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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
and Federal employees at the NNSA service center and site
offices. Program Direction for Naval Reactors remains within
that program’s account, and program direction for Secure
Transportation Asset remains in Weapons Activities.

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
OFFICE

OF THE

ADMINISTRATOR

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator in the
National Nuclear Security Administration, including official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000, $394,656,000, to
remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0313–0–1–053

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Office of the Administrator ............................................

359

360

395

10.00

359

360

395

Total new obligations ................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts
23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

10
341

7 ...................
353
395

1 ................... ...................
14 ................... ...................
366
¥359

360
¥360

395
¥395

Identification code 89–0313–0–1–053

2006 actual

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent ..................................................
11.3
Other than full-time permanent ...............................
11.5
Other personnel compensation ..................................

2007 est.

2008 est.

178
4
8

175
5
7

190
46
1
11
3
4
35
33

190
41
2
11
4
5
36
37

187
46
3
12
4
7
31
43

25.4
25.5
25.7
26.0
41.0

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Benefits for former personnel ........................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Research and development contracts ...........................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...................
Supplies and materials .................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................

17
9
1
7
1
1

17
8
1
6
1
1

43
9
1
7
1
1

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

359

360

395

11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3

Employment Summary
7 ................... ...................
Identification code 89–0313–0–1–053

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
42.00
Transferred from other accounts ..............................
43.00
62.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
341
Mandatory:
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ...................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93
86.97
86.98

342
342
395
¥3 ................... ...................
2 ................... ...................

341

342

395

108
96
83
359
360
395
¥370
¥373
¥405
¥1 ................... ...................
96

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
310
282
326
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................
60
82
77
Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ...................
9 ...................
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... ...................
2

1,797

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,890

1,949

395

11 ...................
353

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

NAVAL REACTORS
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors
activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and
capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $808,219,000, to
remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0314–0–1–053

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority ............................................................
90.00 Outlays ...........................................................................

370

341
370

373

353
373

405

395
405

Office of the Administrator.—Provides corporate planning
and oversight for programs funded by the Weapons Activities,
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Naval Reactors appropriations including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) field offices. This account provides the Federal
salaries and other expenses of the Administrator’s direct staff,
for Weapons Activities and Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation,

Obligations by program activity:
Naval reactors ................................................................
Program direction ..........................................................

751
30

754
31

775
33

10.00

87.00

00.01
00.02

Total new obligations ................................................

781

785

808

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

3
782

4 ...................
781
808

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

785
¥781

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................

785
¥785

808
¥808

4 ................... ...................

790

781

351

808

352

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

NAVAL REACTORS—Continued

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0314–0–1–053

Identification code 89–0240–0–1–053

2007 est.

2008 est.

2007 est.

2008 est.

¥8 ................... ...................

40.35

Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................

43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

782

781

808

72.40
73.10
73.20

296
781
¥835

242
785
¥872

155
808
¥790

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

242

155

173

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

664
171

664
208

687
103

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

835

872

790

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

782
835

781
872

808
790

Naval Reactors.—Performs the design, development, and
testing necessary to provide the Navy with safe, militarily
effective nuclear propulsion plants in keeping with the Nation’s nuclear-powered fleet defense requirements. Naval Reactors will continue to develop nuclear reactor plant components and systems for the Navy’s new attack submarine and
next-generation aircraft carriers, and continue to maintain
the highest standards of environmental stewardship by responsibly inactivating prototype reactor plants that are shut
down.

1,415
1,937
1,686
210
135
291
721
17

1,447
1,866
1,662
216
162
294
847
17

01.00
09.01

Total, direct program ................................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

6,410
2,475

6,412
2,811

6,511
2,410

10.00

2006 actual

Total new obligations ................................................

8,885

9,223

8,921

1,094
8,215

412 ...................
8,811
8,921

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts
21.40
22.00
22.10

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

412 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................

6,434
6,412
6,511
¥64 ................... ...................
¥2 ................... ...................

43.00

6,368

6,412

6,511

2,387

2,399

2,410

58.00
58.10
58.90

2006 actual

2007 est.

20
5
2
2

21
5
2
2

22
5
2
2

25.4
31.0
32.0
41.0

1
689
28
33
1

1
689
32
32
1

1
711
32
32
1

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

781

785

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................
Change in uncollected customer payments from
Federal sources (unexpired) .............................

9,297
¥8,885

9,223
¥9,223

8,921
¥8,921

¥540 ................... ...................

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total discretionary) ..........................................

1,847

2,399

2,410

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

8,215

8,811

8,921

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45
74.00

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................
Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................

2008 est.

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Equipment ......................................................................
Land and structures ......................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................

1 ................... ...................
¥13 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0314–0–1–053

2006 actual

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01
Directed stockpile work .............................................
1,388
00.02
Campaigns ................................................................
2,123
00.03
Readiness in technical base and facilities ..............
1,657
00.04
Secure transportation asset ......................................
210
00.05
Nuclear weapons incident response .........................
118
00.06
Facilities and infrastructure recapitalization ...........
150
00.07
Safeguards and security ...........................................
764
00.10
Environmental projects and operations .................... ...................

808

11.1
12.1
21.0
25.2
25.3

1,509
2,222
2,465
8,885
9,223
8,921
¥8,711
¥8,980
¥9,185
¥1 ................... ...................
540 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

2,222

2,465

2,201

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

5,871
2,840

5,486
3,494

5,559
3,626

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

8,711

8,980

9,185

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.00
Federal sources .....................................................
88.40
Non-Federal sources .............................................

¥2,300
¥87

¥2,300
¥99

¥2,311
¥99

WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

88.90

¥2,387

¥2,399

¥2,410

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

88.95

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0314–0–1–053

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

199

2007 est.

204

2008 est.

207

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $6,511,312,000, to
remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

89.00
90.00

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................
Against gross budget authority only:
Change in uncollected customer payments from
Federal sources (unexpired) ..................................
Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

540 ................... ...................

6,368
6,324

6,412
6,581

6,511
6,775

Weapons activities provide for: the maintenance and refurbishment of nuclear weapons to sustain confidence in their
safety, reliability, and performance; expansion of scientific,
engineering, and manufacturing capabilities to enable certification of the enduring nuclear weapons stockpile; and manu-

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

facture of nuclear weapon components under a comprehensive
test ban. Weapons activities also provide for continued maintenance and investment in the Department’s enterprise of
nuclear stewardship, including the development of a Reliable
Replacement Warhead and the evolution of the Nuclear Weapons Complex to be more responsive and cost effective. The
Department also supports the capability to return to underground testing, if so directed by the President. The major
elements of the program include the following:
Directed stockpile work.—Encompasses all activities that directly support specific weapons in the stockpile. These activities include: maintenance and day-to-day care; planned refurbishment; reliability assessment; weapon dismantlement and
disposal; and research, development, and certification technology efforts to meet stockpile requirements.
Campaigns.—Focuses on scientific, technical and engineering efforts to develop and maintain critical capabilities and
tools needed to support stockpile refurbishment and continued
assessment and certification of the stockpile for the longterm in the absence of underground nuclear testing.
Readiness in technical base and facilities (RTBF).—Provides
the underlying physical infrastructure and operational readiness for the Directed Stockpile Work and Campaign activities.
These activities include ensuring that facilities are operational, safe, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements, and that a defined level of readiness is sustained
at facilities funded by the Office of Defense Programs.
Secure transportation asset.—Provides for the safe, secure
movement of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, and
weapon components between military locations and nuclear
complex facilities within the United States. It includes program direction funding for couriers.
Nuclear weapons incident response.—Manages strategically
placed people and equipment to provide a technically trained
response to any nuclear or radiological emergency worldwide.
Facilities and infrastructure recapitalization.—Executes a
multi-year effort to restore the physical infrastructure of the
nuclear weapons complex and supports the responsive infrastructure requirements of the Nuclear Posture Review. This
capital renewal and sustainability program focuses on deferred maintenance reduction of mission-critical facilities and
infrastructure, disposition of excess non-process contaminated
facilities, and construction of selected utility line items. The
Program also is working towards institutionalizing responsible and accountable facility management within NNSA consistent with industry best practices.
Environmental projects and operations program.—Is responsible for management of long-term environmental stewardship
at NNSA sites. Activities include groundwater treatment, environmental monitoring of surface water, ground water, soils
and landfill remedies; and reporting and liaison requirements
for various states and surveillance/monitoring of contaminated, excess buildings.
Safeguards and security.—Provides for all safeguard and
security requirements including protective forces, systems and
cyber security (except for personnel security investigations)
at NNSA landlord sites, specifically the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia
National Laboratories, the Nevada Test Site, Kansas City
Plant, Pantex Plant, Y–12 National Security Complex, and
the Savannah River Site Tritium Facilities.

25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.7
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

Benefits for former personnel ................................... ...................
1
1
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
7
5
5
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
7 ................... ...................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges ................................................................. ...................
2
2
Advisory and assistance services .............................
44
45
45
Other services ............................................................
244
270
270
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
12
12
12
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
4,948
4,777
4,876
Research and development contracts .......................
99
80
80
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
6
6
6
Supplies and materials .............................................
2
11
11
Equipment .................................................................
200
271
271
Land and structures ..................................................
698
807
807
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
79
55
55

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

6,410
2,475

6,412
2,811

6,511
2,410

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

8,885

9,223

8,921

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0240–0–1–053

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

499

653

2008 est.

669

DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion,
$1,672,646,000, to remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0309–0–1–053

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Nonproliferation and verification research and development .......................................................................
00.02 Nonproliferation and international security ...................
00.03 International nuclear materials protection and cooperation ....................................................................
00.04 Global initiatives for proliferation prevention ...............
00.05 HEU transparency implementation ................................
00.06 Elimination of weapons-grade plutonium production
(EWGPP) .....................................................................
00.07 Fissile materials disposition ..........................................
00.08 Russian plutonium disposition ......................................
00.09 Global threat reduction initiatives ................................

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

11.1
11.5

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................
Other personnel compensation .............................

31
12

35
14

11.9
12.1

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................

43
21

49
21

08.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

312
90

308
81

423
39
19

423
372
28 ...................
18 ...................

179
544
20
95

206
182
690
609
2 ...................
107
120

09.01

Total direct program .................................................
Reimbursable program:
EWGPP Contributions .................................................

09.99

Total reimbursable program ......................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

21.40
22.00
22.21

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

2,192
¥1,734

2,079
¥1,863

1,889
¥1,673

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

458

216

1,721

1,863

265
125

24.40

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0240–0–1–053

13.0
21.0
23.1
23.3

353

1,673

13 ................... ...................
13 ................... ...................
1,734

1,863

1,673

571
458
216
1,623
1,621
1,673
¥2 ................... ...................

1,631
1,621
1,673
¥16 ................... ...................

354

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0309–0–1–053

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

¥6 ................... ...................

41.00

Transferred to other accounts ...................................

43.00
58.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

1,609

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

1,623

1,621

1,673

72.40
73.10
73.20

1,088
1,734
¥1,420

1,402
1,863
¥1,759

1,506
1,673
¥1,862

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

1,402

1,506

1,317

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

896
524

892
867

921
941

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

1,420

1,759

1,862

1,621

1,673

14 ................... ...................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.40
Non-Federal sources .............................................
88.45
Offsetting governmental collections (from nonFederal sources) ...............................................

¥13 ................... ...................

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................

¥14 ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

¥1 ................... ...................

1,609
1,406

1,621
1,759

1,673
1,862

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
1,609
Outlays ....................................................................................
1,406
Supplemental proposal:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................
Total:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

1,609
1,406

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,621
1,759

1,673
1,862

63
41

50
52

1,684
1,800

1,723
1,914

The mission of this program is to: 1) prevent the spread
of materials, technology, and expertise relating to weapons
of mass destruction; 2) advance the technologies to detect
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
worldwide; 3) and eliminate or secure inventories of surplus
materials and infrastructure usable for nuclear weapons. The
program addresses the danger that hostile nations or terrorist
groups may acquire WMD or weapons-usable material, dualuse production technology or weapons of mass destruction
expertise. The major elements of the program include the
following:
Nonproliferation and verification research and development
conducts long-term research and development leading to prototype demonstrations and detection systems for strengthening U.S. capabilities to respond to current and projected
threats to national and homeland security posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons and diversion of special nuclear
material. The program interfaces directly with NNSA and
other Department of Energy (DOE) programs as well as other
U.S. Government agencies to provide innovative tools, techniques, technologies, and capabilities to meet their nonproliferation, counter-proliferation, and counter-terrorism mission requirements.
Nonproliferation and international security efforts control
export of items and controls technology useful for (WMD);

continue an augmented export control cooperation program
involving emerging suppliers and high-traffic transit states;
break up proliferation networks and improve international
export control guidelines; develop verification technologies for
countries of proliferation concern; implement international
safeguards in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); develop and implement policy in support
of global nonproliferation regime; serve as the technical edge
within the interagency for various interdiction activities; develop and implement transparency measures to ensure that
nuclear materials are secure; develop and implement innovative approaches to improve regional security, help to transition WMD scientific communities in high-risk nations, and
conduct international emergency management and cooperation activities. The Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Transparency and Implementation and the Global Initiatives for
Proliferation Prevention programs have been incorporated
into Nonproliferation and International Security.
International nuclear materials protection and cooperation
continues to improve the security of nuclear material and
nuclear warheads in Russia and other counties of proliferation
concern by installing basic rapid upgrades and thorough comprehensive upgrades. Reducing the potential for diversion of
nuclear warheads and nuclear materials has been a critical
priority for the United States. Russia and the United States
have expanded cooperation in this area significantly to include Strategic Rocket Forces and 12th Main Directorate sites
containing nuclear warheads. The United States, through
DOE/NNSA’s Second Line of Defense Program, will continue
to work with international partners to enhance their capabilities to detect, deter, and interdict illicit trafficking in nuclear
and other radioactive materials, including the screening of
containerized cargo at strategic international seaports.
Elimination of weapons-grade plutonium production enhances nuclear nonproliferation by assisting Russia in ceasing
its production of weapons-grade plutonium production by providing replacement power production capacity. This will result
in the shutdown of the world’s last three plutonium producing
reactors, and eliminate the production of 1.2 metric tons of
plutonium per year.
Fissile materials disposition conducts activities in both the
United States and Russia to dispose of fissile materials that
would pose a threat to the United States if acquired by hostile
nations or terrorist groups. The program focuses U.S. efforts
to accomplish the Plutonium Management and Disposition
Agreement between the United States and Russia, which commits both countries to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus
weapons-grade plutonium; and separate efforts to down blend
surplus U.S. highly enriched uranium.
Global threat reduction initiative removes and/or secures
high-risk nuclear radiological materials and equipment
around the world that pose a threat to the United States
and the international community; addresses all vulnerable
materials removal and radioactive source security and recovery; targets research reactors and medical isotopes production
processes worldwide for conversion to suitable Low-Enriched
Uranium (LEU) fuels and targets; eliminates stockpiles of
Russian-origin and U.S.-origin spent nuclear fuel in foreign
research reactors through repatriation of such material to
Russia and the United States; prevents proliferation of nuclear weapons by securing nearly three tons of weapons-grade
plutonium in the BN–350 breeder reactor at Aktau,
Kazakhstan; purchases Russian HEU fuel for use in U.S.
research reactors; identifies, recovers, and stores, on an interim-basis, certain domestic radioactive sealed sources, and
other radiological materials that pose a security risk to the
United States and/or world community; reduces the international threat posed by radiological materials that could be
used in a radiological dispersal device (RDD) or ‘‘dirty bomb.’’

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
00.01

2006 actual

25.4
25.5
31.0
32.0
41.0

Direct obligations:
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
Research and development contracts .......................
Equipment .................................................................
Land and structures ..................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3

2007 est.

2008 est.

1
19
330

1
20
360

1
11
196

21
902
12
46
376
14

21
755
116
49
527
14

19
1,035
116
49
234
12

1,734

1,863

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

3 ...................

21.40
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
Total new obligations ....................................................

9
¥6

3 ...................
¥3 ...................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

72.40
73.10
73.20

3 ................... ...................

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ...................
Total new obligations ....................................................
6
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
¥1

5
3
3 ...................
¥5
¥3

2006 actual

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

3 ...................

86.98

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ...................
Outlays ...........................................................................
1
5
3

Memorandum (non-add) entries:
Total investments, start of year: Federal securities:
Par value ...................................................................
92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities:
Par value ...................................................................
92.01

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

10.00

3 ...................

1,673

CERRO GRANDE FIRE ACTIVITIES

Obligations by program activity:
00.10 Cerro Grande fire activities ...........................................
00.20 Physical damage, destruction repair, and risk mitigation ............................................................................
00.30 Restoring services ..........................................................

89.00
90.00

1,721
1,863
1,673
13 ................... ...................

Identification code 89–0312–0–1–053

Parjarito plateau ............................................................

10.00

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0309–0–1–053

355

2007 est.

2008 est.

5 ................... ...................
4 ................... ...................
1 ................... ...................

Total new obligations ................................................

10 ................... ...................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts

9 ................... ...................
1 ................... ...................

22.10

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................
Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

29
14
3
10 ................... ...................
¥16
¥11
¥3
¥9 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

8 ...................

8 ................... ...................

The Pajarito Plateau Homesteaders Compensation Fund is
dedicated to the settlement of two lawsuits in the United
States District Court for the District of New Mexico. This
fund was authorized by Section 3147 of the Ronald W. Reagan
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, (P.L.
108–375) to pay claims for the Pajarito Plateau homesteaders
pertaining to acquisition of their lands and property during
the Manhattan Project.
f

10 ................... ...................
¥10 ................... ...................

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES
Federal Funds
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION

AND

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
14

3 ...................
Identification code 89–0242–0–1–053

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ...................
90.00 Outlays ...........................................................................
16
11
3

Cerro Grande Fire Activities.—Emergency funding was provided in 2000 and 2001 for restoration activities at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico after the Cerro
Grande Fire in May 2000.

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

24.40

72.40
73.20
73.31
74.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
9
4 ...................
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ...................
¥4 ...................
Obligated balance transferred to other accounts .........
¥5 ................... ...................
Obligated balance, end of year ................................

4 ................... ...................

86.93

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0312–0–1–053

2006 actual

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year

2007 est.

2008 est.

25.4
32.0

Direct obligations:
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Land and structures ......................................................
Total new obligations ................................................

10 ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

4 ...................

1 ................... ...................
9 ................... ...................

99.9

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. ...................

PAJARITO PLATEAU HOMESTEADERS COMPENSATION FUND
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5520–0–2–054

Obligations by program activity:

The Environmental Management program was restructured
in 2004. These activities are now funded in the Defense Environmental Cleanup appropriation.

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy

356

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
90.00

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP—Continued
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the purchase
of not to exceed three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
$5,363,905,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$463,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0251–0–1–053

2006 actual

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Closure sites ..................................................................
1,025
00.02 Hanford site, 2012 completion projects ........................
441
00.03 Hanford site, 2035 completion projects ........................
330
00.04 River protection, tank farm activities ...........................
321
00.05 River protection, waste treatment plant .......................
521
00.06 Idaho ..............................................................................
526
00.07 NNSA sites .....................................................................
300
00.08 Oak Ridge ......................................................................
239
00.09 Savannah River, 2012 completion projects ..................
254
00.10 Savannah River, 2035 competion projects ...................
402
00.11 Savannah River, tank farm activities ...........................
525
00.12 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ............................................
228
00.13 Program support ............................................................
29
00.14 Safeguards and security ................................................
278
00.15 Technology development and deployment .....................
35
00.16 Program direction ..........................................................
249
00.17 D&D fund contribution ...................................................
446
09.01 Hanford site ................................................................... ...................
09.02 River protection, tank farms ......................................... ...................
10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts
21.40
22.00
22.10

2007 est.

2008 est.

473
43
412
413
401
464
277
274
605
690
519
504
302
271
162
179
238
31
285
510
578
665
215
220
42
33
294
273
22
21
301
310
452
463
3 ...................
3 ...................

6,149

5,584

5,364

21
6,135

32 ...................
5,552
5,364

1 ................... ...................
24 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

6,181
¥6,149

5,584
¥5,584

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

32 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................

6,192
5,552
5,364
¥62 ................... ...................
¥1 ................... ...................

43.00
58.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

6,129

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

6,135

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.32
73.45

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Obligated balance transferred from other accounts
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

2,265

1,921

1,725

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

4,434
1,829

4,022
1,906

3,894
1,666

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

6,263

5,928

5,560

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal
sources ..................................................................

89.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................

5,552

5,364
¥5,364

5,364

6 ................... ...................
5,552

5,364

2,143
2,265
1,921
6,149
5,584
5,364
¥6,263
¥5,928
¥5,560
237 ................... ...................
¥1 ................... ...................

¥6 ................... ...................

6,129

5,552

5,364

Outlays ...........................................................................

6,257

5,928

5,560

Defense Environmental Management activities that were
previously funded in two separate appropriations, Defense
Site Acceleration Completion and Defense Environmental
Services, are now funded in the Defense Environmental
Cleanup appropriation as a result of a budget restructuring
in 2006. The Defense Environmental Cleanup program is responsible for identifying and reducing risks and managing
waste at sites where the Department carried out defenserelated nuclear research and production activities that resulted in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste contamination requiring remediation, stabilization, or some other type
of cleanup action. The Budget displays the cleanup program
by site.
Closure sites.—Funds geographic sites that are nearing
cleanup completion or have completed cleanup and are awaiting transfer to the Office of Legacy Management or other
DOE program or private sector entity. The sites contained
in this budget include Ashtabula, Columbus, Fernald,
Miamisburg (Mound), and Rocky Flats. Closure and post-closure activities will include final contract fee payments for
project physical completion, and work to cover any potential
gap between Environmental Management (EM) acceptance of
the contractor’s declaration of physical completion and the
date EM transfers site custodianship to another entity.
Hanford site.—Funds the Hanford site cleanup and environmental restoration to protect the Columbia River. Because
of the immensity of the cleanup program at the Hanford
site, the cleanup is managed by two site offices: the Richland
Operations Office and the Office of River Protection.
The Hanford site (Richland) is responsible for cleanup of
most of the geographic area on the Hanford site, and its
projects are displayed in two accounts: projects to be completed by 2012 and projects to be completed before 2035.
The primary cleanup focus is the safe storage, treatment and
disposal of Hanford’s legacy wastes and environmental restoration. Risk to the public, workers, and the environment
will be reduced by removing contamination before it migrates
to the Columbia River.
The Office of River Protection at the Hanford site is responsible for the storage, retrieval, treatment, immobilization, and
disposal of tank waste and the operation, maintenance, engineering, and construction activities in the 200 Area Tank
Farms. Its budget has two components, the operation and
maintenance of radioactive liquid waste tank farms and construction of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.
Idaho.—Funds the Idaho Cleanup Project, which is aimed
at reducing the risk of contamination reaching the Snake
River Plain Aquifer from nuclear and hazardous waste buried
or stored on-site. It also funds efforts to eliminate infrastructure costs by aggressively conducting cleanup operations to
reduce the site ‘‘footprint’’; stabilize legacy spent nuclear fuel
through 2012; and treat and dispose of the sodium bearing
tank wastes, close tank farms, perform initial tank soils remediation work as well as preparation of the stored high-level
waste calcine for final disposition.
NNSA sites.—Funds the safe and efficient cleanup of the
environmental legacy at the following National Nuclear Security Administration sites: Kansas City Plant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory—Livermore Site and Site 300, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Nevada Site Office, Pantex
Plant, and the Separations Process Research Unit. The cleanup strategy is a risk-based and regulatory compliant approach
that focuses first on those contaminant plumes and sources
that are the greatest contributors to risk. The overall goal
is to ensure that risks to the public and workers are controlled, followed by work to clean up soil and groundwater
using a risk-based methodology.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Oak Ridge.—Funds defense-related cleanup of the three facilities that make up the Oak Ridge Reservation: the East
Tennessee Technology Park, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Y–12 Plant. The overall cleanup strategy is
based on surface water considerations, encompassing five distinct watersheds that feed the Clinch River. Cleanup actions
will ensure that waste is contained; on-site surface water
quality is improved to meet required standards; and off-site
users of the Clinch River remain protected.
Savannah River site.—Funds the safe stabilization, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials, spent nuclear fuel, and waste at the Savannah River site. The cleanup
funding is displayed in three accounts: projects to be completed by 2012, projects to be completed before 2035, and
projects related to the Radioactive Liquid Waste Tank Farms,
including Defense Waste Processing Facility operations. The
Savannah River cleanup strategy has four primary objectives:
1) eliminate the highest risks first through safe stabilization,
treatment, and disposition of EM-owned nuclear materials,
spent nuclear fuel, and waste; 2) significantly reduce costs
of continuing operations and surveillance and maintenance;
3) decommission all EM-owned facilities; and 4) remediate
groundwater and contaminated soils, using an area closure
approach.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.—Funds the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant, the world’s first permitted deep geologic repository for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste, and
the Nation’s only disposal site for defense-generated transuranic waste. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, managed by
the Carlsbad Field Office, is an operating facility, supporting
the cleanup of transuranic waste from waste generator and
storage sites. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is crucial to
DOE completing its cleanup and closure mission.
Program direction.—Funds the Federal workforce responsible for the overall direction and administrative support of
the EM program, including both Headquarters and field personnel.
Program support.—Funds EM Headquarters policy and
oversight activities. This includes management and direction
for various crosscutting EM and Department of Energy initiatives; establishment and implementation of national and departmental policy; and analyses and integration activities
across the Department of Energy complex in a consistent,
responsible and efficient manner.
Safeguards and security.—Funds activities to ensure protection against unauthorized access, theft, diversion, loss of custody or destruction of Department of Energy assets and hostile acts that may cause adverse impacts on fundamental
national security or the health and safety of Department of
Energy and contractor employees, the public or the environment.
Technology development and deployment.—Funds projects
to address the immediate, near- and long-term technology
needs identified by the EM sites, enabling them to accelerate
their cleanup schedules, treat orphaned wastes, improve
worker safety, and provide technical foundations for the sites’
end state visions.
Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund.—Funds the Federal
Government’s contribution to the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, as required by the
Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0251–0–1–053

11.1
11.3
11.5

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
Full-time permanent .............................................
Other than full-time permanent ...........................
Other personnel compensation .............................

2006 actual

11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.2
23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.7
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0
99.0
99.0
99.9

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Transportation of things ...........................................
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
Rental payments to others ........................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
Research and development contracts .......................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................
Land and structures ..................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

142
37
1
7
1
2
1

145
38
1
6
1
2
1

150
39
1
6
1
2
1

2
81
1,004

2
73
907

2
71
870

32
4,071
8
1
4
13
657
85

29
3,678
7
1
4
12
594
77

28
3,528
7
1
3
11
569
74

Direct obligations ..................................................
6,149
Reimbursable obligations .............................................. ...................
Total new obligations ................................................

357

6,149

5,578
5,364
6 ...................
5,584

5,364

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0251–0–1–053

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

1,390

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,495

1,500

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0249–0–1–053

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.03

Obligations by program activity:
Non-closure environmental activities ............................ ...................

1 ...................

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................ ...................

1 ...................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts
21.40
22.10

23.90
23.95
24.40

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.31
73.45

1 ...................

1 ................... ...................
¥24 ................... ...................

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
1
Total new obligations .................................................... ...................
Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

1 ...................
¥1 ...................

1 ................... ...................

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
340
2 ...................
Total new obligations .................................................... ...................
1 ...................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
¥105
¥3 ...................
Obligated balance transferred to other accounts .........
¥232 ................... ...................
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................
¥1 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

2 ................... ...................

86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

89.00
90.00

105

3 ...................

The Environmental Management budget was restructured
in 2006. Activities funded in 2005 and prior years are now
funded in the Defense Environmental Cleanup appropriation.
f

2007 est.

2008 est.

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
132
4
6

135
4
6

140
4
6

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense activities,
and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-

358

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES—Continued
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and
the purchase of not to exceed twelve passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, $763,974,000, to remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0243–0–1–999

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.10 Health, Safety, and Security .......................................... ................... ...................
428
00.20 Security and safety performance assurance .................
314
317 ...................
00.40 Environment, safety, and health (Defense) ...................
90
84 ...................
00.45 Legacy management (Defense) .....................................
30
72
159
00.55 Defense related administrative support ........................
87
89
99
00.65 Defense activities at INL ...............................................
123
124
73
00.75 Hearings and appeals ...................................................
4
5
5
10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

21.40
22.00
22.10

648

691

764

55
637

53 ...................
638
764

9 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

53 ................... ...................

642
638
764
¥6 ................... ...................

43.00
58.00
70.00

701
¥648

764
¥764

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

636

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

637

Change in obligated balances:
72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
73.10 Total new obligations ....................................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.45 Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

691
¥691

programs for former workers; employee compensation support;
corporate safety-based quality assurance programs; safety and
security education and training; interface with the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; identifying and managing the
deployment of advanced security technologies; classification
and declassification of national security information; providing for the security of the Department’s facilities in the
National Capital Area; independent oversight of security,
cyber security, emergency management, environment, safety
and health performance; and implementing safety and security enforcement programs.
Office of Legacy Management (Defense).—The programs support defense-related, long-term stewardship activities (e.g.,
groundwater monitoring, disposal cell maintenance, records
management, and management of natural resources) at sites
where active remediation has been completed. In addition,
LM is responsible for the management and administration
of pension and benefit continuity for contractor retirees at
these sites.
All other.—Obligations are included for defense-related administrative support, defense-related activities at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and the Office of Hearings and Appeals. Responsibilities of the Office of Hearings and Appeals
include adjudications of matters involving DOE and contractor employees’ eligibility for security clearances, and appeals of adverse determinations under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. The Office of Hearings and Appeals
adjudicates complaints of reprisals by contractor employees
for ‘‘whistleblowing’’, and is the appeal authority in many
other areas. The Office also decides requests for exception
from DOE orders, rules, and regulations.

638

1 ................... ...................
638

Identification code 89–0243–0–1–999

764

343
310
275
648
691
764
¥672
¥726
¥740
¥9 ................... ...................

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
13.0
21.0
23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

83
2
5

70
2
2

Total personnel compensation ..............................
90
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
22
Benefits for former personnel ...................................
1
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
5
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges ................................................................. ...................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
22
Other services ............................................................
246
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
24
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
183
Research and development contracts ....................... ...................
Operation and maintenance of equipment ...............
4
Supplies and materials .............................................
13
Equipment .................................................................
8
Land and structures ..................................................
7
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
22

74
15
1
3

1
52
259

1
52
316

33
206
14
4
5
4
2
17

33
222
14
4
5
4
2
17

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

310

275

299

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

414
258

414
312

497
243

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

672

726

740

25.4
25.5
25.7
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

¥1 ................... ...................

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

647
1

690
1

763
1

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

648

691

764

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal
sources ..................................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

636
671

638
726

764
740

Employment Summary

Health, Safety and Security.—The Office of Health, Safety,
and Security (HSS) provides corporate-level leadership and
management to protect the health, safety, and security of
the Department’s workers, the public, and the environment.
HHS was formed on October 1, 2006, to strengthen the Department’s health, safety, and security functions by integrating the activities of the former Offices of Environment,
Safety, and Health and Security and Safety Performance Assurance. HHS functions include: policy and guidance development and technical assistance; analysis of environment, safety, health, and security performance; health studies; screening

Identification code 89–0243–0–1–999

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

834

2007 est.

661

2008 est.

707

DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of
Public Law 97–425, as amended, including the acquisition of real
property or facility construction or expansion, $292,046,000, to remain
available until expended.

ENERGY PROGRAMS
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

ENERGY PROGRAMS
Federal Funds
SCIENCE

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0244–0–1–053

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program activity ..................................................

346

292

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

346

292

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

346
¥346

292
¥292

346

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other
expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property
or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not to exceed thirty passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only, $4,397,876,000, to remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

350
346
292
¥4 ................... ...................

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

359

346

292

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0222–0–1–251

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

16
346
¥305

57
346
¥317

86
292
¥306

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

289
16

260
57

219
87

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

305

317

306

346
305

346
317

292
306

This appropriation was established by the Congress as part
of the 1993 Energy and Water Development Appropriation
(P.L. 102–377) in lieu of payment from DOE into the Nuclear
Waste Fund for activities related to the disposal of defense
high-level waste.
The program’s cost estimates reflect DOE’s best projections,
given the scope of work identified and planned schedule of
required activities. Future budget requests for the program
have yet to be established and will be determined through
the annual executive and congressional budget process.
Since passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982,
as amended, amounts have been deposited into the Nuclear
Waste Fund for costs for activities related to disposal of highlevel waste generated from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE. At the end of 2006, the balance owed by the
Federal Government to the Nuclear Waste Fund was approximately $580 million (including principal and interest). The
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal appropriation was established to ensure payment of the Federal Government’s contribution to the nuclear waste repository program. Through
2006, a total of approximately $2,969 million has been appropriated to support nuclear waste repository activities attributed to atomic energy defense activities.

701
733
782
358
397
471
564
473
532
1,113
1,199
1,499
228
236
340
42
43
79
161
164
185
282
306
428
68
68
71
7
7
11
104 ................... ...................
13 ................... ...................

10.00

72.40
73.10
73.20

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 High energy physics .......................................................
00.03 Nuclear physics ..............................................................
00.05 Biological and environmental research .........................
00.06 Basic energy sciences ...................................................
00.07 Advanced scientific computing research ......................
00.09 Science laboratory infrastructure ..................................
00.11 Program direction ..........................................................
00.14 Fusion energy sciences ..................................................
00.15 Safeguard and securities ..............................................
00.17 Workforce development for teachers & scientists .........
00.18 Small business innovation research .............................
00.19 Small business technology transfer ..............................
Total new obligations ................................................

3,641

3,626

21.40
22.00
22.10

28
3,633

21 ...................
3,605
4,398

2006 actual

2007 est.

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

21 ................... ...................

3,634
3,605
4,398
¥36 ................... ...................
35 ................... ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

3,633

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

2,232

2,241

2,572

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

2,136
1,466

2,090
1,527

2,551
1,516

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

3,602

3,617

4,067

89.00
90.00

2008 est.

Direct obligations:
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services(service contracts) ..................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
25.4 Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................

36
11

1
1

5
272
22

20
300
24

20
245
25

99.9

346

292

25.1
25.2
25.3

Total new obligations ................................................

1 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

3,633
3,602

3,605
3,617

4,398
4,067

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0244–0–1–053

4,398

3,662
¥3,641

3,626
¥3,626

3,605

4,398
¥4,398

4,398

2,194
2,232
2,241
3,641
3,626
4,398
¥3,602
¥3,617
¥4,067
¥1 ................... ...................

High energy physics.—The high energy physics (HEP) research program focuses on gaining insights into the fundamental constituents of matter, the fundamental forces in nature, and the mysterious forms of unseen energy and matter
that dominate the universe. The program encompasses both
experimental and theoretical particle physics research and
related advanced accelerator and detector technology research

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ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

SCIENCE—Continued

and development (R&D). The primary mode of experimental
research involves the study of collisions of energetic particles
using large particle accelerators or colliding beam facilities.
In addition to contributing to breakthrough discoveries such
as the existence of the invisible ‘‘dark energy’’ that permeates
empty space, state-of-the-art technology developed for accelerators and detectors contributes to progress in fields such
as fast electronics, high-speed computing, superconducting
magnet technology, and high-power radio frequency devices.
HEP research also continues to make major contributions
to accelerator technology and provides the expertise necessary
for the expansion of such technology into fields such as medical imaging and diagnostics, and materials, biology, and
chemistry research using light sources.
The HEP budget request will support the continued operation of the Department’s major HEP facilities: the Fermilab
Tevatron Collider and Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI)
and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center B-Factory. In addition, funding is provided for the Large Hadron Collider research program for commissioning, maintenance, and operations of U.S.-supplied components, and software and computing infrastructure for data analysis as the Large Hadron
Collider begins operations in 2008.
The HEP request also develops the most compelling new
scientific opportunities for the U.S. HEP program in the next
decade, including $60 million of R&D for a potential international linear collider, enabling a U.S. leadership role in
a comprehensive, coordinated international R&D program.
While the future trajectory of the HEP program has a strong
emphasis on linear collider R&D, it will also provide a diverse
array of other world-leading efforts, including the understanding of dark energy, strong U.S. participation in Large
Hadron Collider physics, and forefront neutrino experiments
and facilities. Accelerator technology R&D will be increasingly
focused on superconducting radio frequency structures in view
of their potentially wide applicability to many scientific disciplines.
Nuclear physics.—The goal of the nuclear physics program
is to understand the evolution and structure of nuclear matter, from the smallest building blocks; quarks and gluons;
to the stable elements in the Universe created by stars; to
unique isotopes created in the laboratory that exist at the
limits of stability and possess radically different properties
from known matter. The program aims to provide a compelling story of how the world around us has evolved, and focuses on such questions as—‘‘What is the structure of the
nucleon?’’; ‘‘What is the structure of nucleonic matter?’’; ‘‘What
are the properties of hot nuclear matter?’’; ‘‘What is the nuclear microphysics of the universe?’’; and ‘‘What is to be the
new Standard Model?’’
Fundamental research in nuclear physics will provide new
insights and advance the world’s knowledge on the nature
of matter and energy and develop the scientific knowledge,
technologies, and trained manpower that are needed to underpin DOE’s missions for nuclear-related national security, energy, and environmental quality.
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider research program at
Brookhaven National Laboratory will continue pursuing the
characterization of new states of matter formed at high energies and densities.
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility/Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) experimental program will continue its studies focused on understanding the substructure of the nucleon. The doubling of
the electron beam energy at CEBAF to 12 giga-electron volts
(GeV) opens the opportunity for new discoveries and an understanding of quark confinement—one of the mysteries of
modern physics. Research, development, and design for the
upgrade continue in 2008. Operations of the Holifield Radio-

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

active Ion Beam Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System at Argonne National Laboratory will be supported for the study
of nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics, as will the
operation of accelerator laboratories at universities.
Biological and environmental research.—This program develops the knowledge base necessary to identify, understand,
and anticipate the long-term health and environmental consequences of energy use and development and utilizes the
Department’s unique scientific and technological capabilities
to solve major scientific problems in the environment, medicine, and biology. Planned activities include programs in global climate change; environmental remediation; molecular, cellular, and systemic studies on the biological effects of radiation; structural biology; medical applications of nuclear technology; and the Human Genome Program. The program also
supports science related to carbon sequestration. In conjunction with the advanced scientific computing research program,
a global systems application is continued to accelerate
progress in coupled general circulation model development
through use of enhanced computer simulation and modeling.
The Genomics: GTL activity will develop the science, technology, and knowledge base to harness microbial and plant
systems for cost effective renewable energy production, carbon
sequestration, and environmental remediation. The request
includes $75.0 million for Genomics: GTL Bioenergy Research
Centers. Research at the Centers will focus on developing
the science underpinning biofuel production.
Basic energy sciences.—The basic energy sciences (BES) program funds basic research material sciences, chemistry, geosciences, and aspects of biosciences; supporting the Department’s nuclear and non-nuclear technology programs. The
BES program supports a substantial basic research budget
for materials sciences, chemical sciences, biosciences, and geosciences. The program supports a number of research areas
that are unique within the Federal Government. In many
basic research areas, such as materials science, funding provided by the BES program represents a large percentage,
or even the sole source, of Federal funding. The request includes $59.5 million for hydrogen and fuel cell research as
part of the President’s Hydrogen Initiative as well as funding
for basic research in other areas that support the Nation’s
energy agenda.
The BES program operates large national user research
facilities, including synchrotron light and neutron sources,
a combustion research facility, and smaller user facilities such
as materials preparation and electron microscopy centers. The
request includes continued support to maintain utilization of
the Department’s large state-of-the-art national user facilities.
Funding will maintain the quality of service and availability
of facility resources to users, including university and government scientists, as well as private companies who rely on
unique BES facilities for their basic research needs. Research
areas that will benefit from the facilities funding include
structural biology, materials science, superconductor technology, and medical research and technology development.
The BES request includes $166.8 million for the first full
year of operations of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to meet the Nation’s neutron scattering needs. The request includes $21.9 million to
continue design and fabrication of additional instruments beyond the initial instrument suite included in the construction
project. SNS will provide significant scientific, technical, and
economic benefits that derive from neutron scattering and
materials irradiation research. Reflecting the high priority
given to nanoscale research, BES funding for the multi-agency
national nanotechnology program includes funding for the operation of the Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs)
at the Oak Ridge, Lawrence Berkeley, Brookhaven, and Argonne national laboratories, and for one NSRC collocated at

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. The request
also includes $51.4 million for construction of the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The BES request also includes $45 million in design
funding for the National Synchrotron Light Source II, $17.2
million for construction of the User Support Building at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and $7.4 million for design and construction of the Photon Engineering Laser
Science and Engineering Building Upgrade at Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center.
Fusion energy sciences.—The mission of the fusion energy
sciences (FES) program is the national research effort to advance plasma science, fusion science, and fusion technology
that is the knowledge base needed for an economically and
environmentally attractive energy source. The program emphasizes the underlying basic research in plasma and fusion
sciences, with the long-term goal of harnessing fusion as a
viable energy source. The program centers on the following
goals: a predictive capability for key aspects of burning plasmas; progress toward demonstrating enhanced fundamental
understanding of magnetic confinement through research on
magnetic confinement configuration optimization; and
progress toward developing the fundamental understanding
of high energy density plasma physics.
The Budget includes $160 million for the U.S. contributions
to ITER project, an international burning plasma physics experiment that is an essential next step toward eventually
developing fusion as a commercially viable energy source.
The Budget also provides for support of basic research in
plasma science in partnership with NSF, and investigation
of innovative confinement concepts, along with continued operation of DIII–D, Alcator C-Mod, and the National Spherical
Torus Experiment to develop a fuller understanding of the
physics of magnetically confined plasma and to identify approaches that may improve the economical and environmental
attractiveness of fusion in the long run. Fabrication of the
National Compact Stellarator Experiment will continue at
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in collaboration with
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Theory and modeling, using
high performance computing and enabling technology research will also be conducted in support of the science experiments.
Advanced scientific computing research.—This program includes research in mathematical, information, and computational sciences. The purpose of this program is to support
advanced computational research—applied mathematics, computer science, and networking—to enable the analysis, simulation, and prediction of complex physical phenomena. The
program also supports the operation of large supercomputer
user facilities and network facilities. The request includes
research, integrated with other science programs, on application of computer simulation and modeling to science problems.
Science laboratories infrastructure.—The goal of this program is to provide funds for rehabilitating, replacing, or demolishing deficient common-use utilities, roads, and buildings
and to correct environment, safety, and health deficiencies
at the civilian science laboratories. The Oak Ridge Landlord
activity is also funded here. The request includes funding
for the demolition of the Bevatron Complex at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory.
Safeguards and security.—The mission of this program is
to ensure appropriate levels of protection and provide against:
unauthorized access; theft; diversion, loss of custody, or destruction of DOE assets; and hostile acts that may cause
adverse impacts on fundamental science, or the health and
safety of DOE and contractor employees, the public, or the
environment. The request provides funding for physical protection, protective forces, physical security, protective systems,
information security, cyber security, personnel security, mate-

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rials control and accountability, and program management
activities.
Workforce development for teachers and scientists.—The
mission of this program is to train young scientists, engineers,
and technicians in the scientifically and technically advanced
environment of the Office of Science national laboratories to
meet the demand for a well-trained scientific and technical
workforce, including the teachers that educate the workforce
in areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0222–0–1–251

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

88
2
4

89
2
4

108
2
5

94
21
4
1
5
6
70

95
21
4
1
5
6
74

115
25
4
1
5
7
68

25.4
25.5
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Research and development contracts ...........................
Supplies and materials .................................................
Equipment ......................................................................
Land and structures ......................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................

6
2,094
21
2
205
254
858

6
2,246
21
2
205
186
754

6
2,573
26
2
442
280
844

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

3,641

3,626

4,398

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0222–0–1–251

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

949

2007 est.

989

2008 est.

1,058

ENERGY SUPPLY

AND

CONSERVATION

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other
expenses necessary for energy supply and energy conservation activities
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed twenty
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one ambulance, $2,187,943,000, to remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0224–0–1–999

00.02
00.04
00.05
00.06
00.07
00.08
00.10
00.12
00.13
00.14
00.15
00.16
00.17
00.18

Obligations by program activity:
Hydrogen technology ......................................................
Solar energy ...................................................................
Wind energy ...................................................................
Hydropower .....................................................................
Geothermal technology ...................................................
Biomass and biorefinery systems R&D .........................
Vehicle technologies ......................................................
Weatherization and intergovernmental activities ..........
Facilities and infrastructure ..........................................
Program direction ..........................................................
Renewable program support ..........................................
Building technologies ....................................................
Industrial technologies ..................................................
Federal energy management program ...........................

00.91
01.03

Total, energy efficiency and renewable energy .........
Electric transmission and distribution ..........................

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

154
157
213
82
83
148
38
39
40
1 ................... ...................
24
25 ...................
89
92
179
179
184
176
318
320
205
26
26
7
98
104
105
13
14
13
70
71
87
59
58
46
20
19
17
1,171
161

1,192
164

1,236
115

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ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

ENERGY SUPPLY

AND

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
CONSERVATION—Continued

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0224–0–1–999

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

01.04
01.05
01.06

Nuclear energy research and development ...................
Legacy management ......................................................
Environment, safety & health ........................................

427
33
28

428
802
33
35
31 ...................

01.91

Total, other energy supply .........................................

649

656

952

08.00
09.10

Total, direct program ................................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

1,820
676

1,848
1,532

2,188
1,500

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

2,496

3,380

3,688

29
2,505

63 ...................
3,317
3,688

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts
21.40
22.00
22.10

3 ................... ...................
22 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

63 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................
42.00
Transferred from other accounts ..............................

1,831
1,817
2,188
¥18 ................... ...................
¥17 ................... ...................
12 ................... ...................

43.00

1,808

1,817

2,188

837

1,500

58.00
58.10
58.90

2,559
¥2,496

3,380
¥3,380

3,688
¥3,688

¥140 ................... ...................

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total discretionary) ..........................................

697

1,500

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

2,505

3,317

3,688

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.32
73.45
74.00

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Obligated balance transferred from other accounts
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................
Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................

696
1,446
1,609
2,496
3,380
3,688
¥2,074
¥3,217
¥3,484
191 ................... ...................
¥3 ................... ...................
140 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

1,446

1,609

1,813

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

1,525
549

2,318
899

2,485
999

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

2,074

3,217

3,484

¥541
¥296

¥1,005
¥495

88.90

¥837

¥1,500

88.95

89.00
90.00

140 ................... ...................

1,808
1,237

1,817
1,717

2,188
1,984

The purpose of Energy Supply and Conservation activities
is to develop new energy technologies and improve productivity of existing energy technologies. Included are programs
that fund basic and applied research, development, demonstration, and technical assistance to promote deployment
of new technologies. These programs have potential to con-

tribute to economic growth, increased energy security, and
a cleaner environment. Some of the programs also contribute
to the President’s Advanced Energy Initiative to accelerate
development of reliable and affordable clean energy technologies to help change the way the Nation powers its homes,
businesses, and vehicles.
This account provides funds for both operating expenses
and capital equipment for the advancement of the various
energy technologies.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy.—These programs
undertake research, development, and deployment activities
to advance the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies and related practices to meet the growing need
for clean and affordable energy. The program also provides
formula grants to States for energy efficiency improvements
and weatherization assistance for low-income families. Specific activities of the 2008 program include:
Hydrogen technology: As a key component of the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, this program develops hydrogen production, storage, and delivery and fuel cell technologies that are more energy efficient, cleaner, safer, and
lower in cost. The long-term aim is to develop hydrogen
technology that will allow the Nation to aggressively move
forward to achieve a vision of a cleaner, more secure energy
future. Current research aims to enable industry to commercialize a hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell vehicles
by 2020.
Biomass: This program funds research, development, and
technology validation on advanced technologies that could
enable future biorefineries to sustainably and economically
convert cellulosic biomass to fuels, chemicals, heat and
power. The program’s goal is to help make cellulosic ethanol
cost competitive by 2012 using a wide array of regionally
available biomass resources.
Solar energy: Through the Solar America Initiative (SAI),
the program will help accelerate the market competitiveness of solar electricity from photovoltaic (PV) systems. SAI
features a competition among industry-led consortia to
lower the cost of energy from PV systems through manufacturing and efficiency improvements. Concentrating solar
power activities are focused on lowering the cost of solar
power using centralized generation and development of
thermal storage to provide power on demand.
Wind energy: This program develops technology in partnership with industry to allow wind power to be cost-competitive in more prevalent, lower-wind speed areas. The
program also supports activities to reduce barriers to electric grid integration and technology acceptance.
Vehicle technologies: This program supports the
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership and the 21st Century
Truck Partnership with industry. Program activities encompass a suite of technologies needed for hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles, including lightweight materials,
electronic power control and electric drive motors, and advanced energy storage devices. This program also supports
research to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion
engines, using fuels with formulations developed for such
engines, and incorporating non-petroleum based components. In general, program R&D seeks technology breakthroughs that will enable America’s highway transportation
to greatly reduce petroleum use. The program also includes
community-based outreach via Clean Cites coalitions, competitive awards, and other activities to facilitate the market
adoption of alternative fuels and highly efficient automotive
technologies.
Building technologies: In partnership with the buildings
industry, the program develops, promotes, and integrates
energy technologies and practices to make buildings more
efficient and affordable. The Building Technologies program
accelerates the availability of highly efficient building tech-

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

nologies and practices through research and development;
increases the minimum efficiency of buildings and equipment through building codes, appliance standards, and
guidelines; and encourages the use of energy-efficient and
renewable energy technologies and practices in residential
and commercial buildings.
Industrial technologies: The program funds cost-shared
research in critical technology areas identified in partnership with industry. It also funds energy audits and training
programs to help U.S. industrial firms reduce their energy
use. The program targets energy efficiency research opportunities in manufacturing processes and crosscutting energy
systems as well as accelerating new-term market adoption
of emerging technologies.
Distributed energy resources: As directed by the Congress
in the 2006 appropriation conference report, this program
has been transferred to the Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability.
Federal energy management program: This program reduces the cost and environmental impact of the Federal
Government’s energy use by advancing energy efficiency,
water conservation and renewable energy in Federal facilities, including DOE facilities.
Facilities and infrastructure: The Budget includes funding
for general plant projects and general purpose equipment
at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Weatherization and intergovernmental activities: The
Weatherization Assistance Program improves the energy efficiency of homes of low income families by providing formula grants and technical assistance to State and local
weatherization agencies. The State Energy Program provides financial assistance to States through formula and,
in 2008, competitive grants, enabling States to individually
tailor energy efficiency projects to local needs. The Tribal
Energy Program helps Tribal leaders develop energy plans
and incorporate renewable energy technologies on Tribal
lands. The Renewable Energy Production Incentive provides
financial incentive payments to State and local governments
and non-profit cooperatives generating electricity through
renewable technologies. The Asia Pacific Partnership encourages clean energy technology development and deployment in Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, and India.
Electricity delivery and energy reliability.—The mission of
the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)
is to lead national efforts to modernize the electric grid, enhance security and reliability of the Nation’s energy infrastructure, and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply. This effort is accomplished through research,
development, demonstration and technology transfer; implementation of the electricity grid modernization requirements
contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (including the
congestion study and analysis of potential National Interest
Electric Transmission corridors as authorized by Section 1221
of that Act), technical assistance and analytical support to
States and regions for policies, market mechanisms, and activities that facilitate competitive, reliable, environmentally
sensitive, and customer-friendly electric markets; authorization for electricity exports and Presidential permits for crossborder transmission lines; energy power systems analysis; and
coordinating and carrying out DOE Lead Sector Specific Agency responsibilities for protecting the Nation’s critical energy
infrastructure. Partnerships to engage industry, utilities,
States, other Federal programs and agencies, universities, national laboratories, and other stakeholders in OE’s efforts to
ensure a more secure, reliable, efficient, and affordable national electricity supply will continue to be a key element
of the program. Beginning in 2006, the activities within the
Distributed Energy Program, previously funded in the Energy
Conservation account, were merged within the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

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Nuclear energy.—The 2008 Budget continues to support the
Nuclear Power 2010 program which supports demonstration
of key regulatory approval processes in order to encourage
the deployment of new, advanced nuclear plants in the United
States in the 2010 timeframe. The Budget continues to support the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, including the Global
Nuclear Energy Partnership, which aims to accelerate the
development of technologies that will reduce the volume of
high level waste from spent nuclear fuel, reduce the longterm radiotoxicity of spent nuclear fuel, reduce the long-term
proliferation threat posed by civilian inventories of plutonium
in spent fuel, and recover the energy content in spent nuclear
fuel in a manner that enhances proliferation-resistance. The
Budget also supports the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative, where the United States will participate in
multi-nation research and development projects in support
of next-generation nuclear reactors and fuel cycles. The Department supports the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, which
will develop advanced technologies that can be used in tandem with Generation IV nuclear plants to generate economic,
commercial quantities of hydrogen to support a sustainable,
clean energy future for the United States.
Nuclear Energy programs support the Department’s critical
infrastructure necessary to enable research on advanced nuclear power systems for U.S. national security and other federal agencies, to support the production of radioisotopes for
medical and other research purposes, and to maintain and
operate the Department’s nuclear facilities, in a safe, environmentally compliant and cost-effective manner. The Office of
Nuclear Energy, budget also includes funding for Idaho
sitewide operations and safeguards and security programs,
as part of the Lead Program Secretarial Office responsibilities
for Idaho.
Environment, safety and health.—Prior to 2008, Environment, Safety and Health programs were funded in two separate accounts (Energy Supply and Conservation and Other
Defense Activities appropriation). Beginning in 2008, those
activities have been restructured and are now funded by the
Health, Safety and Security Program within the Other Defense Activities appropriation.
Office of Legacy Management (Non-defense).—This program
supports non-defense related long-term stewardship activities
(e.g., groundwater monitoring, disposal cell maintenance, and
management of natural resources) at sites where active remediation has been completed. In addition, LM is responsible
for the management and administration of pension and benefit continuity for contractor retirees at these sites.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0224–0–1–999

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
21.0
23.3

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

82
3
4

98
3
4

102
4
4

89
24
5

105
35
5

110
36
6

3
59
100

5
59
99

6
60
140

25.4
25.5
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
Advisory and assistance services .............................
Other services ............................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
Research and development contracts .......................
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................
Land and structures ..................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................

21
695
121
2
14
38
649

21
701
120
2
14
38
644

21
750
180
2
18
38
821

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

1,820
676

1,848
1,532

2,188
1,500

25.1
25.2
25.3

364

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

4 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
New budget authority (gross), detail ........................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................

353
310
181
¥3 ................... ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

350

NON-DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.32

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balances, start of year .................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Obligated balance transferred from other accounts

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

265

139

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays (gross), detail ...................................................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

179
137

217
223

127
123

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

316

440

250

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

350
316

310
440

181
250

ENERGY SUPPLY

AND

CONSERVATION—Continued

352
¥348

314
¥314

181
¥181

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0224–0–1–999

99.9

2006 actual

Total new obligations ................................................

2007 est.

2,496

3,380

2008 est.

3,688

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0224–0–1–999

1001

2006 actual

Direct:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

816

1,045

2008 est.

1,011

Identification code 89–0250–0–1–271

2006 actual

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts

2007 est.

2008 est.

2 ................... ...................
¥2 ................... ...................

23.90

Total budgetary resources available for obligation ................... ................... ...................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ................... ................... ...................

Change in obligated balances:
72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
73.20 Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
73.31 Obligated balance transferred to other accounts .........
74.40

38 ................... ...................
¥27 ................... ...................
¥11 ................... ...................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... ................... ...................

86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

89.00
90.00

27 ................... ...................

The Environmental Management Program was restructured
in 2006. Activities funded in this account in 2005 and prior
years are now in the Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup
appropriation.
f

NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other
expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup activities
in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed three
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $180,937,000, to remain
available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0315–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 West Valley demonstration project ................................
00.02 Gaseous diffusion plants ...............................................
00.03 Fast flux test facility .....................................................
00.04 Small sites .....................................................................

74
133
46
95

74
108
36
96

54
38
10
79

10.00

348

314

181

21.40
22.00
22.22

Total new obligations ................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year ...................
4 ...................
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
350
310
181
Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts
2 ................... ...................

310

181

222
265
139
348
314
181
¥316
¥440
¥250
11 ................... ...................

Non-Defense Environmental Management activities, previously funded in two appropriations, Non-Defense Site Acceleration Completion and Non-Defense Environmental Services,
are now funded in the Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup
appropriation as a result of a budget restructuring in 2006.
The Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup program includes
funds to manage and clean up sites used for civilian energy
research, and non-defense related activities. Past activities
related to nuclear energy research and development resulted
in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste contamination
that requires remediation, stabilization, or some other type
of action. The Budget displays the cleanup program by site.
West Valley Demonstration Project.—Funding will focus on
near-term efforts for waste disposition, process building decontamination, removal of non-essential facilities in the nearterm, and development of the Decommissioning Environmental Impact Statement. West Valley Demonstration Project
plans to achieve Interim End State completion in 2010.
Gaseous diffusion plants.—Funds surveillance and maintenance of inactive facilities and the management of the uranium hexafluoride cylinders at the East Tennessee Technology
Park at Oak Ridge; Paducah, Kentucky; and Portsmouth,
Ohio sites. Also included are the construction of two depleted
uranium hexafluoride conversion facilities at Paducah and
Portsmouth, and the accelerated cleanup of the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant at Portsmouth.
Fast Flux Test Facility.—Funds the long-term surveillance
and maintenance, and eventual decontamination and decommissioning of the Fast Flux Test Facility, operated from the
1960s through 1980s.
Small sites.—Funds cleanup, closure, and post-closure environmental activities at a number of geographic sites across
the nation, including Argonne National Laboratory,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Technology Engineering Center, Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory, Moab, and
the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Some sites are associated with other Department of Energy programs, particularly
the Office of Science, and will have continuing missions after
EM completes the cleanup. Others are in the final stages
of cleanup and closure, or have transitioned to post-closure
activities.

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0315–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

2
178
9
82

2
161
8
74

1
92
5
43

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

348

314

181

Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

25.4
25.5
32.0

Direct obligations:
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Research and development contracts ...........................
Land and structures ......................................................

25.2
25.3

FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH

AND

DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and
development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95–91), including the acquisition
of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion,
and for conducting inquiries, technological investigations and research
concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral
substances without objectionable social and environmental costs (30
U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $566,801,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $108,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ and is available to continue a multi-year
project coordinated with the private sector for FutureGen, without
regard to the terms and conditions applicable to clean coal technology
projects: Provided, That the initial planning and research stages of
the FutureGen project shall include a matching requirement from
non-Federal sources of at least 20 percent of the costs: Provided further, That any demonstration component of such project shall require
a matching requirement from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the costs of the component: Provided further, That of the
amounts provided, $73,000,000 (of which $58,000,000 shall be derived
by transfer from ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’) is available, after coordination with the private sector, for a request for proposals for the Clean
Coal Power Initiative providing for competitively-awarded research,
development, and demonstration projects to reduce the barriers to
continued and expanded coal use: Provided further, That no project
may be selected for which sufficient funding is not available to provide
for the total project: Provided further, That if a Clean Coal Power
Initiative application selected after enactment of this legislation for
negotiation under this or any other Act in any fiscal year, is not
awarded within two years from the date the application was selected,
negotiations shall cease and the federal funds committed to the application shall be retained by the Department for future coal-related
research, development and demonstration projects, except that the time
limit may be extended at the Secretary’s discretion for matters outside
the control of the applicant, or if the Secretary determines that extension of the time limit is in the public interest: Provided further, That
the Secretary may not delegate this responsibility for applications
greater than $10,000,000: Provided further, That financial assistance
for costs in excess of those estimated as of the date of award of
original Clean Coal Power Initiative financial assistance may not
be provided in excess of the proportion of costs borne by the Government in the original agreement and shall be limited to 25 percent
of the original financial assistance: Provided further, That funds shall
be expended in accordance with the provisions governing the use of
funds contained under the heading ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in 42
U.S.C. 5903d as well as those contained under the heading ‘‘Clean
Coal Technology’’ in prior appropriations: Provided further, That the
Department may include provisions for repayment of Government contributions to individual projects in an amount up to the Government
contribution to the project on terms and conditions that are acceptable
to the Department including repayments from sale and licensing of
technologies from both domestic and foreign transactions: Provided
further, That such repayments shall be retained by the Department
for future coal-related research, development and demonstration
projects: Provided further, That any technology selected under this
program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology, and any project
selected under this program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. 7651n, and chapters
51, 52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Provided
further, That no part of the sum herein made available shall be
used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil
and gas.

365

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0213–0–1–271

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
00.05
00.06
00.07
00.08
00.09
00.11

Obligations by program activity:
President’s coal research initiative ...............................
Other power systems .....................................................
Oil and gas research and development ........................
Program direction and management support ...............
Environmental restoration ..............................................
Cooperative research and development ventures .........
Import/export authorizations ..........................................
Plant and capital equipment ........................................
Advanced metallurgical process ....................................
Special recruitment program .........................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

21.40
22.00
22.10

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

310
641
385
61
69
63
65
12 ...................
105
112
109
9
10
10
6 ................... ...................
2
2 ...................
20 ................... ...................
8
1 ...................
1
1
1
587

848

568

601
581

601
558

311
567

6 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

1,188
¥587

1,159
¥848

878
¥568

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

601

311

310

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
598
558
401
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
¥6 ................... ...................
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................
¥11 ................... ...................
42.00
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... ...................
166
43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

581

558

567

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

560

840

842

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

230
273

223
345

227
339

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

503

568

566

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

581
503

558
568

567
566

482
560
840
587
848
568
¥503
¥568
¥566
¥6 ................... ...................

The Fossil Energy Research and Development program supports high-priority, high-risk research that will improve the
Nation’s ability to use coal cleanly and efficiently. The program funds research and development that strengthens the
technology base industry uses in developing new products
and processes to support these national goals. Fossil Energy
R&D supports activities ranging from early concept research
in universities and national laboratories to applied R&D and
proof-of-concept projects in private-sector firms.
President’s coal research initiative.—FutureGen is a $1 billion project cost-shared with the private sector and international partners, which will create the world’s first fossil
fuel fired, near-zero atmospheric emissions, electricity and
hydrogen producing power plant. The Budget includes $108
million towards the Government’s share for FutureGen. The
Budget provides $73 million for the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI), which conducts demonstration projects, costshared between the government and industry. Other supporting coal activities include: 1) technologies for advanced
coal-fueled power systems, including Integrated Gasification
Combined Cycle, hydrogen turbine technology and hydrogen

366

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH

AND

(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

DEVELOPMENT—Continued

separation technologies; 2) Sequestration R&D, which focuses
on greenhouse gas capture and sequestration; and 3) advanced research, which through early concept research,
bridges fundamental research and engineering development.
The Department will continue to increase involvement of the
private sector and academia to help conduct and direct research toward the most critical challenges to coal use for
power generation in the United States.
Fuel cells.—Fuel cells focuses on fuel cell technology for
distributed and central power generation systems.
Oil and gas.—The Oil and Gas programs will effect an
orderly termination of activities. No additional funding is required for termination.
Program direction and management support.—The program
provides the funding for all headquarters and field personnel
and overhead expenses in Fossil Energy and Clean Coal Technology. In addition, it provides support for day-to-day project
management functions. Within this program, $2.3 million is
proposed for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project
Loan Guarantee program activities. Also included is the Import/Export Authorization program which will continue regulatory reviews and oversight of the transmission of natural
gas across the U.S. borders.
Environmental restoration.—DOE is managing the environmental cleanup of former and present Fossil Energy project
sites. Activities include environmental protection, onsite
cleanup, and cleanup at several former offsite research and
development locations in Wyoming and Connecticut and environmental efforts at the National Energy Technology Laboratory Morgantown and Pittsburgh sites, and the Albany Research Center.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0213–0–1–271

2006 actual

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Research and development contracts ...........................
Supplies and materials .................................................
Land and structures ......................................................

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

2007 est.

2008 est.

58
2
2

67
2
2

62
2
2

62
16
4
4
70
28

71
17
3
4
65
28

66
16
3
4
79
28

8
8
8
57
57
57
310
587
299
8
8
8
20 ................... ...................

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

848

568

646

2007 est.

AND

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Naval petroleum reserves ..............................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

6
22

10 ...................
18
17

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

28
¥18

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

28
¥28

17
¥17

10 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................

72.40
73.10
73.20

10
18
¥15

13
28
¥19

22
17
¥18

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

9
6

11
8

11
7

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

22
15

18
19

17
18

Following the sale of the NPR–1 (Elk Hills) site mandated
by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1996 (P.L. 104–106), the most significant post-sale activity
is the settlement of ownership equity shares with the former
unit partner, Chevron USA Inc. Additional activities include
environmental remediation and cultural resource activities.
The account also funds activities at the Naval Petroleum
Reserve 3 in Wyoming (Teapot Dome field), a stripper well
oil field that the Department is maintaining until it reaches
its economic production limit.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0219–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

731

11.1
12.1
25.1
25.2
25.4

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................

3
1
9
4
1

3
1
15
5
4

3
1
7
5
1

Total new obligations ................................................

2008 est.

686

NAVAL PETROLEUM

Identification code 89–0219–0–1–271

99.9

587

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0213–0–1–271

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0219–0–1–271

1001

2006 actual

Direct:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

OIL SHALE RESERVES

2007 est.

2008 est.

For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale
reserve activities, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$17,301,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining
from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil
shale reserve activities.

Identification code 89–0215–0–1–272

Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year

ENERGY CONSERVATION
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
22.10

367

22.21

Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts

23.90

Total budgetary resources available for obligation

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

150
12

85
88

183
76

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

162

173

259

72.40
73.20
73.31
73.45

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Obligated balance transferred to other accounts .........
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

592
¥396
¥191
¥5

...................
...................
...................
...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

207
162

155
173

332
259

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

119

192

5 ................... ...................
¥16 ................... ...................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... ................... ...................

86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

89.00
90.00

396 ................... ...................

In 2005, congressional budget subcommittees implemented
a number of structural changes, including the unification of
energy efficiency and renewable energy programs under a
single subcommittee. Appropriations in 2006 were enacted
in accordance with this new integrated structure. Consequently, programs formerly funded under Energy Conservation are now funded through the Energy Supply and Conservation account.
f

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program management activities pursuant
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), including the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
the hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, the purchase, repair,
and cleaning of uniforms, the reimbursement to the General Services
Administration for security guard services, $331,609,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $168,137,000 is for expansion of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

The object of this program is to reduce the vulnerability
of the United States to energy supply disruptions by maintaining a crude oil stockpile capable of rapid deployment at
the direction of the President. This program enables the
President to meet the Nation’s membership commitments
within the International Energy Agency’s coordinated energy
emergency response plans and programs to deter intentional
energy supply disruptions and to take effective, coordinated
action should an energy supply disruption occur.
The 2008 Budget proposes to provide further insurance
against oil supply disruptions that could harm the U.S. economy by doubling America’s protection from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) by expanding it from its current size
of 691 million barrels (MB) to 1.5 billion barrels. Expansion
will begin immediately, with DOE using balances in the SPR
Oil account for the purchase of oil in 2007. Federal royalty
oil will also be used to fill the SPR in 2007 and 2008 to
its 727 MB capacity.
The 2008 Budget proposes $168 million for construction
of storage facilities to begin expansion of oil storage facilities
from 727 MB of storage to 1.5 billion barrels of storage.
The account provides for ongoing storage site operations
and maintenance activities, planning activities, drawdown
testing/readiness of the Reserve, planning studies, and program administration.
The key measure of program performance is expressed as
capability to comply with Level 1 Technical and Performance
Criteria. These criteria are specifically engineered performance and reliability standards applied to critical inventory
storage, drawdown, and distribution systems required for
drawing down and distributing crude oil inventory.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0218–0–1–274

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
10.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

Obligations by program activity:
Storage facilities operations ..........................................
184
155
Management ..................................................................
17
18
SPR expansion ............................................................... ................... ...................
SPR expansion management ......................................... ................... ...................
Total new obligations ................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

201

173

2008 est.

145
18
167
2
332

Identification code 89–0218–0–1–274

11.1
12.1
21.0
23.3
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4

12
207
219
¥201

18 ...................
155
332
173
¥173

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

332
¥332

18 ................... ...................

2006 actual

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
10
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
3
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
1
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
4
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
5
Other services ................................................................
63
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ........................................................... ...................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
115
201

166
155
332
¥2 ................... ...................
43 ................... ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

207

155

332

80
201
¥162

119
173
¥173

119
332
¥259

2008 est.

10
3
1
4
5
34

12
3
1
3
5
48

1
115

2
258

173

332

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0218–0–1–274

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

109

2007 est.

122

2008 est.

134

SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0233–0–1–274

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program activity ..................................................

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

589 ...................

368

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

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SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT—Continued
21.40
22.00
22.10

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0233–0–1–274

2006 actual

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

21.40
22.00
22.10

2007 est.

2008 est.

589 ...................

17
592
3
572 ................... ...................
4 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

593
¥1

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

592
3
¥589 ...................

592

2
85

2 ...................
85
105

1 ................... ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

88
¥86

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

2 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Discretionary: .............................................................
40.35
Appropriation .............................................................

86
85
105
¥1 ................... ...................

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

Change in obligated balances:
Change in obligated balances ......................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

74.40

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................
Mandatory:
60.00
Appropriation .............................................................

105
¥105

43.00

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

60
24

60
16

74
26

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

100

89.00
90.00

87
¥87

105

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

85
84

85
76

105
100

¥43 ................... ...................

22
23
34
86
87
105
¥84
¥76
¥100
¥1 ................... ...................

615 ................... ...................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

572 ................... ...................

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

40
25
30
1
589 ...................
¥12
¥584 ...................
¥4 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. ...................
86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................
12

12 ...................
572 ...................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

584 ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

572 ................... ...................
12
584 ...................

This account provides for the acquisition, transportation,
and injection of petroleum into SPR. This account funds all
SPR petroleum inventory acquisitions, associated transportation costs, U.S. Customs duties, terminal throughput
charges, incremental drawdown costs, and other related miscellaneous costs. In 2005, the Department filled the Reserve
to 700 million barrels, principally using royalty oil from Federal offshore leases. The Petroleum Account also funds drawdown and sales operations of the Reserve. In September 2005,
funds were transferred from the SPR Facilities Account to
finance drawdown operations associated with Hurricane
Katrina. The funds were returned to the SPR Facilities Account in 2006. DOE loaned 9.8 million barrels of oil to refiners
and sold 11 million barrels in response to the hurricane.
In 2007, DOE will use balances in the account to purchase
oil.

This program supports energy information activities designed to provide timely, accurate and relevant energy information for use by the Administration, the Congress, and the
general public. The program designs, develops and maintains
information systems on petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear,
electricity, alternate fuel sources, and energy consumption.
This includes collecting data and ensuring its accuracy; preparing forecasts of alternative energy futures; and preparing
reports on energy sources, end-uses, prices, supply and demand, and associated environmental, economic, international,
and financial matters. In addition, the National Energy Information Center disseminates statistical and analytical publications, reports, and data files in hard-copy and electronic formats, and responds to public inquiries. Finally, this activity
provides survey and statistical design standards, documentation standards, and energy data public-use forms clearance
and burden control services.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0216–0–1–276

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

34
1
1

35
1
1

39
1
1

36
7
1
26

37
7
1
26

41
8
1
37

26.0

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Consulting services—non-Government contracts .........
Other services—service contracts ................................
Purchases of goods and services from Government
accounts ....................................................................
Supplies and materials .................................................

8
8

9
9

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

105

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy
Information Administration, $105,095,000, to remain available until
expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

11.9
12.1
25.1
25.2
25.3

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0216–0–1–276

2006 actual

2007 est.

Employment Summary

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Obligations by program activity ....................................

105

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

105

Identification code 89–0216–0–1–276

1001

Direct:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2006 actual

348

2007 est.

375

2008 est.

374

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000,
$255,425,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $255,425,000
of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and
collections in fiscal year 2008 shall be retained and used for necessary
expenses in this account, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general
fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year
2008 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from
the general fund estimated at not more than $0.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0212–0–1–276

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

09.01
09.02
09.03

Obligations by program activity:
Energy infrastructure .....................................................
Competitive markets ......................................................
Enforcement ...................................................................

166
35
23

167
36
24

187
40
28

09.99

Total reimbursable program ......................................

224

227

255

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

224

227

255

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

9
220

5
227

5
255

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

229
¥224

232
¥227

260
¥255

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
58.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

220

227

255

72.40
73.10
73.20

20
224
¥220

24
227
¥227

24
255
¥253

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

202
18

205
22

230
23

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

220

227

253

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.45
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Offsetting governmental collections (from non-Federal sources)

¥220

¥227

¥255

89.00
90.00

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission)
regulates key interstate aspects of the electric power, natural
gas, oil pipeline, and hydropower industries. The Commission
seeks to encourage competitive markets whenever possible,
assure access to abundant, reliable energy, promote the development of a strong energy infrastructure, and prevent market
manipulation. Regulated businesses pay fees and charges sufficient to recover the Government’s full costs of operations.
On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct
2005) was signed into law. This law made fundamental
changes in Commission regulation by amending the major

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statutes implemented by the Commission: the Federal Power
Act (FPA); the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
(PURPA); the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA),
the Natural Gas Act (NGA); and the Natural Gas Policy Act
(NGPA). As noted below, the types of changes made by EPAct
2005 enhance the Commission’s authority to promote development of electric and natural gas infrastructure, wholesale
competition in the electric industry, electric and natural gas
market transparency, and consumer protections. EPAct 2005
imposed several tasks and deadlines for Commission action
including: mandatory rulemaking requirements; mandatory
reports, studies, or memoranda of understanding (some in
conjunction with other agencies); and required consultations
with other agencies (who have the lead) on rulemakings or
reports. EPAct 2005 also allows the Commission to undertake
certain discretionary rulemakings or generic actions. This request includes the resources needed to continue implementing
the Commission’s increased responsibilities under EPAct
2005.
Energy infrastructure.—The Commission seeks to promote
the development of a strong energy infrastructure to meet
market and operational demands. The Commission has two
primary objectives in this area: stimulate appropriate infrastructure development and maintain a reliable and safe infrastructure.
The Commission determines rates for the interstate transportation of natural gas and oil on the pipelines subject to
the Commission’s jurisdiction and rates for the interstate
transmission and wholesale sales of electric energy. The Commission has authorized tariff provisions, as appropriate, to
allow the gas and oil pipelines and public utilities to adjust
their services to meet their customers’ needs and the utilities’
needs to meet competition in their respective markets. The
Commission has developed, and will continue to develop, pricing policies and incentive mechanisms to encourage the development of the Nation’s energy infrastructure and to support
competitive markets. For example, the Commission now has
guidelines for regional transmission organizations (RTOs) operating organized electric markets on providing long-term financial transmission rights. These guidelines will increase
long-term transmission price certainty in the organized electricity markets and allow for new investments and other longterm power supply arrangements. In addition, the Commission has issued a final rule to offer incentives, where appropriate, for potential investors to build electric transmission
facilities. The final rule seeks to bolster investment in the
Nation’s aging transmission infrastructure, promote electric
power reliability and lower costs for consumers by reducing
transmission congestion.
EPAct 2005 granted the Commission new regulatory authority to promote an energy infrastructure that best serves
the Nation’s needs. For example, the new law granted the
Commission, for the first time, siting authority to relieve congestion of certain interstate transmission corridors when
states withhold approval for more than one year or do not
have the authority to act on transmission proposals to relieve
congestion. While this new authority is more limited than
the Commission’s gas pipeline siting authority, it should lower
the regulatory barriers to investment in the transmission
grid. The Commission has adopted rules on this new authority, and will work to implement it in accordance with the
specific criteria established in EPAct 2005. Similarly, the
Commission has adopted rules implementing its new authority to grant market-based rates for natural gas storage and,
in November 2006, issued its first order granting such rates.
With regard to liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal
facilities, EPAct 2005 clarified the Commission’s exclusive jurisdiction to authorize such facilities to continue developing
much-needed LNG import terminal facilities.

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ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION—Continued
SALARIES AND EXPENSES—Continued

The Commission will continue to ensure that landowner
and environmental concerns involving energy projects are
properly addressed and that the public interest is protected
when proposed hydropower projects are licensed or existing
projects are relicensed, and when it authorizes new natural
gas facilities and services. The Commission issues orders
certificating the construction and operation of interstate natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, and authorizing LNG
import terminal facilities. EPAct 2005 adopts procedures that
better coordinate the review process for natural gas infrastructure, allowing final decisions to be rendered in a timelier
manner. Specifically, the Commission is designated as the
lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all applicable
authorizations and performing the environmental review on
the siting and authorization of LNG import terminal facilities,
hydropower facilities, and interstate natural gas pipelines and
storage facilities. In its role as the lead agency, the Commission establishes a schedule that all other permitting agencies
must follow, and maintains one consolidated record to be used
for any judicial reviews of any actions taken. In support thereof, the Commission is in the process of implementing integrated licensing and pre-filing processes and interagency
agreements facilitating hydropower licensing, pipeline and
storage certification, and LNG facility authorization.
The Commission issues preliminary permits, exemptions,
licenses, and relicenses for nonfederal hydroelectric projects,
enforces their terms and conditions, and performs dam safety
inspections. It regulates over 1,700 non-federal dams, which
supply about five percent of the electric energy generated
in the United States. The Commission investigates to determine the amount of headwater benefits derived from federally
owned and FERC-licensed headwater improvements, collects
this amount from licensees, and returns it to the U.S. Treasury. EPAct 2005 grants tax incentives for hydropower developed at dams existing prior to enactment of the law. This
will have the potential to increase infrastructure through the
construction of generating facilities at non-hydropower dams
and the addition of new facilities at existing hydropower
projects. In 2006, the Commission continued to coordinate
closely with representatives of all agencies having a role in
natural gas safety and security matters, including the U.S.
Coast Guard, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and state and local law enforcement. In addition,
the Commission placed increased emphasis on plant security
measures and improvements in conducting biennial inspections of jurisdictional LNG facilities and in implementing an
agreement to coordinate security and safety reviews of these
facilities with the Coast Guard and the Office of Pipeline
Safety. In the hydropower program, the Commission continued to emphasize its Hydropower Security Program by leading interagency coordination on federal infrastructure, conducting workshops on dam site security and emergency action
planning, reviewing over 1,000 Commission-required vulnerability and security assessments of dams, and monitoring the
implementation of security upgrades.
The Commission’s electric grid reliability efforts are bolstered by its new authority under EPAct 2005. For example,
the Commission will oversee the development and enforcement of mandatory grid-reliability standards as well as enforcement procedures for violations of those standards. EPAct
2005 required the Commission to certify an electric reliability
organization (ERO) that will propose mandatory reliability
standards for all users, owners and operators of the bulk
power system. The Commission has already certified the ERO
and proposed to approve and make mandatory 83 of the 107

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initial reliability standards submitted by the ERO for Commission approval.
The Commission’s continued work to promote electric grid
reliability will focus on: 1) overseeing the development and
enforcement of mandatory electric reliability standards to protect the bulk power system; 2) addressing and improving infrastructure security; and 3) coordinating efforts with Canada
and Mexico.
Competitive markets.—The Commission believes that competition, combined with effective regulation, is the best national policy for wholesale markets. To that end, the Commission develops rules that encourage fair and efficient competitive markets and works to prevent the accumulation and exercise of market power.
The Commission continues to promote market transparency
and promulgate and approve clear market rules. Order No.
888 set the foundation upon which to attain competitive electric markets ten years ago. The industry that existed when
Order No. 888 was issued has changed considerably. In May
2006, the Commission proposed reforms to its open access
transmission tariff to ensure that it continues to remedy
undue discrimination in the provision of transmission services. For wholesale power markets, the Commission has also
proposed rules to codify and improve its market-based ratemaking policy. The Commission routinely places restrictions
on affiliate power sales at market-based rates that may affect
‘‘captive customers.’’ Furthermore, when authorizing marketbased rates, the Commission requires entities to submit triennial market analyses and electronic quarterly reports. Also
in 2006, the Commission issued a staff report to Congress
on demand response in electricity markets.
Also with the enactment of EPAct 2005, the Commission
has additional authority to protect customers. For example,
EPAct 2005 repealed the substantive restrictions imposed
under PUHCA 1935, but enacted new statutory provisions,
PUHCA 2005, giving the Commission new accounting and
record keeping authorities over holding companies and their
associated companies. In October 2006, the Commission
adopted uniform accounting, reporting and record keeping requirements for holding companies and centralized service
companies within holding company systems. These new requirements will provide greater accounting transparency and
help protect ratepayers from the pass-through of improper
service company costs. In addition, the Commission will use
its strengthened merger and corporate review authority to
continue to ensure that mergers and consolidations will not
harm the public interest. To further support competitive markets, EPAct 2005 also reforms the PURPA treatment of qualifying facilities, eliminating certain ownership restrictions and
allowing the Commission to terminate mandatory purchase
obligations in certain circumstances. The Commission has
adopted rules implementing these statutory changes.
Enforcement.—Competitive markets can succeed only when
competition is combined with effective regulation. The Commission has adjusted its regulatory policies to meet the dramatic changes that have occurred in both the natural gas
and electric industries. The Commission seeks to detect violations quickly, publicize misconduct where appropriate, and
take prompt action to prevent future misconduct. The Commission can identify violations by many methods, including
review of market information required to be filed by market
participants; investigations of significant price spikes or market anomalies; periodic audits of compliance with Commission
tariffs, rules and regulations; referrals from RTO and independent system operator (ISO) market monitors; tips and
complaints from the public and market participants; and selfreports of violations by companies. (The Commission’s October
2005 Enforcement Policy Statement encourages companies to
self-report violations to mitigate remedies).

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

It is important that the Commission understands market
dynamics, detects problems or issues in energy markets early,
prevents violations of its rules, and enforces compliance with
the laws under its jurisdiction. Perhaps most important, the
Commission must ensure that jurisdictional utilities have effective internal monitoring and compliance programs in place
to help assure that they are following established Commission
rules and regulations. Commission oversight must then provide an independent and external check to ensure each compliance program is adequate, and to periodically audit the
compliance with Commission’s rules, regulations, and other
statutory requirements.
To help market participants and regulated entities comply
with the Commission’s rules, the Commission works with
stakeholders to explain the intent and requirements of its
rules and the laws it administers. In 2006, the Commission
adopted rules detailing broad prohibitions on energy market
manipulation. The Commission has also adopted procedures
to allow companies to challenge the findings of operational
audits before a final order is issued. The Commission also
has initiated a ‘‘no action letter’’ process to permit market
participants to seek advice on whether staff would recommend
action against specific transactions in light of the relevant
laws and policies. Such initiatives will simplify the Commission’s rules regarding market manipulation and provide greater clarity and regulatory certainty.
The Commission’s enforcement tools were greatly reinforced
when EPAct 2005 conferred expanded authority which provided, for the first time, penalty authority for violations of
the NGA and all of Part II of the FPA. It further provided
or increased (for violations of the NGPA) the level of penalties
to $1 million each day for the duration of the violation. Penalties of this magnitude also are applicable, pursuant to
EPAct 2005 amendments to the FPA and NGA, to any entity
(not just companies traditionally subject to the Commission’s
jurisdiction) that manipulates wholesale gas or electric markets by engaging in fraud or deceit in connection with jurisdictional transactions. Armed with this expanded authority,
which is comparable to that of other federal regulatory bodies,
the Commission intends to create an even stronger and more
effective compliance and enforcement program to protect the
public interest.
Management initiatives.—The Commission has initiatives
underway and processes in place to support its three strategic
goals and the President’s Management Agenda. These activities, including alternative dispute resolution and litigation,
and the effective management of human capital, agency resources, and information technology help the Commission
work more efficiently both within and across program areas.
The Commission also relies on various methods to communicate its policies and actions to the public. Open lines of
communication with affected parties are critical for effective
functioning of the Commission’s operations.

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(RESCISSION AND TRANSFER)

Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation in
prior years, $149,000,000 are cancelled.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0235–0–1–271

2006 actual

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
22.00 New budget authority (net) ...........................................
22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................

Identification code 89–0212–0–1–276

Reimbursable obligations ..........................................
Below reporting threshold ..............................................

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

2001

Reimbursable:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

71
¥5

66
¥58

5 ................... ...................

Total budgetary resources available for obligation

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation ............................................................. ...................
15 ...................
40.36
Unobligated balance permanently reduced ..............
¥20
¥20
¥149
40.36
Unobligated balance deferred to future years ..........
¥257
¥257 ...................
41.00
Transferred to other accounts ................................... ................... ...................
¥166
43.00
55.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Funds becoming available from prior year deferrals

¥277
257

¥262
257

¥315
257

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

¥20

¥5

¥58

72.40
73.20
73.45

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Recoveries of prior year obligations ..............................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

1 ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

¥20
¥5
¥58
1 ................... ...................

17
11
11
¥1 ................... ...................
¥5 ................... ...................
11

The Budget proposes to cancel $149 million in prior-year
balances and, in addition, transfer $166 million in prior-year
balances to the Fossil Energy Research and Development Program. These balances are no longer needed to complete active
projects in the Clean Coal Technology program. The Budget
proposes to redirect these funds for work on the FutureGen
project ($108 million) to develop a coal-fueled, near-zero atmospheric emissions electricity and hydrogen generation plant
and to the Clean Coal Power Initiative ($58 million).
f

ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

223
227
255
1 ................... ...................

74.40

224

89.00
90.00

2007 est.

227

2008 est.

255

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0212–0–1–276

2008 est.

Change in obligated balances:
72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ...................................

2006 actual

99.0
99.5

86
¥20

2007 est.

23.90

Identification code 89–5180–0–2–271

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

371

2006 actual

1,263

2007 est.

1,295

2008 est.

1,370

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

The alternative fuels program was established in 1980 for
the purpose of expediting the development and production
of alternative fuels from coal.
Upon default of the borrower in 1985 under a Department
of Energy Federal loan guarantee, the Department acquired

372

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
73.10
73.20

ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION—Continued

ownership of the Great Plains Coal Gasification Project plant
by foreclosure. On October 31, 1988, the Department completed an asset purchase agreement of the Great Plains Gasification Plant by Dakota Gasification Company (DGC).
Negotiated settlement agreements dated February 16, 1994,
resolved all past disputes as well as restructured the Gas
Purchase Agreements pricing provisions.
Funds in this account are used to pay for expenses and
responsibilities related to the Department’s prior operation
of the Great Plains Coal Gasification Project and the administration of the Asset Purchase Agreement and related contracts and agreements which transferred the facility to the
private sector. Remaining outstanding obligations are for carrying out contractual obligations to the termination of the
contract in 2009. The largest recent costs were for technical
analysis to determine the reduction in net synthetic natural
gas production at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant caused
by the operation of an Anhydrous Ammonia Synthesis Plant
within the larger gasification facility, and its effect on revenues. The Federal revenue sharing receipts are based on this
review and analysis.
f

ULTRA-DEEPWATER AND UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS
OTHER PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................

01.99

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Receipts:
02.20 OCS receipts, Ultra-deepwater and unconventional
natural gas and other petroleum research fund ...................
50
50
02.21 OCS receipts, Ultra-deepwater and unconventional
natural gas and other petroleum research fund—
legislative proposal subject to PAYGO ...................... ................... ...................
¥50
02.99

Total receipts and collections ................................... ...................

50
¥20

50
¥40

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ...................

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ...................
20
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... ...................

20
20

86.97
86.98
87.00

Total outlays (gross) ................................................. ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................ ...................
Outlays ........................................................................... ...................

50
20

50
40

Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................
Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO:
Budget Authority .....................................................................
Outlays ....................................................................................

05.99

¥50 ...................

Balance, end of year ..................................................... ................... ................... ...................

00.01
00.02
00.03
00.04
00.05
00.06

Obligations by program activity:
Ultra-deepwater .............................................................
Unconventional resources ..............................................
Technology challenges of small producers ...................
Consortium program administration funds ...................
NETL in-house ................................................................
DOE oversight ................................................................

...................
...................
...................
...................
...................
...................

17
16
4
4
7
2

2008 est.

17
16
4
4
7
2

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................ ...................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ...................
Total new obligations .................................................... ...................

50
¥50

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
60.20
Appropriation (special fund) ..................................... ...................

–50
–20

50 ....................
20
20

AND

2006 actual

2007 est.

...................
...................
...................
...................
...................
...................

¥17
¥16
¥4
¥4
¥7
¥2

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................ ................... ...................

¥50

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ...................
Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ...................

¥50
50

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
60.20
Appropriation (special fund) ..................................... ................... ...................

¥50

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
2007 est.

.................... ....................
.................... ....................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Ultra-deepwater .............................................................
00.02 Unconventional resources ..............................................
00.03 Technology challenges of small producers ...................
00.04 Consortium program administration funds ...................
00.05 NETL in-house ................................................................
00.06 DOE oversight ................................................................

2006 actual

50
40

ULTRA-DEEPWATER AND UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS
OTHER PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND

Identification code 89–5523–4–2–271

Identification code 89–5523–0–2–271

50
20

50 ...................

Total: Balances and collections .................................... ...................
50 ...................
Appropriations:
05.00 Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and
other petroleum research fund ................................. ...................
¥50
¥50
05.01 Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and
other petroleum research fund—legislative proposal subject to PAYGO ............................................ ................... ...................
50

07.99

....................
....................

2008 est.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58) created
a mandatory Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural
Gas and Other Petroleum Research program beginning in
2007. The program would be funded from Federal revenues
from oil and gas leases. The Budget proposes to cancel the
program through a future legislative proposal.

04.00

Total appropriations .................................................. ...................

2007 est.

Total:
Budget Authority ..................................................................... ....................
Outlays .................................................................................... ....................

AND

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5523–0–2–271

Total new obligations .................................................... ...................
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ...................

72.40
73.10
73.20

2008 est.

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ................... ................... ...................
Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ...................
¥50
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ...................
20

Change in obligated balances:
72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ................... ...................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... ...................

¥30

86.97
50

74.40

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... ...................

¥20

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ...................
Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ...................

¥50
¥20

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND

PAYMENTS

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year ....................................................

82 ................... ...................

Balance, start of year ....................................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Elk Hills school lands fund ...........................................

82 ................... ...................

01.99

07.99

STATES UNDER FEDERAL POWER ACT

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5428–0–2–271

¥82 ................... ...................

Identification code 89–5105–0–2–806

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................

01.99

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Receipts:
02.60 Licenses under Federal Power Act from public lands
and national forests, Payment to States (37 1/
2%) ............................................................................
3
3
3

Balance, end of year ..................................................... ................... ................... ...................
04.00

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Payments to States under Federal Power Act ...............

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5428–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Elk Hills school lands fund ...........................................

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................

84 ................... ...................

07.99

84 ................... ...................

22.00
23.95

373

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

84
2 ...................
¥84 ................... ...................

2
2 ...................
82 ................... ...................

43.00

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

2 ...................

73.10
73.20

Change in obligated balances:
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................

2 ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

84
84

2 ...................
2 ...................

84 ................... ...................
¥84
¥2 ...................

Title XXXIV, Subtitle B of Public Law 104–106 required
the Department to sell the government’s interest in Naval
Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (Elk Hills) pursuant to the terms
of the Act. The sale occurred in February 1998, following
a statutorily-required 31-day congressional review period.
Section 3415 of the Act required, among other things, that
the Department make an offer of settlement based on the
fair value of the State of California’s longstanding claims
to two parcels of land (‘‘school lands’’) within the Reserve.
Under the Act, nine percent of the net proceeds were reserved
in a contingent fund in the Treasury for payment to the
State. In compliance with the Act and in order to remove
any cloud over title which could diminish the sales value
of the Reserve, the Department entered into a settlement
agreement with the State on October 11, 1996. That agreement calls for payment to the State, subject to appropriations,
of nine percent of the net proceeds of sale, payable over a
seven-year period (without interest), commencing in 1999.
Under the settlement agreement and provided that funds are
appropriated, the first five installments are for $36 million
each year, and the remaining balance is to be paid in two
equal installments in years six and seven unless the seventh
payment needs to be deferred in whole or in part due to
the equity finalization schedule. Under the settlement agreement, $300 million has been paid to the State of California.
There is no request for funding in 2008. The timing and
levels of any future budget request are dependent on the
schedule and results of the equity finalization process.

¥3

Balance, end of year ..................................................... ................... ................... ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5105–0–2–806

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program activity ..................................................

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

3
¥3

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
60.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................

73.10
73.20

Change in obligated balances:
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

3
¥3

86.97

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new mandatory authority .........................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

3
3

The States are paid 37.5 percent of the receipts from licenses for occupancy and use of national forests and public
lands within their boundaries issued by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (16 U.S.C. 810).
f

NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
storage, operation, and management activities pursuant to the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act, $5,325,000, to remain available until
expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5369–0–2–274

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Northeast home heating oil reserve ..............................

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
7
New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ...................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

7
¥5

2 ...................
5
5
7
¥7

5
¥5

2 ................... ...................

374

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–5369–0–2–274

2006 actual

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation ............................................................. ...................

2007 est.

2008 est.

72.40
73.10
73.20

5
5
¥5

5
7
¥6

6
5
¥9

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... ...................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................
5

4
2

4
5

5
6

funding provided for similar activities: Provided further, That none
of the funds herein appropriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly
to influence legislative action, except for normal and recognized executive-legislative communications, on any matter pending before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying activity as provided in
18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation expenses; or (3) used to support
multi-State efforts or other coalition building activities inconsistent
with the restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That
all proceeds and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying out
activities authorized by the Act, including but not limited to, any
proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be available without further
appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That no funds provided in this Act may be used to pursue
repayment or collection of funds provided in any fiscal year to affected
units of local government for oversight activities that had been previously approved by the Department of Energy, or to withhold payment
of any such funds.

5
9

86.90
86.93
87.00

89.00
90.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5227–0–2–271

The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve assures a home
heating oil supply for the Northeast States during times of
very low inventories and significant threats to immediate supply. Two million barrels of heating oil will protect the Northeast against a disruption for 10 days, the time required for
ships to carry heating oil from the Gulf of Mexico to New
York Harbor.
Contracts for the storage, operation and maintenance of
the reserve were renewed on October 1, 2006. Contracts were
awarded to Amerada Hess (for 1,000,000 barrels in New York
harbor) to Morgan Stanley (for 500,000 barrels in New Haven,
CT), and to Motiva (for 250,000 barrels in New Haven, CT
and 250,000 barrels in Providence, RI).

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

17,447

01.99

17,378

18,523

19,989

752
542

760
892

770
954

Balance, start of year ....................................................
Receipts:
02.20 Nuclear waste disposal fund .........................................
02.40 Earnings on investments, Nuclear waste disposal fund

19,989

¥69 ................... ...................

NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97–425, as amended
(the ‘‘Act’’), including the acquisition of real property or facility construction or expansion, $202,454,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided,
That of the funds made available in this Act for Nuclear Waste Disposal, $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State of Nevada solely
for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of State employees,
to conduct scientific oversight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities pursuant to the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the lack of a written agreement with the State of Nevada
under section 117(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public
Law 97–425, as amended, not less than $1,200,000 shall be provided
to Nye County, Nevada, for on-site oversight activities under section
117(d) of that Act: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be provided
to affected units of local government, as defined in the Act, to conduct
appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities: Provided
further, That 7.5 percent of the funds provided shall be made available to affected units of local government in California with the balance made available to affected units of local government in Nevada
for distribution as determined by the Nevada units of local government: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 65 and 75 of title 31, United States Code, the Department shall
have no monitoring, auditing or other oversight rights or responsibilities over amounts provided to affected units of local government under
this heading: Provided further, That the funds for the State of Nevada
shall be made available solely to the Nevada Division of Emergency
Management by direct payment and units of local government by
direct payment: Provided further, That within 90 days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the Nevada Division of Emergency
Management and the Governor of the State of Nevada shall provide
certification to the Department of Energy that all funds expended
from such payments have been expended for activities authorized by
the Act and this Act: Provided further, That failure to provide such
certification shall cause such entity to be prohibited from any further

Total receipts and collections ...................................

1,294

1,652

1,724

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Nuclear waste disposal .................................................
05.01 Nuclear waste disposal .................................................
05.02 Salaries and expenses ...................................................
05.03 Salaries and expenses ...................................................

18,672

20,175

21,713

05.99

02.99

18,523

2008 est.

Balance, start of year ....................................................
Adjustments:
01.90 Adjustments ...................................................................

Total appropriations ..................................................

¥149

¥186

¥243

07.99

Balance, end of year .....................................................

18,523

19,989

21,470

04.00

¥100
¥141
¥202
1 ................... ...................
¥46
¥41
¥37
¥4
¥4
¥4

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5227–0–2–271

2006 actual

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Nuclear waste disposal fund .........................................
69
00.02 Program direction ..........................................................
73
00.03 Inegrated spent fuel recycling ....................................... ...................

2007 est.

2008 est.

76
128
75
90
5 ...................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

142

156

218

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

24
149

31
141

16
202

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

173
¥142

172
¥156

218
¥218

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................
40.35
Appropriation permanently reduced ..........................
40.37
Appropriation temporarily reduced ............................
43.00
58.00

16 ...................

50 ................... ...................
100
141
202
¥1 ................... ...................
¥1 ................... ...................

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

148

141

202

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

149

141

202

72.40
73.10
73.20

263
142
¥203

202
156
¥71

287
218
¥172

1 ................... ...................

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal
sources ..................................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

Memorandum (non-add) entries:
92.01 Total investments, start of year: Federal securities:
Par value ...................................................................
92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities:
Par value ...................................................................

202

287

333

149
71
54 ...................

101
71

203

172

(4) Development of a culture expected of a NRC licensee.
Consistent with the Institute for Nuclear Powers Operators
(INPO) and NRC guidance, develop a culture in which the
organization’s values and behaviors serve to make nuclear
safety the overriding priority.
The Administration is committed to ensuring the environmentally sound and safe disposal of the Nation’s radioactive
waste.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

¥1 ................... ...................

Identification code 89–5227–0–2–271

148
202

141
71

202
172
11.1
11.3
11.5

33,549

36,482

36,593

36,482

36,593

38,296

The Administration’s legislative proposal, The Nuclear Fuel
Management and Disposal Act, lays a solid foundation for
America’s future energy security by providing stability, clarity, and predictability to the Yucca Mountain repository
project. The proposed legislation will facilitate the Department’s ability to access the Nuclear Waste Fund, which will
help ensure adequate and consistent funding needed to support repository construction and operation.
The Budget for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management provides $494.5 million for the 2008 activities.
This funding is required to implement the Federal policy for
permanent geologic disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste resulting from the Nation’s
commercial reactors and atomic energy defense activities. A
review of the program resulted in a canistered approach to
fuel handling, and that will mean a simpler and safer operation of the repository and improved operations and performance. This path forward will offer the program increased opportunities for improving the quality of its facilities, while
meeting its contractual obligations to accept waste at the
earliest practical time following licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
2008 represents a critical juncture in the Yucca Mountain
Repository Project. A considerable share of the work planned
is essential to lay the foundation for a successful repository
program by moving forward with the repository design and
completion and submission of the license application not later
than June 30, 2008. DOE activities are premised on meeting
Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements and obtaining
any necessary regulatory approvals. Investments on four
broad fronts in 2008 are required for the project to be able
to dispose of 70,000 tons of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and
High Level Waste (HLW) that is currently being stored at
122 sites in 39 states. Success is dependent on adequate investment and progress in the following areas:
(1) Development of a license application for submittal
to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) based on a
safer and simpler approach to handling SNF and operating
the repository, otherwise known as the clean and canistered
approach. Development and subsequent NRC approval of
the license will give the Department the authorization to
operate Yucca Mountain and dispose of waste.
(2) Development of a transportation infrastructure to
move the waste from where it is today, safely and securely
to the repository for disposal. Without an adequate transportation system there is no credible way for the Department to transport waste to the repository site for disposal.
(3) Improvement of an aging site infrastructure to ensure
worker, regulator, and visitor safety, which will become
a safety issue if action is not taken.

375

11.9
12.1
21.0
23.2
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
31.0
41.0

2006 actual

2007 est.

23
2
2

25
2
2

Total personnel compensation ..............................
25
27
Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... ...................
28
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
5
5
Rental payments to others ........................................
1
5
Advisory and assistance services .............................
44
40
Other services ............................................................
1
1
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
6
6
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
40 ...................
Equipment .................................................................
1
6
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
18
38

29
28
6
6
75
2

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

21
2
2

2008 est.

7
20
7
38

141
156
218
1 ................... ...................
142

156

218

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–5227–0–2–271

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

199

244

2008 est.

244

URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION
FUND

AND

DECOMMISSIONING

For necessary expenses in carrying out uranium enrichment facility
decontamination and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other
activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $573,509,000,
to be derived from the Fund, to remain available until expended,
of which $20,000,000 shall be available in accordance with title X,
subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5231–0–2–271

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year ....................................................

3,831

4,120

4,441

Balance, start of year ....................................................
Receipts:
02.40 Earnings on investments, Decontamination and decommissioning fund ..................................................
02.41 General fund payment—Defense, Decontamination
and decommissioning fund .......................................
02.60 Assessments, Decontamination and decommissioning
fund ...........................................................................

3,831

4,120

4,441

194

212

222

446

452

463

205

213 ...................

Total receipts and collections ...................................

845

877

685

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund ..............................................................
05.01 Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund ..............................................................

4,676

4,997

5,126

¥562

¥556

¥574

05.99

¥556

01.99

02.99
04.00
05.00

Total appropriations ..................................................

6 ................... ...................
¥556

¥574

376

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION
FUND—Continued

AND

DECOMMISSIONING

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–5231–0–2–271

07.99

2006 actual

Balance, end of year .....................................................

4,120

2007 est.

4,441

01.99

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................
Receipts:
02.20 Receipts from uranium sales and remediation ............
125 ................... ...................
04.00

2008 est.

4,552

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Uranium sales and remediation ....................................
07.99

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5231–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

536
20

554
20

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

556

574

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

556
¥556

574
¥574

562
556
574
¥6 ................... ...................

43.00

556

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

Balance, end of year ..................................................... ................... ................... ...................

Identification code 89–5530–0–2–271

2006 actual

556

574

83
556
¥503

136
556
¥526

166
574
¥569

136

166

171

2008 est.

101 ...................

10.00

101 ...................

21.40
22.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year ...................
101 ...................
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
125 ................... ...................
Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

101 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................

125 ................... ...................

72.40
73.10
73.20
74.40

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

433
70

389
137

402
167

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

503

526

569

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

556
503

556
526

574
569

3,891

4,228

4,549

4,228

4,549

4,661

86.90
86.93

125
¥24

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ...................
Total new obligations ....................................................
24
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
¥2
Obligated balance, end of year ................................

101 ...................
¥101 ...................

22
23
101 ...................
¥100
¥23
23 ...................

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
2 ................... ...................
Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. ...................
100
23

87.00

Memorandum (non-add) entries:
Total investments, start of year: Federal securities:
Par value ...................................................................
92.02 Total Investments, end of year: Federal securities:
Par Value ...................................................................

2007 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Uranium remediation .....................................................

23.90
23.95

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................
40.37
Appropriation temporarily reduced ............................

¥125 ................... ...................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Uranium enrichment D&D activities ..............................
00.02 Uranium/thorium reimbursement ...................................

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................

125 ................... ...................

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

100

125 ................... ...................
2
100
23

92.01

Decontamination and decommissioning activities.—Funds
projects to decontaminate, decommission, and remediate the
sites and facilities of the gaseous diffusion plants at Portsmouth, Ohio; Paducah, Kentucky; and East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Uranium/thorium licensee reimbursement.—Provides funds
to reimburse licensees for the Federal Government share of
the cost of cleanup of uranium and thorium processing sites.

The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for
2006 provided the Department of Energy authority to barter,
transfer, or sell uranium and to use any proceeds, without
fiscal year limitation, to remediate contaminated uranium inventories held by the Secretary of Energy.
f

ISOTOPE PRODUCTION

AND

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FUND

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4180–0–3–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Isotope production and distribution ..............................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

8
26

10
16

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

34
¥24

26
¥16

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
58.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

7
24

11
16

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5231–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

25.2
25.4
41.0

Direct obligations:
Other services ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................

177
378
1

183
390
1

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

556

574

URANIUM SALES

AND

REMEDIATION

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5530–0–2–271

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ...................

72.40
73.10

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
73.20

Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

¥20

¥16

377

Change in obligated balances:
Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ...................
Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ...................

8
¥8

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

73.10
73.20

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

8
8

¥15
¥16
¥16
¥11 ................... ...................

88.90

¥26

89.00
90.00

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................

¥16

The charter of the DOE isotope production and distribution
program covers the production and sale of radioactive and
stable isotopes, associated byproducts, surplus materials such
as lithium and helium, and related isotope services to the
use community utilizing Government-owned facilities. Services include, but are not limited to, irradiation services, target
preparation and processing, source encapsulation and other
special preparations, analyses, chemical separations, and the
lease of stable isotopes for research purposes. The isotopes
are priced to recover their production cost.

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

25.1
25.2
25.4
32.0

3
1
18
2

3
1
10
2

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

Subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, during fiscal year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans
under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall not
exceed a total principal amount, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, of $9,000,000,000: Provided, That pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of the Act, no appropriations are available
to pay the subsidy cost of such guarantees: Provided further,
That the source of payments received from borrowers for the
subsidy cost shall not be a loan or other debt obligation that
is made or guaranteed by the federal government.
In addition, for necessary administrative expenses to carry
out this Loan Guarantee Program, $8,390,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) shall be credited as offsetting collections
to this account: Provided further, That any such fees collected
shall not be available until appropriated.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

Identification code 89–0208–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy budget
authority:
215001 Title 17 loan guarantees ............................................... ................... ...................

2008 est.

9,000

2007 est.

215999 Total loan guarantee levels ........................................... ................... ...................
Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
232001 Title 17 loan guarantees ............................................... ................... ...................

9,000

0.00

Administrative expense data:
Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ...................
Outlays from new authority ........................................... ................... ...................

8
8

3510
3590

Reimbursable obligations:
Advisory and assistance services ..................................
Other services ................................................................
Operation and maintenance of facilities ......................
Land and structures ......................................................

Identification code 89–0208–0–1–271

Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)

232999 Weighted average subsidy rate ..................................... ................... ...................

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4180–0–3–271

Memorandum (non-add) entries:
Unavailable balance, start of year: Offsetting collections ........................................................................... ................... ................... ...................
94.02 Unavailable balance, end of year: Offsetting collections ........................................................................... ................... ................... ...................
94.01

2008 est.

00.09

Obligations by program activity:
Administrative expenses ................................................ ................... ...................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................ ................... ...................

22.00
23.95

8
¥8

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation ............................................................. ................... ...................

0.00

The Office of Loan Guarantees will consider and coordinate
Departmental action on all loan guarantee applications submitted to the Department of Energy in compliance with Title
XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Section 1703 of that
Act authorizes the Department to provide loan guarantees
for renewable energy systems, advanced nuclear facilities, coal
gasification, carbon sequestration, energy efficiency, and
many other types of projects. These projects must avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions
of greenhouse gases; employ new or significantly improved
technologies compared to commercial technologies in service
in the United States at the time the guarantee is issued;
and offer a reasonable prospect of repayment of the principal
and interest on the guaranteed obligation. In the near future,
the Department will propose regulations for this program that
will be finalized after an opportunity for public review and
comment.
The Budget proposes a 2008 loan volume limitation of $9
billion. Of this amount, DOE will seek to guarantee approximately $4 billion in loans for central power generation facilities (for example, nuclear facilities or carbon sequestration
optimized coal power plants), $4 billion in loans for projects
that promote biofuels and clean transportation fuels; and $1
billion in loans for projects using new technologies for electric
transmission facilities or renewable power generation systems. Precisely how any authorized loan guarantee authority
would be allocated, however, ultimately would depend on the
merits and benefits of particular project proposals and their
compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
If, in appropriations acts for 2007, Congress authorizes the
$2 billion in loan guarantee authority set forth in the Solicitation for Pre-Applications that the Department issued in August 2006, the 2008 proposed loan volume limitation would
be reduced by that amount.
Because DOE has not yet evaluated the potential subsidy
costs for any projects that might be eligible for Title XVII
loan guarantees, the 2008 Budget reflects placeholder estimates for borrower paid loan guarantee subsidy costs, based

378

ENERGY PROGRAMS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM—
Continued

Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4577–0–3–271

on an illustrative portfolio. These estimates are not related
to any specific project proposals.
The Office of Loan Guarantees will centralize loan guarantee services for the Department to ensure all processes
and criteria are applied uniformly in accordance with established requirements, procedures and guidelines. The Department requests $8.3 million in funding in 2008 to run the
Office and support personnel and associated costs. To ensure
that the Department meets statutory requirements regarding
loan guarantee activities, program funding also will support
the procurement of outside expertise in areas such as finance
and commercial market assessment.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990,
this account records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans or loan guarantees that resulted from obligations or commitments in any
year), as well as administrative expenses of this program.
The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present value basis;
the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0208–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Position with respect to appropriations act limitation
on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans made by private lenders .............................................................................. ................... ...................

9,000

2150

9,000

2210
2231
2251
2263

Total guaranteed loan commitments ........................ ................... ...................
Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding:
Outstanding, start of year .............................................
Disbursements of new guaranteed loans ......................
Repayments and prepayments ......................................
Adjustments: Terminations for default that result in
claim payments .........................................................

................... ................... ...................
................... ...................
3,620
................... ................... ...................
................... ................... ...................

2290

Outstanding, end of year .......................................... ................... ...................

3,620

2299

Memorandum:
Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding,
end of year ................................................................ ................... ...................

2,896

As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990,
this non-budgetary account records all cash flows to and from
the Government resulting from loan guarantees committed
in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of loan guarantees that resulted from commitments in any year). The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are
not included in the budget totals.
f

Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............. ................... ...................
23.3 Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................... ...................
25.2 Other services ................................................................ ................... ...................

1
1
6

99.9

Trust Funds
ADVANCES

FOR

COOPERATIVE WORK

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Total new obligations ................................................ ................... ...................

Identification code 89–8575–0–7–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

72.40
73.20
2006 actual

2007 est.

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................

89.00
90.00

2008 est.

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment ..................... ................... ...................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.98

Identification code 89–0208–0–1–271

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................

74.40

Employment Summary

4
1
1
¥3 ................... ...................
1

3 ................... ...................

TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY GUARANTEED FINANCING
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4577–0–3–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New financing authority (gross) .................................... ................... ...................

1,913

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ................... ...................

1,913

In past years, this account received advances from domestic
and foreign sources, to fund research and development activities for civilian reactor, magnetic fusion, and basic energy
sciences. Sources also provided funds for defense programs,
the technical information management program. The account
will be terminated when balances have been expended.
f

New financing authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
69.00
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ ................... ...................
69.00
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ ................... ...................
69.90

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total mandatory) ............................................. ................... ...................

Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash) from:
88.25
Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ................... ...................
88.40
Non-Federal sources ............................................. ................... ...................
88.90

89.00
90.00

Total, offsetting collections (cash) ....................... ................... ...................

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
1,886
27

Federal Funds
OPERATION

AND

MAINTENANCE, ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

1,913

Identification code 89–0304–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

72.40

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................

¥27
¥1,886

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

¥1,913

89.00
90.00

Net financing authority and financing disbursements:
Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ...................
Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ...................
¥1,913

The Alaska Power Administration (APA) was created in
1967 by the Secretary of the Interior to assume the functions

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

of the Bureau of Reclamation in Alaska—the operations,
maintenance, transmission, and power marketing of the two
Federal hydroelectric projects (Eklutna and Snettisham), and
the investigation of future water and power development programs.
All Alaska activities of APA, including the Juneau headquarters office, were terminated on September 30, 1998.
f

OPERATION

AND

MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power
transmission facilities and of electric power and energy, including
transmission wheeling and ancillary services pursuant to section 5
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to
the southeastern power area, $6,463,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
3302, beginning in fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such funds as
are received by the Southeastern Power Administration from any
State, municipality, corporation, association, firm, district, or individual as advance payment for work that is associated with
Southeastern’s Operation and Maintenance, consistent with that authorized in section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, shall be credited
to this amount and be available until expended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $48,413,000 collected
by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain
available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase
power and wheeling expenditures.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0302–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01
09.01

Obligations by program activity:
Program direction ..........................................................
Purchase power and wheeling .......................................

6
33

6
48

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

39
¥39

generating plants in an eleven-State area of the Southeast.
Deliveries are made by means of contracting for use of transmission facilities owned by others. There are 22 projects now
in operation.
Southeastern sells wholesale power primarily to publicly
and cooperatively-owned electric distribution utilities. Southeastern does not own or operate any transmission facilities.
Its long-term contracts provide for periodic electric rate adjustments to ensure that the Federal Government recovers
costs of operation and capital invested in power, with interest,
in keeping with statutory requirements. In addition, the
Budget provides that the interest rate for future obligations
owed to the Treasury by all of the Power Marketing Administrations for power-related investments be set at the rate Governmental corporations borrow in the market, similar to the
interest rates current law sets for the Bonneville Power Administration’s borrowing from the U.S. Treasury. This new
policy will be applied to all power-related investments whose
interest rates are not specified in law.
Program direction.—Provision is made for negotiation and
administration of transmission and power contracts, collection
of revenues, development of wholesale power rates, the amortization of power investment, energy efficiency and competitiveness program, investigation and planning of proposed
water resources projects, scheduling and dispatch of power
generation, scheduling storage and release of water, administration of contractual operation requirements, and determination of methods of operating generating plants individually
and in coordination with others to obtain maximum utilization of resources.
Purchase power and wheeling.—Provision is made for the
payment of wheeling fees and for the purchase of electricity
in connection with the disposal of power under contracts with
utility companies. Customers are encouraged to use alternative funding mechanisms, including customer advances and
net billing to finance these activities. Offsetting collections
to fund these ongoing operating services are also available
up to $48 million. Estimates for these activities reflect average water levels over the past 20 years and prevailing electricity prices in 2006.

54
¥54

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0302–0–1–271

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
58.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

72.40
73.10
73.20

3
39
¥39

3
39
¥38

4
54
¥54

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

379

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

11.1
25.2

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ........
Other services ............................................................

5
2

5
1

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

7
32

6
48

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0302–0–1–271

1001

2006 actual

Direct:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

2008 est.

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

38
38
1 ...................

53
1

87.00

CONTINUING FUND, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
¥33

6
6

¥33

6
5

¥48

6
6

The Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern)
markets power generated at Corps of Engineers’ hydroelectric

Identification code 89–5653–0–2–271

Receipts:
02.20 Deposits from sale and transmission of electric energy, Southeastern Power Administration .................
Appropriations:
05.00 Continuing fund, Southeastern Power Administration
07.99

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

10 ................... ...................
¥10 ................... ...................

Balance, end of year ..................................................... ................... ................... ...................

380

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

CONTINUING FUND, SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION—
Continued

09.05
09.10

Purchase power and wheeling ..................................
Other reimbursable activities ....................................

3
14

35
26

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

09.99

Total reimbursable program ......................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year ................... ...................
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
47
55

8
91

Identification code 89–5653–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program activity ..................................................

10 ................... ...................

10.00

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

10 ................... ...................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................
23.95 Total new obligations ....................................................
New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
60.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................

72.40
73.10
73.20
74.40

23.90
23.95
10 ................... ...................
¥10 ................... ...................

10 ................... ...................

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ...................
9
9
Total new obligations ....................................................
10 ................... ...................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
¥1 ................... ...................
Obligated balance, end of year ................................

1 ................... ...................

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

10 ................... ...................
1 ................... ...................

A continuing fund of $50,000, maintained from receipts
from the sale and transmission of electric power in the southeastern service area, is available to defray expenses necessary
to ensure continuity of service (16 U.S.C. 825s–2). The fund
was last activated during 2006 to finance power purchases
associated with below normal hydro power generation due
to drought. Consistent with sound business practices, the
Budget proposes that all emergency funds provided to Southeastern Power Administration through the Continuing Fund
for the purpose of purchasing power or wheeling services must
be repaid by power customers within one year or less, from
the time funds are expended.

AND

MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy,
for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and
appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed
$1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944
(16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area,
$30,442,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $35,000,000 collected by the
Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control
Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited
to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling
expenditures.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0303–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 System operation and maintenance ..............................
00.03 Construction ...................................................................
00.04 Program direction ..........................................................

7
3
20

6
3
21

02.93

Direct program subtotal ............................................
Reimbursable program:

47
¥47

55
¥47

99
¥91

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
30
58.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................
17
Mandatory:
62.00
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ...................

8 ...................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

72.40
73.10
73.20

19
47
¥49

17
47
¥51

13
91
¥93

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93
86.97
86.98
87.00

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
40
36
80
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................
9
9
11
Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ...................
6 ...................
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... ...................
2
Total outlays (gross) .................................................

¥1
¥16

¥8
¥53

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................

¥17

¥61

89.00
90.00

OPERATION

24.40

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority .........................

89.00
90.00

21.40
22.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

30
32

38
34

30
32

The Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) operates in a six-State area as a marketing agent for hydroelectric power produced at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
dams. It also operates and maintains 1,380 miles of high
voltage transmission lines, 24 substations/switching stations,
associated power system control, and communication sites.
Southwestern constructs additions and modifications to its
existing facilities.
Southwestern markets and delivers its power at wholesale
rates primarily to publicly and cooperatively owned electric
distribution utilities. In compliance with statutory requirements, Southwestern’s power sales contracts provide for periodic rate adjustments to ensure that the Federal Government
recovers all costs of operations, other costs allocated to power,
and the capital investments in power facilities, with interest.
In addition, the Budget provides that the interest rate for
future obligations owed to the Treasury by all of the Power
Marketing Administrations for power-related investments be
set at the rate Governmental corporations borrow in the market, similar to the interest rates current law sets for BPA’s
borrowing from the U.S. Treasury. This new policy will be
applied to all power-related investments whose interest rates
are not specified in law.
Southwestern is also responsible for scheduling and dispatching power and negotiating power sales contracts to meet
changing customer load requirements.

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Program direction.—Provides compensation and all related
expenses for personnel who market, deliver, operate, and
maintain Southwestern’s high-voltage interconnected power
system and associated facilities.
Operations and maintenance.—Provides essential electrical
and communications equipment replacement and upgrades,
capitalized moveable equipment, technical services, and supplies and materials necessary for the safe, reliable operation
and cost effective maintenance of the power system.
Purchase power and wheeling.—Provides for the purchase
and delivery of energy to meet limited peaking power contractual obligations and transmission line losses resulting from
the delivery of power over the Federal system. Federal power
receipts and alternative financing methods, including net billing, bill crediting, and customer advances are used to fund
system purchased power support and other contractual services. Customers will provide other power resources and/or purchases for the remainder of their firm loads.
Construction.—Provides for replacement, addition, and
modification of existing infrastructure to sustain reliable delivery of power to its customers, to contain annual maintenance costs, and to improve overall efficiency.
Reimbursable program.—This activity involves services provided by Southwestern to others under various types of reimbursable arrangements.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0303–0–1–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

11.1
12.1
21.0
25.2
26.0
31.0

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ........
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
Other services ............................................................
Supplies and materials .............................................
Equipment .................................................................

14
3
1
7
1
4

16
3
1
7
1
2

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

30
17

30
61

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0303–0–1–271

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2007 est.

171

179

CONTINUING FUND, SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION
Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5649–0–2–271

01.00

2006 actual

2007 est.

Balance, start of year .................................................... ...................

2008 est.

01.99

Balance, start of year .................................................... ...................
1
1
Receipts:
02.20 Deposits from sale and transmission of electric energy, Southwestern Power Administration .................
63 ................... ...................
04.00

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Continuing fund, Southwestern Power Administration
07.99

Balance, end of year .....................................................

¥62 ................... ...................
1

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5649–0–2–271

2006 actual

62 ................... ...................
¥62 ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
60.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................

62 ................... ...................

72.40
73.10
73.20

2
19
19
62 ................... ...................
¥45 ................... ...................

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.97

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new mandatory authority .........................

45 ................... ...................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

62 ................... ...................
45 ................... ...................

A Continuing Fund of $300,000, replenished from receipts
from the sale and transmission of electric power in the southwestern area, is available permanently for emergency expenses necessary to ensure continuity of electric service and
continuous operation of the facilities and is available on an
ongoing basis for paying for purchase power and wheeling
expenses when the Administrator determines that such expenses are necessary to meet contractual obligations for the
sale and delivery of power during periods of below-average
generation (16 U.S.C. 825s–1 as amended further by Public
Law No. 101–101, Title III). The fund was last activated
during 2006 to finance power purchases associated with below
normal hydropower generation due to drought.
Consistent with sound business practices, the Budget proposes that all emergency funds provided to Southwestern
Power Administration through the Continuing Fund for the
purpose of purchasing power or wheeling services must be
repaid by power customers within one year or less, from the
time funds are expended.
f

For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other
related activities including conservation and renewable resources programs as authorized, including the operation, maintenance, and purchase through transfer, exchange, or sale of one helicopter for replacement only, and official reception and representation expenses in an
amount not to exceed $1,500; $201,030,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $191,094,000 shall be derived from the Department
of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That of the amount herein
appropriated, $7,167,000 is for deposit into the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Account pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided
further, That notwithstanding the provision of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up
to $258,702,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration
pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project
Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available
until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and
wheeling expenditures.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program activity ..................................................

62 ................... ...................

10.00

62 ................... ...................

Total new obligations (object class 25.2) ................

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

22.00
23.95

CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE,
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

2008 est.

179

381

Identification code 89–5068–0–2–271

Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Systems operation and maintenance ............................
00.04 Program direction ..........................................................
00.05 Utah mitigation and conservation fund ........................

2006 actual

46
126
7

2007 est.

44
137
7

2008 est.

40
139
7

382

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE,
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–5068–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.91
01.01
09.01

Total operating expenses ..........................................
Capital investment ........................................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

179
53
440

188
31
781

186
15
820

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

672

1,000

1,021

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

94
661

83
921

4
1,021

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

755
¥672

1,004
¥1,000

1,025
¥1,021

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................
40.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................
40.37
Appropriation temporarily reduced ............................

4
3
10
230
209
191
¥2 ................... ...................

43.00

232

212

201

426

601

820

58.00
58.10
58.90

62.00

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

72.40
73.10
73.20
74.00

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................

74.40

86.90
86.93
86.97
86.98
87.00

3 ................... ...................

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total discretionary) ..........................................
429
Mandatory:
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ...................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

601

820

108 ...................

661

921

1,021

133
672
¥600

202
1,000
¥945

257
1,021
¥1,086

¥3 ................... ...................
202

257

192

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
519
696
910
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................
81
200
117
Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ...................
49 ...................
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... ...................
59
Total outlays (gross) .................................................

600

945

1,086

¥62
¥364

¥115
¥486

¥207
¥613

88.90

¥426

¥601

¥820

88.95

89.00
90.00

¥3 ................... ...................

232
174

320
344

201
266

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) markets
electric power in 15 central and western States from federallyowned power plants operated primarily by the Bureau of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers, and the International
Boundary and Water Commission. Western operates and
maintains about 17,000 circuit-miles of high-voltage transmission line, more than 290 substations/switchyards, and associated power system control, communication and electrical
facilities for 15 separate power projects. Western also constructs additions and modifications to existing facilities.

In keeping with statutory requirements, Western’s longterm power contracts allow for periodic rate adjustments to
ensure that the Federal Government recovers costs of operation, other costs allocated to power, and the capital investment in power facilities, with interest. In addition, the Budget
provides that the interest rate for future obligations owed
to the Treasury by all of the Power Marketing Administrations for power-related investments be set at the rate Governmental corporations borrow in the market, similar to the interest rates current law sets for BPA’s borrowing from the
U.S. Treasury. This new policy will be applied to all powerrelated investments whose interest rates are not specified
in law.
Power is sold to wholesale customers such as municipalities,
cooperatives, irrigation districts, public utility districts, State
and Federal Government agencies, and private utilities. Receipts are deposited in the Reclamation Fund, the Falcon
and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, the General
Fund, the Colorado River Dam Fund and the Colorado River
Basins Power Marketing Fund.
Systems operation and maintenance.—Provides essential
electrical and communication equipment replacements, and
upgrades, capitalized moveable equipment, technical services,
and supplies and materials necessary for safe reliable operation and cost-effective maintenance of the power systems.
Purchase power and wheeling.—Provision is made for the
payment of wheeling fees and for the purchase of electricity
in connection with the disposal of power under contracts with
utility companies. Customers are encouraged to contract for
power and wheeling on their own, or use alternative funding
mechanisms, including customer advances, net billing and bill
crediting to finance these activities. Ongoing operating services are also available on a reimbursable basis up to $258.7
million.
System construction.—Western’s construction and rehabilitation activity emphasizes replacement and upgrades of existing infrastructure to sustain reliable power delivery to its
customers, to contain annual maintenance costs, and to improve overall operational efficiency. Western will continue to
participate in joint construction projects to encourage more
widespread transmission access.
Program direction.—Provides compensation and all related
expenses for the workforce that operates and maintains Western’s high-voltage interconnected transmission system (systems operation and maintenance program), and those that
plan, design, and supervise the construction of replacements,
upgrades and additions (system construction program) to the
transmission facilities.
Utah mitigation and conservation.—This account is primarily for environmental mitigation expenditures covering
fish and wildlife, and recreation resources impacted by the
Central Utah Project and the Colorado River Storage Project
(CRSP) in the State of Utah. Western sells and transmits
power from two projects in Utah. Western does not transmit
power from the Central Utah Project.
Reimbursable program.—This program involves services
provided by Western to others under various types of reimbursable arrangements.
Western will continue to spend out of the Colorado River
Dam Fund for operations and maintenance activities associated with the Boulder Canyon Project via a reimbursable
arrangement with the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River Dam Fund is a revolving fund
operated by the Bureau of Reclamation. Authority for Western
to obligate directly from the Colorado River Dam Fund comes
from section 104(a) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984.

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5068–0–2–271

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.3
25.2
25.3
26.0
31.0
32.0
41.0

2006 actual

383

Special and Trust Fund Receipts (in millions of dollars)
2007 est.

2008 est.

Identification code 89–5178–0–2–271

01.00
60
1
7

72
1
5

Total personnel compensation ..............................
68
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
19
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
4
Transportation of things ...........................................
2
Rental payments to GSA ...........................................
2
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
3
Other services ............................................................
46
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ................................................. ...................
Supplies and materials .............................................
15
Equipment .................................................................
23
Land and structures ..................................................
43
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................
7

78
18
3
2
2

78
18
5
3
2

4
38

2
6
18
22
7

2007 est.

2008 est.

Balance, start of year ....................................................
Receipts:
02.20 Falcon and Amistad operating and maintenance fund
receipts ......................................................................

04.00

¥3

01.99

4
36

1
15
21
30
7

2006 actual

Balance, start of year ....................................................

Total: Balances and collections ....................................
Appropriations:
05.00 Falcon and Amistad operating and maintenance fund
07.99

Balance, end of year .....................................................

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5178–0–2–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

672

1,000

1,021

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

3
¥3

72.40
73.10
73.20

2
3
¥3

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

2
1

87.00

Total new obligations ................................................

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

3
3

201
820

99.9

86.90
86.93

219
781

74.40

232
440

Total new obligations (object class 25.3) ................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.20
Appropriation (special fund) .....................................

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program activity ..................................................

10.00
99.0
99.0

00.01

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–5068–0–2–271

1001

2006 actual

Direct:
Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

1,085

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,060

1,081

EMERGENCY FUND, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–5069–0–2–271

2006 actual

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
24.40

89.00
90.00

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

1
1

2007 est.

2008 est.

1
1

A continuing fund of $500,000 maintained from receipts
from the sale and transmission of electric power is available
to defray expenses necessary to ensure continuity of service.
The fund was activated in 2007 to repair a transformer damaged by lightning at the Huron Substation in South Dakota.
Consistent with sound business practices, the Budget proposes that all emergency funds provided to Western Area
Power Administration through the Continuing Fund for the
purpose of purchasing power or wheeling services must be
repaid by power customers within one year or less, from the
time funds are expended.

Pursuant to section 423(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Western Area Power
Administration is requesting funding from the Falcon and
Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, to defray operations, maintenance, and emergency (O,M&E) expenses for
the hydroelectric facilities at Falcon and Amistad Dams on
the Rio Grande River. Most of these funds will be made
available to the United States Section of the International
Boundary and Water Commission through a reimbursable
agreement. $200,000 in the fund is for an emergency reserve
that will remain unobligated unless unanticipated expenses
arise. Revenues in excess of O,M&E will be paid to the General Fund to repay the costs of replacements and the original
investment with interest.
f

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND
FALCON

AND

AMISTAD OPERATING

AND

MAINTENANCE FUND

For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $2,500,000, to
remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon
and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area
Power Administration, as provided in section 423 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved for the Lower
Granite Dam fish trap, the Kootenai River White Sturgeon Hatchery,
hatchery production facilities to supplement Chinook salmon below
Chief Joseph Dam in Washington, Hood River Production Facility,
Klickitat production expansion, Mid-Columbia Coho restoration,
Yakama Coho restoration, the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery, Redfish
Lake Sockeye Captive Brood expansion, and, in addition, for official
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed
$1,500. During fiscal year 2008, no new direct loan obligations may
be made.

384

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008
88.95

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND—Continued
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Change in uncollected customer payments from
Federal sources (unexpired) ..................................

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

93.03
93.04

Memorandum (non-add) entries:
Obligated balance, start of year: Contract authority
Obligated balance, end of year: Contract authority

¥88 ................... ...................

¥511
¥917

40
¥9

¥101
¥93

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4045–0–3–271

Obligations by program activity:
09.02 Power business line .......................................................
09.03 Residential exchange .....................................................
09.05 Bureau of Reclamation ..................................................
09.06 Corps of Engineers ........................................................
09.07 Colville settlement .........................................................
09.10 U.S. Fish & Wildlife .......................................................
09.20 Planning council ............................................................
09.21 Fish and wildlife ............................................................
09.23 Transmission business line ...........................................
09.24 Conservation and energy efficiency ...............................
09.25 Interest ...........................................................................
09.26 Pension and health benefits .........................................

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,248
156
63
147
17
20
9
138
287
63
354
23

1,296
337
72
162
17
19
9
143
291
66
347
21

1,095
337
75
166
17
20
9
143
298
65
365
18

09.29
09.41
09.42
09.43
09.44
09.46
09.51

Total operating expenses ..........................................
Power business line .......................................................
Transmission services ....................................................
Fish and wildlife ............................................................
Capital equipment .........................................................
Conservation & energy efficiency ..................................
Projects funded in advance ...........................................

874
122
138
35
16
20
48

877
133
227
36
33
32
139

898
145
278
36
47
32
77

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

2,904

3,380

3,223

49
3,243

21.40
22.00
23.90
23.95
24.40

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

2,904
¥2,904

3,429
¥3,380

3,292
¥3,223

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Mandatory:
61.00
Transferred to other accounts ...................................
¥69 ................... ...................
62.00
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ...................
49 ...................
62.50
66.10
67.10
69.00
69.10
69.47
69.49

Appropriation (total mandatory) ...........................
Contract authority .....................................................
Authority to borrow ....................................................
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................
Change in uncollected customer payments from
Federal sources (unexpired) .............................
Portion applied to repay debt ...............................
Portion applied to liquidate contract authority

¥69
49 ...................
871 ................... ...................
270
305
601
3,327

3,389

3,344

88 ................... ...................
¥565
¥314
¥702
¥1,018 ................... ...................

69.90

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total mandatory) .............................................

1,832

3,075

2,642

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

2,904

3,429

3,243

72.40
73.10
73.20
74.00

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................

1,580
2,904
¥2,410

1,986
3,380
¥3,380

1,986
3,223
¥3,251

74.40

86.97
86.98
87.00

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

¥88 ................... ...................
1,986

1,986

1,958

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new mandatory authority .........................
2,410
3,380
Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... ...................

3,243
8

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

2,410

3,380

3,251

¥59
¥3,268

¥90
¥3,299

¥90
¥3,254

88.90

¥3,327

¥3,389

¥3,344

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................
Against gross budget authority only:

1,018
871 ...................
871 ................... ...................

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Federal electric
power marketing agency in the Pacific Northwest. BPA markets hydroelectric power from 21 multipurpose water resource
projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 10 projects
of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, plus some energy from
non-Federal generating projects in the region. These generating resources and BPA’s transmission system, consisting
of 15,000 circuit miles of high-voltage transmission lines and
238 substations, are operated as an integrated power system
with operating and financial results combined and reported
as the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). BPA
provides about forty percent of the region’s electric energy
supply and more than three-fourths of the region’s electric
power transmission capacity.
BPA is responsible for meeting the net firm power requirements of its requesting customers through a variety of means,
including energy conservation programs, acquisition of renewable and other resources, and power exchanges with utilities
both in and outside the region.
BPA will finance its operations on the basis of the selffinancing authority provided by Federal Columbia River
Transmission System Act of 1974 (Transmission Act) (Public
Law 93–454) and the borrowing authority provided by the
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation
Act (Pacific Northwest Power Act) (Public Law 96–501) for
energy conservation, renewable energy resources and capital
fish facilities. Authority to borrow from the U.S. Treasury
is available to the BPA on a permanent, indefinite basis.
The amount of borrowing outstanding at any time cannot
exceed $4.45 billion.
BPA finances its over $3.0 billion annual cost of operations
and investments primarily using power revenues and loans
from the U.S. Treasury. BPA has also started seeking nonfederal participation and joint financing and ownership of
its transmission system upgrades and other investments. BPA
will coordinate with the Secretary of Energy or his designee
on such alternative financing opportunities. BPA currently
estimates joint financing and ownership (lease-purchase excluding financing for Columbia Generating Station new investments) at $100 million in 2007, $49 million in 2008, $50
million in 2009, $50 million in 2010, $53 million in 2011,
and $60 million in 2012 for an estimated total of $362 million
during the period 2007 through 2012.
U.S. Treasury Borrowing Authority.—BPA markets its secondary electricity production to some customers both inside
and outside of the Pacific Northwest, such as California. In
recent years, BPA has produced substantial net secondary
revenue sales—in 2006, BPA’s net secondary market revenues
were in excess of $700 million, the highest amount ever. Due
to the volatility of energy prices, these secondary revenues
could be higher or lower, depending on a number of factors
including hydro variability.
It is the Administration’s position that it is sound business
practice to use a portion of these higher-than-historical net
secondary revenues to invest back into energy infrastructure
and to pay down debt. Infrastructure investments for critical
transmission pathways in the Pacific Northwest transmission
grid, for example, would alleviate congestion. Infrastructure
investments are needed now and will continue to be needed
in the future.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Beginning in the year 2008 and consistent with sound business practices required by the Transmission System Act of
1974, the budget provides that BPA will use any net secondary market revenues, in excess of $500 million per year,
to make advance amortization payments to the United States
Treasury on BPA’s bond obligations. These payments will be
made consistent with statutory priority of payment requirements. This administrative action will help to provide BPA
with needed financial flexibility to meet its future energy
investment needs, including investments in critical transmission facilities. Long-term power and transmission service
customers of BPA should benefit from these advance amortization payments both through lower long-term rates than
would otherwise be the case, and through improved and upgraded capital facilities. The budget reflects an estimate of
$646 million from 2008 to 2012 from these higher-than-historical net secondary revenues. The Administration encourages
a continued ongoing dialogue in the Pacific Northwest to address the manner in which this proposal will improve BPA’s
ability to meet its long-term capital investment needs with
minimal rate impact.
BPA currently has $6.5 billion in private, third-party liabilities (including liabilities related to Energy Northwest) payable in future years. BPA continues to pursue future debt
optimization efforts (refinancing) subject to Energy Northwest
approval and municipal bond market conditions. Estimates
of new BPA debt optimization applied to Treasury bond prepayment are $147 million in 2008 and $260 million over the
2008–2012 period. The combined total of BPA’s debt optimization efforts and Treasury prepayments from net secondary
revenues is estimated to reduce $906 million of treasury borrowing by 2012, which are counted towards BPA’s $4.45 billion borrowing authority limit.
Operating expenses: Transmission services business line.—
Provides funding from revenues for electric transmission research and development and program support of the capital
investment program described below for transmission services. Provides for operating about 15,000 miles of line and
238 substations, and for maintaining the facilities and equipment of the Bonneville transmission system in 2008.
Power Services.—Provides for the planning, contractual acquisition and oversight of reliable, cost effective resources.
These resources are needed to serve BPA’s portion of the
region’s forecasted net electric load requirements. This activity also includes protection, mitigation and enhancement of
fish and wildlife affected by hydroelectric facilities on the
Columbia River and its tributaries in accordance with the
Pacific Northwest Power Act. This activity provides for payment of the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of the
31 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation hydro projects, and amortization on the U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation capital investment in power generating facilities and irrigation assistance at Bureau facilities. This activity also provides for the planning, contractual acquisition and
oversight of reliable, cost effective conservation. It also provides for extending the benefits of low cost Federal power
to the residential and small farm customers of investor-owned
and publicly-owned utilities, in accordance with the Pacific
Northwest Power Act and for activities of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council required by the Pacific Northwest Power Act.
Interest.—Provides for payments to the U.S. Treasury for
interest on borrowings to finance BPA’s transmission services,
conservation, capital equipment, fish and wildlife, and associated projects capital programs under $4.45 billion of borrowing authority provided by the Transmission Act as amended by the Pacific Northwest Power Act and replenished by
Public Law 98–50 and Public Law 108–7. In implementing
its borrowing authority, Bonneville will encourage privatesector or other non-federal financing or joint financing of

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Federal Funds—Continued

385

transmission line expansions and additions, develop a fiveyear investment plan with the participation of the regional
Infrastructure Technical Review Committee or its successor
in the region, use funds only for authorized purposes, include
the proposed use of the funds in its annual budget submissions, and select projects based on cost effectiveness criteria
for achieving the objective. This category also includes interest on Corps of Engineers, BPA and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation appropriated debt.
Capital investments: Transmission Services.—Provides for
the planning, design and construction of transmission lines,
substation and control system additions, replacements, and
enhancements to the FCRPS transmission system for a reliable, efficient and cost-effective regional transmission system.
Provides for planning, design, and construction work to repair
or replace existing transmission lines, substations, control systems, and general facilities of the FCRPS transmission system.
Capital investments: Power Services.—Provides for direct
funding of additions, improvements, and replacements at existing Federal hydroelectric projects in the Northwest. It also
provides for capital investments to implement environmental
activities, and protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife
affected by hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia River and
its tributaries, in accordance with the Pacific Northwest
Power Act. This activity provides for the planning, contractual
acquisition and oversight of reliable, cost effective conservation.
Capital equipment/capitalized bond premium.—Provides for
capital information technologies, and office furniture and
equipment, and software capital development in support of
all BPA programs. It also provides for bond premiums incurred for refinancing of bonds.
Contingencies.—Although contingencies are not specifically
funded, the need may arise to provide for purchase of power
in low-water years; for repair and/or replacement of facilities
affected by natural and man-made emergencies, including the
resulting additional costs for contracting, construction, and
operation and maintenance work; for unavoidable increased
costs for the planned program due to necessary but unforeseen adjustments, including engineering and design changes,
contractor and other claims and relocations; or for payment
of a retrospective premium adjustment in excess nuclear property insurance.
Financing.—The Transmission Act provides for the use by
BPA of all receipts, collections, and recoveries in cash from
all sources, including the sale of bonds, to finance the annual
budget programs of BPA. These receipts result primarily from
the sale of power and transmission services. The Transmission Act also provides for authority to borrow from the
U.S. Treasury at rates comparable to borrowings at open market rates for similar issues. As amended by the Pacific Northwest Power Act and replenished by Public Law 98–50 and
Public Law 108–7, it allows for $4.45 billion of borrowing
to be outstanding at any time. The 2008 capital obligations
are estimated to be $542 million. To the extent BPA capital
borrowing authority is insufficient in 2008, BPA would use
cash reserves generated by revenues from customers, if available, to finance some of these investments.
In 2006, BPA made payments to the Treasury of $1.1 billion
and also expects to make payments of $773 million in 2007
and $1,090 million in 2008. The 2008 payment will be distributed as follows: interest on bonds and appropriations ($384
million), amortization ($685 million), and other ($21 million).
BPA also received credits totaling $71 million applied against
its Treasury payments in 2006 to reflect amounts diverted
to fish mitigation efforts in the Columbia and Snake River
systems.
Direct loans.—During 2008, no new direct loan obligations
may be made.

386

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND—Continued

Employment Summary

Operating results.—Total revenues are forecast at approximately $3.3 billion in 2008.
It should be noted that BPA’s revenue forecasts are based
on several critical assumptions about both the supply of and
demand for Federal energy. During the operating year, deviation from the conditions assumed in a rate case may result
in a variation in actual revenues of several hundred million
dollars from the forecast.
Consistent with Administration policy, BPA will continue
to fully recover, from the sale of electric power and transmission, funds sufficient to cover the full cost of Civil Service
Retirement System and Post-Retirement Health Benefits for
its employees. The entire cost of BPA employees working
under the Federal Employees Retirement System is already
fully recovered in wholesale electric power and transmission
rates.

Identification code 89–4045–0–3–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2,923

2007 est.

3,000

2008 est.

3,000

COLORADO RIVER BASINS POWER MARKETING FUND, WESTERN AREA
POWER ADMINISTRATION
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4452–0–3–271

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Program direction ..........................................................
09.02 Colorado River storage project ......................................
09.03 Fort Peck project ............................................................

39
125
10

41
156
24

42
166
24

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

174

221

232

21.40
22.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

69
192

87
221

87
232

Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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2006 actual

Reimbursable:
2001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

2008 est.

1210

Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding:
Outstanding, start of year .............................................

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

261
¥174

308
¥221

319
¥232

1290

Outstanding, end of year ..........................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4045–0–3–271

2005 actual

ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury .....................................................
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net ...........................................................................
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ........................................
Other Federal assets:
1802 Inventories and related properties .............................................
1803 Property, plant and equipment, net ..........................................
1901 Other assets .................................................................................
1999

2006 actual

548

1,104

5
292

14
371

72
3,993
12,991

69
3,892
14,047

17,901

19,497

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
Spending authority from offsetting collections:
58.00
Offsetting collections (cash) ................................
191
244
255
58.10
Change in uncollected customer payments from
Federal sources (unexpired) .............................
1 ................... ...................
58.27
Capital transfer to general fund .......................... ...................
¥23
¥23

58.90

Spending authority from offsetting collections
(total discretionary) ..........................................

192

221

232

27
174
¥173

27
221
¥221

27
232
¥232

97
14,144
5,252

2999

17,901

....................

17,901

19,497

86.90

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................

173

221

232

¥1
¥190

¥1
¥243

¥1
¥254

¥191

¥244

¥255

19,497

....................

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

88.90

71
13,523
4,294

Change in obligated balances:
Obligated balance, start of year ...................................
Total new obligations ....................................................
Total outlays (gross) ......................................................
Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................

74.40

Total assets ..................................................................................
LIABILITIES:
2102 Federal liabilities: Interest payable ............................................
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable .........................................................................
2203 Debt ...............................................................................................
2207 Other ..............................................................................................

72.40
73.10
73.20
74.00

Total liabilities .............................................................................
NET POSITION:
3999 Total net position ........................................................................
4999

Total liabilities and net position ...............................................

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4045–0–3–271

Reimbursable obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent ..................................................
11.5
Other personnel compensation ..................................

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

217
36

253
42

251
42

11.9
12.1
12.1
21.0
22.0
23.2
23.3
25.2
25.5
26.0
32.0
41.0
43.0

Total personnel compensation ..............................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Civilian personnel benefits ............................................
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Transportation of things ................................................
Rental payments to others ............................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Other services ................................................................
Research and development contracts ...........................
Supplies and materials .................................................
Land and structures ......................................................
Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................
Interest and dividends ...................................................

253
3
53
13
3
53
6
1,737
11
77
38
58
599

295
3
62
15
3
62
7
2,023
11
90
44
68
697

293
3
62
15
3
61
7
1,877
9
89
44
67
693

99.0

Reimbursable obligations ..........................................

2,904

3,380

3,223

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

2,904

3,380

3,223

88.95

89.00
90.00

¥1 ................... ...................

¥23
¥23

Western’s operation and maintenance (O&M) and power
marketing expenses for the Colorado River Storage Project,
the Colorado River Basin Project, the Seedskadee Project,
the Dolores Project and the Fort Peck Project are financed
from power revenues.
Program direction.—Western operates and maintains approximately 4,000 miles of transmission lines, substations,
switchyards, communications and control equipment associated with this Fund. The personnel compensation and related
expenses for all these activities are quantified under Program
Direction. Wholesale power is provided to utilities over interconnected high-voltage transmission systems. In keeping with
statutory requirements, long-term power contracts provide for

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

periodic rate adjustments to ensure that the Federal Government recovers all costs of O&M and all capital invested in
power, with interest.
Colorado River Storage project.—Western markets power
and operates and maintains the power transmission facilities
of the Colorado River Storage Project consisting of four major
storage units: Glen Canyon on the Colorado River, Flaming
Gorge on the Green River in Utah, Navajo on the San Juan
River in New Mexico, and the Wayne N. Aspinall unit on
the Gunnison River in Colorado.
Colorado River Basin project.—The Colorado River Basin
Project includes Western’s expenses associated with the Central Arizona Project and the United States entitlement from
the Navajo coal-fired powerplant. Revenues in excess of operating expenses are transferred to the Lower Colorado River
Basin Development Fund.
Fort Peck project.—Revenue collected by Western is used
to defray operation and maintenance and power marketing
expenses associated with the power generation and transmission facilities of the Fort Peck Project, Corps of Engineers—Civil, to defray emergency expenses, and to ensure
continuous operation. The Corps operates and maintains the
power generating facilities, and Western operates and maintains the transmission system and performs power marketing
functions.
Seedskadee project.—This activity includes Western’s expenses for O&M, power marketing, and transmission of hydroelectric power from Fontenelle Dam’s powerplant in southwestern Wyoming.
Dolores project.—This activity includes Western’s expenses
for O&M, power marketing, and transmission of hydroelectric
power from powerplants at McPhee Dam and Towaoc Canal
in southwestern Colorado.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4452–0–3–271

2005 actual

11.9
12.1
21.0
22.0
23.1
23.3
25.2
25.3

221

232

Employment Summary
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2006 actual

Reimbursable:
2001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

264

2007 est.

271

2008 est.

261

The Administration supports reclassification of receipts
from mandatory to discretionary (net zero appropriations) for
the annual operating expenses of Southeastern, Southwestern,
and Western Area Power Marketing Administrations. However, the Budget does not propose reclassification because
there was no agreement between the Administration and Congress to reclassify such receipts without legislative action.
The Administration will continue to pursue reclassfication of
receipts either through provisions in the congressional budget
resolution or through changes to the existing authorizing statute.
f

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary
for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception
and representation expenses not to exceed $35,000, $310,366,000, to
remain available until expended, plus such additional amounts as
necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work
for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act
(31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of
work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount,
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That moneys
received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to
total $161,818,000 in fiscal year 2008 may be retained and used
for operating expenses within this account, and may remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95–238,
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount
of miscellaneous revenues received during 2008, and any related appropriated receipt account balances remaining from prior years’ miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$148,548,000.

2
37

3
108
35

3
115
30

281

301

215

350

13
12
41

8
12
39

281

409

....................

–108

281

301

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0228–0–1–276

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

Reimbursable obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1
Full-time permanent ..................................................
11.5
Other personnel compensation ..................................

174

2
2
5
11

1
38

Total liabilities and net position ...............................................

Identification code 89–4452–0–3–271

Total new obligations ................................................

2
4
4
8

114

2999

4999

99.9

Supplies and materials .................................................
3
Equipment ......................................................................
2
Land and structures ......................................................
8
Interest and dividends ................................................... ...................

Total assets ..................................................................................
LIABILITIES:
2105 Federal liabilities: Other ..............................................................
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable .........................................................................
2203 Debt ...............................................................................................
2207 Other ..............................................................................................
Total liabilities .............................................................................
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations ...............................................

2006 actual

26.0
31.0
32.0
43.0

387

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

20
2

22
2

21
2

22
6
1
1
1
1
126

24
6
2
1
1
1
163

23
7
1
1
1
1
173

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Office of Policy and International Affairs .....................
16
20
19
00.03 Chief Information Officer ............................................... ................... ...................
12
00.04 Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
4
5
5
00.05 Office of Public Affairs ..................................................
3
4
4
00.07 General Counsel .............................................................
22
25
30
00.08 Office of the Secretary ...................................................
5
5
6
00.09 Board of Contract Appeals ............................................
1 ................... ...................
00.10 Economic impact and diversity .....................................
6
6
6
00.11 Competitive sourcing initiative ......................................
3
3
2
00.12 Chief Financial Officer ...................................................
35
37
40
00.13 Management ..................................................................
52
54
64
00.15 Human capital management .........................................
17
22
28
01.00
09.01

Total, direct program ................................................
Reimbursable program ..................................................

164
77

181
80

216
92

388

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued
Identification code 89–0228–0–1–276

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

2006 actual

241

2007 est.

2008 est.

261

308

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
23
35 ...................
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
252
227
311
Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations .......................................................................
1 ................... ...................
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts ...................
¥1 ...................
21.40
22.00
22.10

23.90
23.95

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

62.00

276
¥241

261
¥261

311
¥308

35 ...................

122
103
149
¥1 ................... ...................

Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................
121
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................
131
Mandatory:
Transferred from other accounts .............................. ...................
252

103

149

123

162

1 ...................

70.00

Total new budget authority (gross) ..........................

227

311

72.40
73.10
73.20
73.45

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

106

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

192
49

186
40

257
40

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

241

226

297

¥88
¥43

¥82
¥41

¥108
¥54

61
60
95
241
261
308
¥241
¥226
¥297
¥1 ................... ...................

88.90

Total, offsetting collections (cash) .......................

¥131

¥123

¥162

89.00
90.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................
Outlays ...........................................................................

121
110

104
103

149
135

Departmental Administration.—This account funds eleven
Department-wide management organizations under Administrative Operations. These organizations support headquarters
in human resources, administration, accounting, budgeting,
project management, information management, legal services,
life-cycle asset management, workforce diversity, minority
economic impact, policy and international affairs, Congressional and intergovernmental liaison, competitive sourcing
and public affairs. Funding for the Office of the Secretary
is provided separately from other administrative functions
within the Departmental Administration account.
Policy and International Affairs.—The Office of Policy and
International Affairs (PI) is the primary advisor to Departmental leadership on existing and prospective energy-related
policies. PI provides the Department and the U.S. Government with cross-cutting analysis of critical energy issues. PI
oversees the efforts of diverse elements in the Department
to ensure a unified voice on policy and international affairs.
PI also works closely with other Federal agencies, national
and international organizations and institutions, and the pri-

vate sector to coordinate short- and long-term energy policy,
rapidly respond to breaking energy events, oversee priority
budget allocations and maintain public outreach. The Office
represents the Department in interagency discussions on energy and related policy, addresses all aspects of U.S. energy
security, and has primary responsibility for the Department’s
international energy affairs, including energy policy, energy
emergency and national security, environmental issues, investment/trade activities, and technology cooperation. This includes negotiating and managing a variety of bilateral and
multilateral agreements with other countries and international agencies for cooperation in the research and development of energy and energy-related environmental technologies. PI leads the Department’s implementation of the
President’s National Energy Policy and coordinates efforts to
implement the NEP by Federal agencies. PI also coordinates
DOE initiatives on climate change technology, greenhouse gas
reduction reporting, and clean energy technology exports.
Chief Financial Officer.—The Office of the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) provides the Department with centralized oversight for a full range of financial management and program
evaluation services. The CFO leads implementation for the
President’s Management Agenda initiatives on Improved Financial Performance and Budget and Performance Integration. CFO financial activities include: budget formulation,
presentation and execution; oversight of DOE-wide internal
control; and development, maintenance and operation of DOE
financial management systems. Management activities include strategic planning and program evaluation.
Management (MA).—The Office of Management provides
DOE with centralized direction and oversight for the full
range of management, procurement and administrative services. MA coordinates the Department’s efforts to achieve the
goals of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) and leads
implementation of the PMA initiatives on Competitive
Sourcing and Federal Real Property Asset Management. Activities in the organization include project and contract management policy development and oversight, corporate oversight of the Department’s portfolio of facilities and infrastructure and the capital assets projects, procurement services to
DOE headquarters organizations, and management of headquarters facilities and the delivery of other services critical
to the proper functioning of the Department of Energy.
Human Capital Management (HCM).—This office provides
DOE with direction and oversight for the full range of human
capital management and administrative services. The Chief
Human Capital Officer (CHCO) and the Director of Human
Capital Management, who also serves as the Deputy Chief
Human Capital Officer (DCHCO), represent the Department
on inter-agency councils on a broad range of workforce and
human capital management issues. The Office of Human Capital Management performs functions which directly support
the mission of the Department, including; providing leadership and advice to the Department regarding the impact and
use of human resource management policies, proposals, programs, and partnership agreements; coordinating programs
and developing standards necessary to ensure that Departmental employees maintain the technical qualifications necessary to safely operate DOE facilities; and providing leadership and direction in dealings with Federal and non-Federal
organizations regarding the Department’s human resources
programs and policies.
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.—This office
is responsible for coordinating, directing, and promoting the
Secretary’s and the Department’s policies and legislative initiatives with the Congress, State, territorial, Tribal and local
government officials, and other Federal agencies. The office
is also responsible for managing and overseeing the Department’s liaison with members of Congress, the White House
and other levels of government and stakeholders which in-

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

cludes public interest groups representing state, local and
tribal governments.
Public Affairs.—This office is responsible for directing and
managing the Department’s policies and initiatives with the
public, news media and other stakeholders on energy issues
and also serves as the Department’s chief spokesperson. The
office manages and oversees all public affairs efforts, which
includes public information, press and media services, the
departmental newsletter, DOE This Month, speech writing,
special projects, editorial services, and review of proposed
publications and audiovisuals.
General Counsel.—The Office of the General Counsel (GC)
is responsible for providing legal services to all Department
of Energy offices, and for determining the Department’s authoritative position on any question of law with respect to
all Department offices and programs, except for those belonging exclusively to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
GC’s responsibilities include the provision of legal opinions,
advice and services to administrative and program offices,
and participation in or management of both administrative
and judicial litigation. The office is responsible for the coordination and clearance of proposed legislation affecting energy
policy and Department activities. The General Counsel serves
as the Department’s Regulatory Policy Officer under Executive Order 12866, and is responsible for ensuring consistency
and legal sufficiency of the Department’s regulations. GC administers and monitors standards of conduct requirements,
conducts patent program and intellectual property activities,
manages the Department’s Alternative Dispute Resolution
Program, and coordinates rulemaking actions of the Department with other federal agencies. As a part of a recent Departmental reorganization, GC now also includes the Office
of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Compliance, which provides independent technical and policy reviews
to ensure that proposed Department actions comply with the
NEPA and related environmental requirements. This office
also serves as the focal point of the Department’s NEPA expertise, develops NEPA compliance strategies, coordinates
with other agencies on key policy matters, and prepares guidance and provides technical assistance to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DOE’S implementation of the
NEPA process.
Office of the Secretary.—Directs and leads the management
of the Department and provides policy guidance to line and
staff organizations in the accomplishment of DOE’s mission.
Board of Contract Appeals.—DOE is not requesting 2008
funding for Board of Contract Appeals (BCA) as this office
transferred to the General Service Administration on January
6, 2007, pursuant to Section 847 of the 2006 National Defense
Authorization Act.
Economic Impact and Diversity.—This office is responsible
for advising the Secretary on the effects of the Department’s
policies, regulations and actions on underrepresented population groups, small and minority business enterprises, and
minority educational institutions. Additionally, the office is
responsible for implementing the Department’s Civil Rights
and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) processes and
policies, including the Department’s whistleblower initiative.
The office develops and executes Department-wide policies
to implement applicable legislation and Executive Orders that
strengthen diversity within the Department and its contractors in all areas of hiring and contracting.
Competitive sourcing initiative.—This initiative funds complex-wide competitive sourcing costs including contractor support for feasibility and functional area studies, and implementation costs.
Cost of work for others.—This activity covers the cost of
work performed under orders placed with the Department
by non-DOE entities which are precluded by law from making
advance payments and certain revenue programs. Reimburse-

389

ment for these costs is made through deposits of offsetting
collections to this account.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0228–0–1–276

11.1
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.1
21.0
23.3
24.0
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.6
26.0
31.0

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

80
6
4

89
7
4

105
8
5

Total personnel compensation ..............................
90
Civilian personnel benefits .......................................
20
Travel and transportation of persons .......................
3
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous
charges .................................................................
1
Printing and reproduction .........................................
1
Advisory and assistance services .............................
13
Other services ............................................................
8
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................
4
Operation and maintenance of facilities ..................
22
Medical care ..............................................................
1
Supplies and materials .............................................
1
Equipment ................................................................. ...................

100
22
3

118
26
5

1
1
14
9

1
1
16
11

5
23
1
1
1

6
28
1
2
1

99.0
99.0

Direct obligations ..................................................
Reimbursable obligations ..............................................

164
77

181
80

216
92

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

241

261

308

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0228–0–1–276

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

879

2007 est.

2008 est.

1,211

1,215

OFFICE

OF THE

INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $47,732,000, to remain available until expended.
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–0236–0–1–276

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

00.01

Obligations by program activity:
Direct program activity ..................................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

22.00
23.95

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
New budget authority (gross) ........................................
Total new obligations ....................................................

42
¥42

48
¥48

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ................... ................... ...................

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
40.00
Appropriation .............................................................

72.40
73.10
73.20

8
42
¥43

7
42
¥42

7
48
¥47

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

38
5

36
6

41
6

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

89.00

Net budget authority and outlays:
Budget authority ............................................................

390

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued
Federal Funds—Continued

OFFICE

OF THE

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

21.40
22.00

Identification code 89–0236–0–1–276

2006 actual

Outlays ...........................................................................

2007 est.

2008 est.

This appropriation provides Department-wide, including the
National Nuclear Security Administration, audit, inspection,
and investigative functions to identify and correct management and administrative deficiencies which create conditions
for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, abuse and
violations of law. The audit function provides financial and
performance audits of programs and operations. The inspection function provides independent inspections and analyses
of the performance, on a system basis, of programs and operations. The investigative function provides for the detection
and investigation of improper and illegal activities involving
programs, personnel, and operations. Through these efforts
the OIG identifies opportunities for cost savings and operational efficiencies; identifies programs that are not meeting
performance expectations; recovers monies to the Department
and the Treasury as a result of civil and criminal prosecutions; and, identifies ways to make Departmental programs
safer and more secure.

Identification code 89–0236–0–1–276

99.9

23
120

Total budgetary resources available for obligation
Total new obligations ....................................................

127
¥104

143
¥120

24.40

Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year

New budget authority (gross), detail:
Discretionary:
58.00
Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .....................................

103

120

72.40
73.10
73.20

41
104
¥103

42
120
¥119

43
120
¥120

74.40

Obligated balance, end of year ................................

86.90
86.93

Outlays (gross), detail:
Outlays from new discretionary authority .....................
Outlays from discretionary balances .............................

98
5

115
4

115
5

87.00

Total outlays (gross) .................................................

103

119

120

Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00
Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources

¥103

¥120

89.00
90.00

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

11.1
21.0
25.2
25.3

24
103

23.90
23.95

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued

90.00

Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year
New budget authority (gross) ........................................

INSPECTOR GENERAL—Continued

2006 actual

Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .............
Travel and transportation of persons ............................
Other services ................................................................
Other purchases of goods and services from Government accounts ...........................................................

2007 est.

2008 est.

29
2
8

33
2
10

Total new obligations ................................................

Employment Summary
Identification code 89–0236–0–1–276

2006 actual

Direct:
1001 Civilian full-time equivalent employment .....................

260

2007 est.

2008 est.

279

The Department’s Working Capital Fund (WCF) provides
the following common administrative services: rent and building operations, telecommunications, network connectivity,
automated office systems including the Standard Accounting
and Reporting System, payroll and personnel processing, supplies, printing, copying, mail, training services, project management career development program, procurement management, External Independent Reviews and controls for financial reporting. Establishment of the WCF has helped the Department reduce waste and improve efficiency by expanding
customer’s choice of the amount, quality and source of administrative services.

279

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
f
Identification code 89–4563–0–4–276

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Payroll and other personnel ...........................................
5
09.02 Project management career development program ......
1
Administrative services:
09.10
Supplies .....................................................................
3
09.11
Postage ......................................................................
2
09.12
Photocopying ..............................................................
2
09.13
Printing and graphics ...............................................
3
09.14
Building rental, operations & maintenance .............
68
09.15
STARS ........................................................................
3
09.16
External independent reviews ................................... ...................
09.17
Internal control .......................................................... ...................

5
1

3
2
2
3
68
3
11
5

3
2
3
3
71
3
7
5

09.19

09.20
09.21
09.22
09.29

Total, Administrative services ..............................
Information management systems & operations:
Telecommunication ....................................................
Office automation equipment and support ..............
Networking .................................................................

09.30

Total, Information management systems and operations .............................................................
Procurement services:
Contract closeout ......................................................

10.00

Total new obligations ................................................

81
9
1
6

2007 est.

2008 est.

23.1
23.3
24.0
25.2
26.0

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
Identification code 89–4563–0–4–276

2006 actual

9
9
1 ...................
6
7

104

120

Reimbursable obligations:
Rental payments to GSA ................................................
Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges
Printing and reproduction ..............................................
Other services ................................................................
Supplies and materials .................................................

44
14
3
42
1

68
9
6
34
3

71
9
6
31
3

99.9

Total new obligations ................................................

104

120

GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
(in millions of dollars)
2006 actual

2007 est.

2008 est.

Offsetting receipts from the public:
89–089400 Fees and recoveries, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ..............................................................
50
19
17
89–223000 Oil and gas sale proceeds at NPRs. ...............
9
7
9
89–223100 Privatization of Elk Hills .................................. ................... ................... ...................
89–223400 Sale of strategic petroleum reserve oil ...........
620 ................... ...................
89–224500 Sale and transmission of electric energy, Falcon Dam .............................................................................
3
2
2
89–224700 Sale and transmission of electric energy,
Southwestern Power Administration ...................................
12
109
84
89–224800 Sale and transmission of electric energy,
Southeastern Power Administration ...................................
127
162
167
89–224900 Sale of power and other utilities, not otherwise classified ....................................................................
¥13
30
30

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Federal Funds—Continued

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
89–288900 Repayments on miscellaneous recoverable
costs, not otherwise classified ..........................................
89–322000 All other general fund proprietary receipts
including budget clearing accounts ..................................
General Fund Offsetting receipts from the public .....................

35
868

65
415

65
392

Intragovernmental payments: ......................................................
89–388500 Undistributed intragovernmental payments
and receivables from cancelled accounts .........................

General Fund Intragovernmental payments ................................

GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. (a)(1) None of the funds in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 or any previous fiscal year may be
used to make payments for a noncompetitive management and operating contract unless the Secretary of Energy has published in the
Federal Register and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a written notification,
with respect to each such contract, of the Secretary’s decision to use
competitive procedures for the award of the contract, or to not renew
the contract, when the term of the contract expires.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an extension for up to 2 years
of a noncompetitive management and operating contract, if the extension is for cpurposes of allowing time to award competitively a new
contract, to provide continuity of service between contracts, or to complete a contract that will not be renewed.
(b) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘noncompetitive management and operating contract’’
means a contract that was awarded more than 50 years ago without
competition for the management and operation of Ames Laboratory,
Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos
National Laboratory.
(2) The term ‘‘competitive procedures’’ has the meaning provided
in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 403) and includes procedures described in section 303 of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 253) other than a procedure that solicits a proposal from
only one source.
(c) For all management and operating contracts other than those
listed in subsection (b)(1), none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be used to award a management and operating contract,
or award a significant extension or expansion to an existing management and operating contract, unless such contract is awarded using
competitive procedures or the Secretary of Energy grants, on a caseby-case basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary
may not delegate the authority to grant such a waiver. At least 60
days before a contract award for which the Secretary intends to grant
such a waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report
notifying the Committees of the waiver and setting forth, in specificity,
the substantive reasons why the Secretary believes the requirement
for competition should be waived for this particular award.
SEC. 302. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to—
(1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that covers employees of the Department of Energy; or
(2) provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits for
employees of the Department of Energy, under section 3161 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public
Law 102–484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
SEC. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to augment the funds made available for obligation by this Act for
severance payments and other benefits and community assistance
grants under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h) unless
the Department of Energy submits notice thereof to the appropriate
congressional committees.

391

SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for a program
if the program has not been funded by Congress.
SEC. 305. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided
for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available
balances may be merged with funds in the applicable established
accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the
same time period as originally enacted.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this or any other Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration may be used to enter
into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the
legally defined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services provided internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such
services are not available from private sector businesses.
SEC. 307. When the Department of Energy makes a user facility
available to universities or other potential users, or seeks input from
universities or other potential users regarding significant characteristics or equipment in a user facility or a proposed user facility, the
Department shall ensure broad public notice of such availability or
such need for input to universities and other potential users. When
the Department of Energy considers the participation of a university
or other potential user as a formal partner in the establishment or
operation of a user facility, the Department shall employ full and
open competition in selecting such a partner. For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘user facility’’ includes, but is not limited to: (1)
a user facility as described in section 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security
Administration Defense Programs Technology Deployment Center/
User Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility designated by
the Department as a user facility.
SEC. 308. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities
are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414)
during fiscal year 2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 309. Sales of Uranium.—(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of Federal law, including section 3112 of the USEC
Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–2) and section 3302 of title 31,
United States Code, the Secretary of Energy is authorized to barter,
transfer or sell uranium (including natural uranium concentrates,
natural uranium hexafluoride, depleted uranium or uranium in any
form or assay) and to use any proceeds, without fiscal year limitation,
to remediate uranium inventories held by the Secretary.
(b) Additional Requirements.—Any barter, transfer or sale of uranium under subsection (a) shall reflect fair market value and shall
not exceed 10 percent of the total annual fuel requirements of all
licensed nuclear power plants located in the United States for uranium
concentrates, uranium conversation, or uranium enrichment.
SEC. 310. Section 312 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub. L. 108–137), is amended as follows:
(1) In the first sentence by inserting between ‘‘the material’’ and
‘‘in the concrete silos’’, the words ‘‘formerly stored’’; and by inserting
before the period: ‘‘when such material is disposed at an Nuclear
Regulatory Commission-regulated or Agreement State-regulated facility’’; and
(2) In the second sentence, striking ‘‘for the purpose’’ and everything
that follows, and inserting: ‘‘after the material has been disposed
at an NRC-regulated or Agreement State-regulated facility. The provisions of this section are intended to apply only to materials being
disposed at NRC-regulated or Agreement State-regulated facilities and
shall not preclude the materials from otherwise being disposed at
facilities operated by the Department of Energy so long as the materials meet the disposal facility’s waste acceptance criteria.’’
Note.—A regular 2007 appropriation for this account had not been enacted at the time
the budget was prepared; therefore, this account is operating under a continuing resolution
(P.L. 109–289, Division B, as amended). The amounts included for 2007 in this budget
reflect the levels provided by the continuing resolution.