Sec. 4405. Western Area Power Administration pilot project
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The Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) shall establish a pilot project, as part of the continuous process improvement program and to provide increased transparency for customers, to publish on a publicly available website of the Western Area Power Administration, a searchable database of the following information, beginning with fiscal year 2008, relating to the Western Area Power Administration: By power system, rates charged to customers for power and transmission service.
By power system, the amount of capacity or energy sold. By region, a detailed accounting of the allocation of budget authority, including— overhead costs; the number of contractors; and the number of full-time equivalents. For the corporate services office, a detailed accounting of the allocation of budget authority, including— overhead costs; the number of contractors; the number of full-time equivalents; and expenses charged to other Federal agencies or programs for the administration of programs not related to the marketing, transmission, or wheeling of Federal hydropower resources, including— overhead costs; the number of contractors; and the number of full-time equivalents.
Capital expenditures, including— capital investments delineated by the year in which each investment is placed into service; and the sources of capital for each investment. Not less than once each year for the duration of the pilot project under this section, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that— describes the annual estimated avoided costs and the savings as a result of the pilot project under this section; and includes a certification from the Administrator that— the rates for each power system do not recover costs and expenses recovered by other power systems; and each expense allocated by the corporate services office to an individual power system is only recovered once.
The pilot project under this section shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.