Abstract: . . .  Connelly, Charlie Cotton, Philip Farah, Scott Farrow, Richard Johnson, Chester Joy, Joseph Kile, Frank Kovalak, Penny Pickett, Carol Herrnstadt Shulman, Donna Weiss, Arvin Wu, and James Yeager made key contributions to this report. (141460) Page 154 GAO-03-383 FERC Charges for Federal Lands GAO’s Mission The General Accounting Office, the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance . . .
. . .  are discounted 25 percent. Orders should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office 441 G Street NW, Room LM Washington, D.C. 20548 To order by Phone: Voice: (202) 512-6000 TDD: (202) 512-2537 Fax: (202) 512-6061 To Report Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Programs Public Affairs Contact: Web site: www.gao.gov/fraudnet/fraudnet.htm E-mail: fraudnet@gao.gov Automated answering system: (800) 424-5454 or (202) 512-7470 Jeff Nelligan, Managing Director, NelliganJ@gao.gov (202) 512-4800 U.S. General . . .
. . .  considered or undergone significant change in restructuring their electricity markets since FERC issued its annual charge regulations in 1987.8 In addition, as our report states, FERC’s current policy is to encourage greater competition in all wholesale energy markets. Given the amount of change in electricity markets that has occurred and the potential for additional change, we believe that it is time for FERC to reassess its current annual charge system so that, among other things, it reflects the . . .
. . .  volatility. In the past, FERC has approved annual charges for tribal lands that (1) were based on a long-term analysis of the value for the use of the land and Page 96 GAO-03-383 FERC Charges for Federal Lands Appendix III Comments from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2) were a fixed amount so that licensees could plan and budget for them. 7. We disagree that our presentation of issues regarding the databases supporting FERC’s annual charge program is “misleading.” Even though these databases . . .
. . .  Charlie Cotton, Philip Farah, Scott Farrow, Richard Johnson, Chester Joy, Joseph Kile, Frank Kovalak, Penny Pickett, Carol Herrnstadt Shulman, Donna Weiss, Arvin Wu, and James Yeager made key contributions to this report. (141460) Page 154 GAO-03-383 FERC Charges for Federal Lands GAO’s Mission The General Accounting Office, the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability . . .
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