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Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan for Rock Creek Reserve

Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River Research Project

As you recently noted in both testimony before the Congress and in public statements, the United States is facing the most serious energy supply situation since the 1970s. And, current forecasts suggest that the demand for energy is increasing. As one of the largest energy consumers in the United States, the Federal Government has established several programs to reduce demand, specifically, by moderating energy consumption in Federal buildings. Private financing of energy improvements through what are referred to as Super Energy Savings Performance Contracts (super ESPCs) is one such mechanism. Under super ESPCs, energy service contractors use private financing to make energy-savings improvements in Federal facilities. As compensation for their investment, they receive a share of the cost savings. Thus, super ESPCs represent a way to achieve Federal sector energy savings at no capital cost to the Government.

Department of Energy's Super Energy Savings Performance Contracts

General Accounting Office's (GAO) Report - The Role of Ombudsmen in Dispute Resolution, April 2001

Vegetation Management on Big Eddy-Ostrander Transmission Line Corridor from Structure 27/3 to 93/3+100 (March 2001)

Draft Supplemental EIS, DOE/EIS-0082-S2 (March 2001) for Savannah River Site Salt Processing Alternatives.

Transmission System Vegetation Management Program

Transmission System Vegetation Management Program

The average age of facilities at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is 27 years and some of the facilities are more than 50 years old. Even though the facilities are aging, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Idaho Operations Office (Idaho) goal is to maintain its facilities in a safe and reliable state and to maximize their useful life. To achieve its goal, Idaho spent an estimated $72 million on a combination of preventive and corrective maintenance in Fiscal Year 1999. The objective of our audit was to determine whether Idaho maintained facilities in a safe and economical manner. Plan"}