regulations to implement 50 U.S.C. 2781(b), as amended by subsection
(a), no later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall be consistent with the Federal
Acquisition Regulation 48 C.F.R. 31.205–22.
(Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)
general provisions
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action
on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described
in 18 U.S.C. 1913.[SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other
appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in section 4
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality
of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.
(b) None of the funds made available for any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may be transferred
to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this
Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement described
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.
(c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another
department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the
amounts transferred and the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification
requirements for each authority.]
SEC. [503]502. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 11, 1994
(Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations). (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016.)