United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-06-26 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-141 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141 P0b002ee180390560 f:rc96141 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141 RCED-96-141 Energy industry Energy research Research and development costs Cost sharing (finance) Cooperative agreements Cost control Fees Alternative energy sources Royalty payments Reimbursements to government DOE Clean Coal Technology Program DOE Metals Initiative Program DOE Electric Vehicles Advanced Battery Program DOE Advanced Light Water Reactor Program DOE Advanced Reactor Design Certification Program DOE First-of-a-Kind Engineering Program DOE Reservoir Class Field Demonstration Program DOE Advanced Turbine Systems Program Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) cost sharing arrangements it has with the private sector to fund technology development programs, focusing on the: (1) extent to which DOE requires repayment of its investment in cost-shared technology development; and (2) advantages and disadvantages of repayment.<p/>GAO found that: (1) of the many cost-shared technology development programs DOE participates in, only the Clean Coal Technology Program, Metal Initiative Program, Electric Vehicles Advanced Battery Development Program, and Advanced Light Water Reactor Program require repayment of the federal investment if the technology is ultimately commercialized; (2) repayments are collected through royalties and fees from licensing technologies and revenues from commercial sales; (3) each of the programs except the Metals Initiative Program provide for up to a 20-year repayment period; (4) the Metals Initiative Program provides for up to 150-percent repayment, while the other programs limit repayment to 100 percent; (5) while a repayment policy could recover some or all of the federal government's investment, the additional costs and administrative burdens it imposes could discourage industry from commercializing new technologies; (6) the administrative burdens involved in a repayment policy include negotiating, administering, auditing, and enforcing cost-sharing and repayment agreements; and (7) shifting a greater portion of the burden of cost-sharing from government to industry may be preferable to requiring repayment. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141.pdf GAO/RCED-96-141 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-141 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-141; Energy Research: Opportunities Exist to Recover Federal Investment in Technology Development Projects; Energy industry Energy research Research and development costs Cost sharing (finance) Cooperative agreements Cost control Fees Alternative energy sources Royalty payments Reimbursements to government DOE Clean Coal Technology Program DOE Metals Initiative Program DOE Electric Vehicles Advanced Battery Program DOE Advanced Light Water Reactor Program DOE Advanced Reactor Design Certification Program DOE First-of-a-Kind Engineering Program DOE Reservoir Class Field Demonstration Program DOE Advanced Turbine Systems Program