[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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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.