Earmark - Wind Energy Transmission Study

Agency:		Department of Energy
Bureau:		Power Marketing Administration
Account:		Construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance, Western (89-5068)
Certifying Official:		Director
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOE.GOV 202-586-4940

Wind Energy Transmission Study

1 recipient will receive $496,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: PMA-2

Description: Transmission industry study

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Western Area Power Administration, Upper Great Plains Region	$496	PMA - Western	Federal	2900 4th Avenue North, 6th Floor Billings, MT

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: H.R. 4818, Report 108-792

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: $500K provided on a non-reimbursable basis for transmission study on placement of 500 MW of wind energy in North Dakota and South Dakota. (Rpt. p. 963)

Citation Comment: In FY 2005, all EWD funding was reduced by an across-the-board rescission of 0.8% (P.L. 108-447).

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007