To establish a pilot project relating to the Western Area Power Administration.

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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