Case No. RF302-00020
October 3, 1997
DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Application for Refund
Name of Case: State Escrow Distribution
Date of Filing: September 22, 1997
Case Number: RF302-20
The total amount of oil overcharge funds in escrow under the supervision of the Department of Energy and available for distribution to the State Governments is now in excess of $10 million. Thus, sufficient funds are now in this account to warrant a distribution.
Distributions of oil overcharge funds are made to the 50 States and six districts, commonwealths, and territories and possessions of the United States. The amount available for distribution is $23,500,000. Of that amount, $16.3 million was obtained from the second of five yearly payments being made under a consent order with Occidental Petroleum Corporation. See 60 Fed. Reg. 43,130 (1995); 60 Fed. Reg. 35,186 (1995). Each jurisdiction will receive an amount equal to the product of that amount multiplied by the ratio established for that jurisdiction in Exhibit H of the Final Settlement Agreement approved in In Re: The Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, 6 Fed. Energy Guidelines ¶ 90,509 (July 7, 1986). A copy of that Exhibit is attached as an Appendix to this Decision.
It Is Therefore Ordered That:
The Director of Special Accounts and Payroll, Office of Departmental Accounting and Financial Systems Development, Office of the Controller of the Department of Energy, shall take all steps necessary to disburse $23,500,000 from the subaccount entitled "Crude Tracking-States," Number 999DOE003W, of the escrow account maintained at the Department of the Treasury for this purpose. Each State of the United States, plus the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States, shall receive a share of the total amount disbursed. Each share shall be calculated by multiplying the total amount disbursed by the ratio established for the jurisdiction in Exhibit H of the Stripper Well Settlement Agreement. Each transfer of funds shall be made pursuant to the wire transfer or other instructions previously submitted to the Department of Energy by each jurisdiction.
George B. Breznay
Director
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Date: October 3, 1997
Appendix
State Escrow Distribution
Calculation of Ratios for Distribution
To States and Territories - M.D.L. 378
State
Consumption
Ratio
State
Consumption
Ratio
ALABAMA
626,803,520
0.01534512450
NEBRASKA
301,217,700
0.00737427752
ALASKA
158,047,980
0.00386926023
NEVADA
165,454,200
0.00405057600
AMER.SAMOA
7,275,000
0.00017810331
NEW HAMP
190,454,200
0.00466068401
ARIZONA
418,994,930
0.01025764719
NEW JERSEY
1,507,862,710
0.03691482302
ARKANSAS
519,811,670
0.01272579770
NEW MEXICO
267,574,460
0.00655063871
CALIFORNIA
3,739,318,300
0.09154432453
NEW YORK
3,162,994,520
0.07743502253
COLORADO
439,201,380
0.01075233249
N MARI IS
3,763,000
0.00009212409
CONNECTICUT
693,689,220
0.01698259040
N CAROLINA
916,800,700
0.02244470625
DELAWARE
193,932,730
0.00474777469
N DAKOTA
149,717,090
0.00366530709
DIST OF COL
97,574,660
0.00238877935
OHIO
1,534,904,170
0.03757684000
FLORIDA
1,887,260,600
0.04620307312
OKLAHOMA
504,488,400
0.01235066023
GEORGIA
909,619,880
0.02226890861
OREGON
404,894,790
0.00991245384
GUAM
60,196,000
0.00147369165
PENNSYLVANIA
1,901,863,900
0.04656058461
HAWAII
280,655,260
0.00687087703
PUERTO RICO
389,132,000
0.00952655624
IDAHO
167,643,790
0.00410418057
RHODE ISLAND
161,953,570
0.00396487514
ILLINOIS
1,876,159,080
0.04593129065
S CAROLINA
486,978,850
0.01192199923
INDIANA
1,006,156,560
0.02463227660
S DAKOTA
146,053,670
0.00357562087
IOWA
532,229,530
0.01302980621
TENNESSEE
660,920,850
0.01618036977
KANSAS
457,905,310
0.01121023378
TEXAS
3,013,545,120
0.07377626891
KENTUCKY
523,601,010
0.01281856663
UTAH
240,978,330
0.00589952410
LOUISIANA
971,591,210
0.02378606310
VERMONT
97,762,860
0.00239338678
MAINE
300,279,730
0.00735131456
VIRGIN IS
188,953,000
0.00462586316
MARYLAND
731,363,020
0.01790490359
VIRGINIA
1,048,324,650
0.02566461699
MASS.
1,398,309,100
0.03423278036
WASHINGTON
623,786,920
0.01527127344
MICHIGAN
1,391,772,090
0.03407274419
WEST VA
244,121,480
0.00597647330
MINNESOTA
708,814,590
0.01735288297
WISCONSIN
718,698,070
0.01759484593
MISS
557,786,510
0.01365548081
WYOMING
166,569,650
0.00407788395
MISSOURI
806,514,320
0.01974472423
MONTANA
184,882,510
0.00452621123
TOTALS
40,847,079,480
1.00000000000