[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3055. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McCain) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. 
Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the 
energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION PILOT PROJECT.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Western Area 
     Power Administration (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Administrator'') shall establish a pilot project, as part 
     of the continuous process improvement program and to provide 
     increased transparency for customers, to publish on a 
     publicly available website of the Western Area Power 
     Administration, a searchable database of the following 
     information, beginning with fiscal year 2008, relating to the 
     Western Area Power Administration:
       (1) By power system, rates charged to customers for power 
     and transmission service.
       (2) By power system, the amount of capacity or energy sold.
       (3) By region, a detailed accounting of the allocation of 
     budget authority, including--
       (A) overhead costs;
       (B) the number of contractors; and
       (C) the number of full-time equivalents.
       (4) For the corporate services office, a detailed 
     accounting of the allocation of budget authority, including--
       (A) overhead costs;
       (B) the number of contractors;
       (C) the number of full-time equivalents; and
       (D) expenses charged to other Federal agencies or programs 
     for the administration of programs not related to the 
     marketing, transmission, or wheeling of Federal hydropower 
     resources, including--
       (i) overhead costs;
       (ii) the number of contractors; and
       (iii) the number of full-time equivalents.
       (5) Capital expenditures, including--
       (A) capital investments delineated by the year in which 
     each investment is placed into service; and
       (B) the sources of capital for each investment.
       (b) Report.--Not less than once each year for the duration 
     of the pilot project under this section, the Administrator 
     shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives a report that--
       (1) describes the annual estimated avoided costs and the 
     savings as a result of the pilot project under this section; 
     and
       (2) includes a certification from the Administrator that--
       (A) the rates for each power system do not recover costs 
     and expenses recovered by other power systems; and
       (B) each expense allocated by the corporate services office 
     to an individual power system is only recovered once.
       (c) Termination.--The pilot project under this section 
     shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
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