[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 258-269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585
Phone, 202-586-5000
SECRETARY OF ENERGY Hazel R. O'Leary
Deputy Secretary William H. White
Associate Deputy Secretary for Field Management Donald W. Pearman, Jr.
Under Secretary Charles B. Curtis
Deputy Under Secretary for Technology Alexander MacLachlan
Partnerships and Economic Competitiveness
General Counsel Robert R. Nordhaus
Inspector General John C. Layton
Assistant Secretary, Congressional and Carolyn Herr Watts,
Intergovernmental Affairs Acting
Assistant Secretary, Policy Susan F. Tierney
Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Tara J. O'Toole
Health
Assistant Secretary, Human Resources and Archer L. Durham
Administration
Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy Patricia F. Godley
Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs Victor H. Reis
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Christine A. Ervin
Renewable Energy
Assistant Secretary, Environmental Management Thomas P. Grumbly
Administrator, Energy Information Jay E. Hakes
Administration
Director, Fissile Materials Disposition Gregory P. Rudy, Acting
Director, Worker and Community Transition Robert W. DeGrasse, Jr.
Director of Public and Consumer Affairs Michael G. Gauldin
Director of Energy Research Martha A. Krebs
Director of Civilian Radioactive Waste Daniel A. Dreyfus
Management
Director of Hearings and Appeals George B. Breznay
Director of Nonproliferation and National Kenneth E. Baker,
Security Acting
Chief Financial Officer Joseph F. Vivona
Director of Nuclear Energy, Science and Terry R. Lash
Technology
Director of Science Education and Technical Terry Cornwell Rumsey
Information
Director of Economic Impact and Diversity Corliss S. Moody
Director of Quality Management Nancy Weidenfeller
Director of Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Peter F. Didisheim,
Acting
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Elizabeth Anne Moler
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The Department of Energy provides the framework for a comprehensive and
balanced national energy plan through the coordination and
administration of the energy functions of the Federal Government. The
Department is responsible for long-term, high-risk research and
development of energy technology; the marketing of Federal power; energy
conservation; the nuclear weapons program; energy regulatory programs;
and a central energy data collection and analysis program.
The Department of Energy (DOE) was established by the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131), effective October 1, 1977,
pursuant to Executive Order 12009 of September 13, 1977. The act
consolidated the major Federal energy functions into one Cabinet-level
Department, transferring to DOE all the responsibilities of the Energy
Research and Development Administration; the Federal Energy
Administration; the Federal Power Commission; and the Alaska,
Bonneville, Southeastern, and Southwestern Power Administrations,
formerly components of the Department of the Interior, as well as the
power-marketing functions of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of
Reclamation. Also transferred to DOE were certain functions of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and the Departments of Commerce, Housing
and Urban Development, the Navy, and the Interior (42 U.S.C. 7152-7156).
Offices managing programs which require large budget outlays or
provide technical direction and support are structured to reflect the
principal programmatic missions of the Department: Energy Programs,
National Security and Environmental Management Programs, and Science and
Technology Programs. The Energy Programs area includes the Offices of
the Assistant Secretaries for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and
Fossil Energy; the Power Marketing Administrations; and the Energy
Information Administration. The Science and Technology Programs area
includes the Offices of Energy Research, Science Education and Technical
Information, and Nuclear Energy, Science and Techology. The National
Security and Environmental Management Programs area includes the Offices
of the Assistant Secretaries for Defense Programs and Environmental
Management; the Offices of Nonproliferation and National Security;
Worker and Community Transition; Technology Partnerships and Economic
Compeititveness; Fissile Materials Disposition; and Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management.
The Department's organization also includes the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, which is an independent regulatory organization
within the Department.
Office of the Secretary
Secretary The Secretary, as Chief Executive Officer, provides the
overall vision, programmatic leadership, management direction, and
administration of the Department. The principal offices serving the
Secretary include the Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, General
Counsel, Inspector General, Chief Financial Officer, and the Assistant
Secretaries. The following units, whose public purposes are broadly
applied, are detailed further.
Staff Offices
Field Management The Associate Deputy Secretary for Field Management
provides centralized responsibility for strategic planning, management
coordination, and oversight of the Department's field operations, in
general; and, specifically, for executing programs and projects
accomplished through the Department's eight multipurpose operations
offices. This office is also responsible for establishing and managing
procedures for receiving, tracking, and conducting investigations
related to ``whistleblower'' reprisal complaints; preparing cases for
adjudication; and establishing procedures for processing appeals to the
Secretary of Energy for appropriate action.
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Policy The Assistant Secretary for Policy formulates, recommends, and
manages national and international policy development, strategic plans,
and integration of departmental policy and program and budget goals;
conducts integrated policy analyses; conducts systematic evaluations of
the Department's programs to ensure that each maximizes its
contributions to the national energy strategy and the Department's goals
and objectives; ensures that U.S. international energy policies and
programs conform to national goals, legislation, and treaty obligations;
coordinates cooperative international energy programs with foreign
governments and international organizations, such as the International
Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency; and develops
and tests energy emergency plans and analyzes departmental energy
emergency capabilities and vulnerabilities.
Environment, Safety and Health The Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Health provides independent oversight of departmental
execution of environmental, occupational safety and health, nuclear/
nonnuclear safety and security laws, regulations, and policies; ensures
that departmental programs are in compliance with environmental, health,
and nuclear/nonnuclear safety protection plans, regulations, and
procedures; provides an independent overview and assessment of
Department-controlled activities to ensure that safety-impacted programs
receive management review; and carries out the legal functions of the
nuclear safety civil penalty and criminal referral activities mandated
by the Price-Anderson Amendments Act.
Hearings and Appeals The Office of Hearings and Appeals reviews and
issues all final DOE orders of an adjudicatory nature, other than those
involving matters over which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
exercises final jurisdiction. The Office is responsible for considering
and issuing decisions on appeals from orders of a regulatory nature
issued by DOE components and requests for exception or exemption from
any regulatory or mandatory requirements.
The Board of Contract Appeals hears and resolves appeals pertaining
to contract-related matters. The Board may act as the Department's
Contract Adjustment Board, the Financial Assistance Appeal Board, or the
Invention Licensing Appeal Board.
Economic Impact and Diversity The Office of Economic Impact and
Diversity advises the Secretary on the effects of energy policies,
regulations, and other actions of the Department and its components on
minorities, minority business enterprises and minority educational
institutions, and on ways to ensure that minorities are afforded an
opportunity to participate in energy programs of the Department; carries
out policy, plan, and oversight functions under sections 8 and 15 of the
Small Business Act relating to preferred programs for small businesses,
disadvantaged business, labor surplus area concerns, and women-owned
businesses; and administers the policy, procedures, plans, and systems
of the Department's equal opportunity and civil rights activities.
Office of Worker and Community Transition This Office develops policies
and programs necessary to plan for and mitigate the impacts of changing
conditions on the workers and communities affected by the Department's
mission changes; assures that those policies and programs are carried
out in a way that guarantees fair treatment of all concerned, while at
the same time recognizing the unique conditions at each site and in each
contract; and assists those communities most affected by the changing
missions at Department sites by using the Department's resources to
stimulate economic development.
The primary functions of the Office include:
--serving as the focal point for the Department on matters of worker
and community transition;
--developing the policies and guidelines for all aspects of work
force restructuring;
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--developing the policies and guidelines necessary for community
transition;
--providing necessary analytical capabilities to develop profiles
and trend analyses of current contractor work force capabilities, needed
work force skills, and traning or acquisition needs and developing
strategies for addressing those needs through retraining or recruitment;
--providing oversight and assistance to sites in conducting cost-
benefit and other analyses arising out of contract reform, section 3161
of the 1993 national defense authorization act, and related work force
issues or initiatives;
--reviewing and coordinating policies of other Energy Department
organizations that affect worker or community transition, including
policies in Environment, Safety and Health, Facility Management,
Procurement, Contract Reform, and Facility Transition;
--providing assistance and review of field activities to assure
fairness in the policy toward workers and communities across the
Department of Energy complex and monitoring performance to assure plan
objectives and agreements are carried out; and
--serving as the point of contact for national labor organizations
and oversee the collective bargaining process of the Department to
assure compatibility with contract reform initiatives and compliance
with section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1993; and assisting sites, where necessary, by providing technical,
legal, or other assistance with labor relations.
Office of Quality Management This Office assists and supports
Department of Energy executives and managers in their charge to
implement the principles and culture of quality management within the
Department. Through Total Quality Management, the Office supports the
implementation of performance measures throughout the Department.
The primary functions of the Office are:
--developing and implementing the Department's quality initiative
strategy and promoting and guiding the use of total quality principles;
--providing information and technical assistance to departmental
officials on customer identification, performance measures, measurement
of service quality, process improvement methods and tools, and
statistical analysis;
--designing, coordinating, and providing leadership and Total
Quality Management training for senior staff and managers and staffers
Departmentwide;
--facilitating and providing technical advice and staff support to
the Department Leadership Group and Quality Council which are
responsible for championing the Secretary's Quality Initiative;
--coordinating and supporting the implementation of performance
measures throughout the Department; and
--serving as the point of contact and liaison for quality management
activities within the Department and with the Federal Quality Institute,
other Federal agencies, and external entities.
Energy Programs
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy The Assistant Secretary for
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is responsible for formulating
and directing programs designed to increase the production and
utilization of renewable energy (solar, biomass, wind, geothermal,
alcohol fuels, etc.) and improving the energy efficiency of
transportation, buildings, industrial systems, and related processes
through support of long-term, high-risk research and development
activities. The Assistant Secretary also has responsibility for
administering statutorily mandated assistance programs that provide
financial assistance for State energy planning, weatherization of
housing owned by the poor and disadvantaged, and the implementation of
energy conservation measures by schools and
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hospitals, local units of government, and public care institutions.
For further information, contact the Director of Management and
Resources. Phone, 202-586-6768.
Fossil Energy The Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy is responsible
for research and development programs involving fossil fuels--coal,
petroleum, and gas. The fossil energy program involves applied research,
exploratory development, and limited proof-of-concept testing targeted
to high-risk and high-payoff endeavors. The objective of the program is
to provide the general technology and knowledge base that the private
sector can use to complete development and initiate commercialization of
advanced processes and energy systems. The program is principally
executed through two Energy Technology Centers located in the field.
The Assistant Secretary also manages the Clean Coal Technology
Program, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Naval Petroleum and Oil
Shale Reserves, and the Liquefied Gaseous Fuels Spill Test Facility.
For further information, contact the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Management. Phone, 301-903-2617.
Energy Information Administration The Energy Information Administration
is responsible for the timely and accurate collection, processing, and
publication of data in the areas of energy resource reserves, energy
production, demand, consumption, distribution, and technology.
The Administration performs analyses of energy data to assist
government and nongovernment users in understanding energy trends.
Analyses are prepared on complex, long-term energy trends and the
microeconomic and macroeconomic impacts of energy trends on regional and
industrial sectors. Special purpose analyses are prepared involving
competition within the energy industries, the capital/financial
structure of energy companies, and interfuel substitution. Audits are
conducted to ensure the validity of regulatory and other energy data.
The Administration provides data publication and distribution
services within DOE, throughout the Government, and for the public. It
is a clearinghouse for general information on energy and coordinates its
activities with the Department's Technical Information Center.
For further information, contact the Director, National Energy
Information Center. Phone, 202-586-1185; (TDD) 202-586-1181.
National Security and Environmental Management Programs
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management The Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management was established by the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224). The Office has responsibility for the
Nuclear Waste Fund and for the management of Federal programs for
recommending, constructing, and operating repositories for disposal of
high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; interim storage of
spent nuclear fuel; monitored retrievable storage; and research,
development, and demonstration regarding disposal of high-level
radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
For further information, contact the Associate Director for Program and
Resources Management. Phone, 202-586-9116.
Defense Programs The Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs directs
the Nation's nuclear weapons research, development, testing, production,
and surveillance program, as well as the production of the special
nuclear materials used by the weapons program within the Department, and
management of defense nuclear waste and byproducts. The Office also
manages research in inertial confinement fusion.
For further information, contact the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Resource Management. Phone, 202-586-2295.
Environmental Management The Office of Environmental Management
provides program policy guidance and manages the assessment and cleanup
of inactive waste sites and facilities, continues safe
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and effective waste management operations, and develops and implements
an aggressively applied waste research and development program to
provide innovative environmental technologies that yield permanent
disposal solutions at reduced costs. The Office provides centralized
management for the Department for waste management operations,
environmental restoration, and applied research and development programs
and activities, including environmental restoration and waste management
program policy and guidance to DOE field offices in these areas.
For further information, contact the Office of Administrative
Management. Phone, 202-586-2661.
Nonproliferation and National Security The Office of Nonproliferation
and National Security ensures that intelligence information requirements
of the Secretary and senior departmental policymakers are met and that
the Department's technical, analytical, and research expertise is made
available to the intelligence community in accordance with Executive
Order 12333 of December 4, 1981. The Office directs the development of
the Department's policy, plans, and procedures relating to arms control,
nonproliferation, export controls and safeguard activities; safeguards
and secures classified information and protects departmental and
Department of Energy contractor facilities and installations; manages
the Department's Emergency Management System, which responds to and
mitigates the consequences resulting from operational, energy, and
continuity of Government emergencies; manages the Department's research
and development program for verifying and monitoring arms implementation
and compliance activities; manages the Department's international
safeguards research and development program and physical security
responsibilities in support of the Federal Government's nonproliferation
policies and agreements; manages a personnel security program for
sensitive positions within the Department; and provides threat
assessments and support to headquarters and field offices.
Office of Fissile Materials Disposition The Office reports to the Under
Secretary and is responsible for all activities of the Department
relating to the management, storage, and disposition of fissile
materials from weapons and weapon systems that are excess to national
security needs of the United States. Key responsibilities include
coordinating the development of Department of Energy policy regarding
these fissile materials; overseeing the development of technical and
economic analyses and related research and development for this effort;
preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the long-term
storage and disposition of surplus fissile materials; carrying out an
extensive program of outreach and public communications necessary to
develop a sustainable consensus on storage and dispostion efforts; and
providing technical support to the President's Interagency Working Group
addressing surplus plutonium control and disposition.
--The primary functions of the Office include:
--managing the development of policy and directs implementation of
departmental efforts regarding long-term storage of all weapons usable
fissile materials and the disposition of those weapons-usable fissile
materials declared excess to the national security needs;
--representing the Under Secretary in meetings, discussions, and
decision-making forums within the Department, as well as with other
agencies, Congress, and the public;
--serving as the Department's principal point of contact for matters
involving Energy Headquarters and field office management in issues and
problems associated with the long-term storage and disposition of
surplus weapons-usable fissile materials;
--serving as the Program's point of contact for the Offices of
Congressional Affairs, Public Affairs, and the Controller on matters
relevant to the Program's involvement with Congress, State and
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local government, media communications, and the budget;
--assuring consistency, proper coordination within the Programs,
reflection of current policy, and timeliness of the Program's responses;
--overseeing preparation of a Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) for the storage of all weapons-usable fissile materials
and the disposition of surplus fissile materials;
--serving as the Department's primary communications channel with
the public and affected stakeholders on surplus fissile materials
matters;
--coordinating the Department's participation on the President's
Interagency Working Group for the matters involving surplus plutonium
control and disposition; and
--controlling funds authorized and appropriated for the program.
Science and Technology Programs
Energy Research The Office of Energy Research advises the Secretary on
the physical and energy research and development programs of the
Department, and financial assistance and budgetary priorities for these
activities.
The Office manages the basic energy sciences, high energy physics,
and fusion energy research programs; administers DOE programs supporting
university researchers; funds research in mathematical and computational
sciences critical to the use and development of supercomputers; and
administers a financial support program for research and development
projects not funded elsewhere in the Department. The Office also manages
a research program directed at determining the generic environmental,
health, and safety aspects of energy technologies and programs.
The Office monitors DOE research and development programs for
deficiencies or duplications and, in conjunction with the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, monitors the
international exchange of scientific and technical personnel.
For further information, contact the Director of Management. Phone, 301-
903-4944.
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology The Office of Nuclear Energy,
Science and Technology administers the Department's research and
development programs associated with fission energy. This includes
programs relating to nuclear reactor development, both civilian and
naval; nuclear fuel cycle; and space nuclear applications. The Office
also manages the Department's Remedial Action Program to treat or
stabilize radioactive wastes and perform decontamination and
decommissioning at DOE surplus sites. In addition, the Office conducts
technical analyses and provides advice concerning nonproliferation;
assesses alternative nuclear systems and new reactor and fuel cycle
concepts; and evaluates proposed advanced nuclear fission energy
concepts and technical improvements for possible application to nuclear
powerplant systems.
For further information, contact the Director of Policy and Management.
Phone, 202-586-6630.
Science Education and Technical Information The Office of Science
Education and Technical Information provides centralized responsibility
for developing and implementing departmental policy for university and
science education programs, and manages coordination and oversight of
the collection and dissemination of information resulting from the
Department's research and development activities. The Office coordinates
the establishment, communication, and implementation of policy,
procedures, and standards for the handling of scientific and technical
information; advises the Secretary of Energy with respect to science,
math, and engineering precollege and university education programs;
represents the United States in multilateral information exchange
activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, International
Energy Agency, and international exchange agreements; disseminates
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scientific and technical information received from international
agreements; and manages and executes agreements for the dissemination of
Department of Energy scientific and technical information products.
Independent Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission An independent, five-member
commission within the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission has retained many of the functions of the Federal
Power Commission, such as setting rates and charges for the
transportation and sale of natural gas and for the transmission and sale
of electricity and the licensing of hydroelectric power projects. In
addition, the Commission establishes rates or charges for the
transportation of oil by pipeline, as well as the valuation of such
pipelines.
For further information, contact the Executive Director. Phone, 202-208-
0300.
Field Structure
DOE Operations Offices and Contractor-Operated Field Installations
The vast majority of the Department's energy research and development,
nuclear weapons research and development, and testing and production
activities are carried out by contractors who operate Government-owned
facilities. Management and administration of Government-owned,
contractor-operated facility contracts are the major responsibility of
the Department's eight operations offices.
DOE operations offices provide a formal link between Department
headquarters and the field laboratories and other operating facilities.
They also manage programs and projects as assigned from headquarters.
Routine management guidance, coordination, and oversight of the
operations offices is provided by the Office of the Associate Deputy
Secretary for Field Management. Daily specific program direction for the
operations offices is provided by the cognizant Assistant Secretaries
and the Director or program officer.
Operations Offices--Department of Energy
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Office/Address Telephone
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Albuquerque, NM (P.O. Box 5400, 87185) 505-845-6049
Chicago, IL (9800 S. Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439) 708-252-2110
Idaho Falls, ID (785 Doe Pl., 83401) 208-526-1322
Las Vegas, NV (P.O. Box 98518, 89193-8518) 702-295-3211
Oak Ridge, TN (P.O. Box 2001, 37831) 615-576-4444
Oakland, CA (1301 Clay St., 94612) 510-637-1800
Richland, WA (P.O. Box 550, 825 Jadwin Ave., 99352) 509-376-7395
Savannah River, SC (P.O. Box A, Aiken, SC 29802) 803-725-2277
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Other Field Offices The Department also has several field offices
concerned primarily with specific programs, such as the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve Project Office, two offices involved with the
development of nuclear reactors for the Navy, and several offices
devoted to the management of the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves.
Power Administrations
The marketing and transmission of electric power produced at Federal
hydroelectric projects and reservoirs is carried out by the Department's
five Power Administrations. Management oversight of the Power
Administrations is the responsibility of the Deputy Secretary.
Bonneville Power Administration The Administration was created pursuant
to the Bonneville Project Act of August 20, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C.
832 et seq.). Through a regionwide, interconnecting transmission system
it markets electric power and energy from Federal hydroelectric projects
in the Pacific Northwest constructed and
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operated by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the
Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. Through interregional connections, it
sells surplus power to areas outside the Pacific Northwest region and
participates in exchanges of power.
The Administration markets power produced by the Federal Columbia
River Power System at the lowest rates, consistent with sound business
practices. Preference is given to public entities.
Power is sold at wholesale to utilities and directly to
electroprocess industries and other Federal agencies. The Administration
also exchanges electric power; prepares wholesale rates and repayment
schedules; and constructs, operates, and maintains a transmission system
that integrates Federal power projects and interconnects with non-
Federal utility systems.
In addition, the Administration is responsible for energy
conservation, renewable resource development, and fish and wildlife
enhancement under the provisions of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power
Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 note).
The Administration, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers,
represents the United States in implementing the provisions of the
Columbia River Treaty with Canada.
By act of October 18, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 838), the Bonneville Power
Administration has the authority, in lieu of appropriations, to use its
revenues and to sell revenue bonds to the U.S. Treasury to finance its
programs.
For further information, contact the Bonneville Power Administration,
P.O. Box 3621, 1002 NE. Holladay Street, Portland, OR 97208. Phone, 503-
230-5101.
Southeastern Power Administration The Administration was created by the
Secretary of the Interior in 1950 to carry out functions assigned to the
Secretary by the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 890), which pertain
to the transmission and disposition of surplus electric power and energy
generated at reservoir projects that are or may be under the control of
the Department of the Army in the States of West Virginia, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, and Kentucky. The Southeastern Power Administration was
transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of
Energy by the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152),
effective October 1, 1977.
The Administration transmits and disposes of the surplus electric
power and energy generated at the Federal reservoir projects in such
manner as to encourage the most widespread use. The Administration sets
the lowest possible rates to consumers, consistent with sound business
principles, and gives preference in the sale of such power and energy to
public bodies and cooperatives.
The program of the Administration includes the negotiation,
preparation, execution, and administration of contracts for the
disposition of electric power; the preparation of wholesale rates and
repayment schedules; the provision by construction, contract, or
otherwise, of transmission and related facilities to interconnect
reservoir projects and to serve contractual loads; and activities
pertaining to the planning and operation of power facilities.
For further information, contact the Southeastern Power Administration,
Elberton, GA 30635. Phone, 706-283-9911.
Alaska Power Administration The Administration is responsible for
operating and marketing power for two Federal hydroelectric projects in
Alaska. Legislative authorities for this work include the Eklutna
Project Act (64 Stat. 382); the Snettisham Project authorization in the
Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1193); the power-marketing provision
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 890); the act of August 9,
1955, Investigation of Water Resources, Alaska; and section 201 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2944).
Power operations and marketing functions involving the Eklutna and
Snettisham Hydroelectric Projects include the projects' transmission
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systems serving the Anchorage and Juneau areas.
For further information, contact the Alaska Power Administration, Suite
2B, 2770 Sherwood Lane, Juneau, AK 99801. Phone, 907-586-7405.
Southwestern Power Administration The Administration was created by the
Secretary of the Interior in 1943 to carry out the Secretary's
responsibility for the sale and disposition of electric power and energy
generated at certain projects constructed and operated by the Department
of the Army. For these projects, the Administration carries out the
functions assigned to the Secretary by the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16
U.S.C. 825s) in the States of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri,
Oklahoma, and Texas. Since October 1, 1977, the Southwestern Power
Administration has been functioning under the direction of the Secretary
of Energy, pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152).
The headquarters office is located at Tulsa, OK, and there are three
area offices--Springfield, MO; Muskogee, OK; and Jonesboro, AR--four
maintenance units, and two dispatching offices.
The Southwestern Power Administration transmits and disposes of the
electric power and energy generated at Federal reservoir projects,
supplemented by power purchased from public and private utilities, in
such a manner as to encourage the most widespread and economical use.
The Administration sets the lowest possible rates to consumers,
consistent with sound business principles, and gives preference in the
sale of power and energy to public bodies and cooperatives.
The Administration:
--develops, negotiates, and administers contracts for the sale and
interchange of electric power and energy on a wholesale basis;
--prepares rate and repayment studies;
--designs and constructs transmission lines and related facilities
to interconnect hydroelectric projects of the Administration's system
and other systems, both public and private;
--operates and maintains the high-voltage transmission system to
serve contractual loads, maintain reliable interconnections, and utilize
excess capacity to provide transmission service to others;
--develops long-range marketing programs for maximum utilization of
power from existing and proposed hydroelectric projects; and
--conducts and participates in the comprehensive planning of water
resource development in the Southwest.
For further information, contact the Southwestern Power Administration,
P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, OK 74101. Phone, 918-581-7474.
Western Area Power Administration The Administration was established on
December 21, 1977, pursuant to section 302 of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152). The Administration is responsible for
the Federal electric power-marketing and transmission functions in 15
central and western States, encompassing a geographic area of 1.3
million square miles. The Administration sells power to 532 customers,
consisting of cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts,
private utilities, Federal and State agencies, and irrigation districts.
The wholesale power customers, in turn, provide service to millions of
retail consumers in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Administration is responsible for the operation and maintenance
of 16,178 miles of transmission lines, 228 substations, and various
auxiliary power facilities in the aforementioned geographic areas and
also for planning, construction, and operation and maintenance of
additional Federal transmission facilities that may be authorized in the
future. Electric power marketed by the Administration is generated by
the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the
International Boundary and Water
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Commission, which operates 47 hydropower generating plants in its
service area. In addition, it markets the United States entitlement from
the Navajo coal-fired plant near Page, AZ. The Administration's current
installed generating capacity is 8,321 megawatts.
In carrying out the Federal power-marketing program, the
Administration's organization consists of the Headquarters Office
located in Golden, CO; five area offices--Billings, MT; Boulder City,
NV; Loveland, CO; Sacramento, CA; and Salt Lake City, UT--five district
offices, and one power systems operations office.
For further information, contact the Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 3402, Golden, CO 80401. Phone, 303-231-1513.
For further information concerning the Department of Energy, contact the
Office of Public and Consumer Affairs, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Phone, 202-586-4940.