Energy Commission Budget For the 1997-98 Fiscal Year
| $45.7 million |
Public Interest Renewable Energy Fund |
| $25.8 million |
Public Interest RD&D Funds |
| $33.2 million |
ERPA Funds |
| $6.5 million |
Federal Funds |
| $1.6 million |
Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) Funds |
|
|
| $122.2 million |
1997-98 Fiscal Year Total Funding |
There are 468.4 authorized staff positions. Total support funding is
$41.1 million consisting of $28.8 million for personal services, $6.4
million for contracts, and $5.9 million for other operating expenses.
Special items or pass through funding is $77.9 million, and local
assistance (pass through) funding is $3.2 million.
Diesel Emission Reduction Funds (DERF) - proposed
expenditure level is $306,000. These are support funds for three
existing staff and $100,000 for contracts.
Energy Resources Program Account (ERPA) Funds - proposed
expenditure level is $33,273,000 which includes $300,000 for a study on
the gasoline additive MTBE. ERPA is the primary funding source for
Energy Commission staff, contract, operating expenses, and also funds
Export Program grants.
Energy Technologies Advancement Program (ETAP) Funds -
proposed expenditure level is $400,000 for the Small Business Loan
Program. Also available is $369,000 in carryover funds for the ETAP
program. Language is included in the Budget Bill to allow for a two
year encumbrance period for the Small Business Loan Program to 6/30/99
and a liquidation period to 6/30/01.
Federal Funds - proposed expenditure level is $6,483,000.
This includes $1,969,000 in staff support and contracts for the State
Energy Program/Institutional Conservation Program and $4,514,000 for
anticipated federal awards for various Commission programs.
Geothermal Resources Development Account (GRDA) Funds -
proposed expenditure level is $293,000 for 4.6 staff and $3,200,000 for
local assistance. Language is included in the Budget Bill to allow for
a two year encumbrance period to 6/30/99 and a liquidation period to
6/30/01.
Katz Safe School Bus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program
(AB 35) Funds - proposed expenditure level is $656,000. These are
support funds for 10 existing staff.
Motor Vehicle Account (MVA) Funds - proposed expenditure
level is $119,000. These are support funds for approximately two
existing staff.
Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) Funds - proposed
expenditure level is $1,560,000 for 25 existing staff. $4,895,000 in
PVEA Budget Change Proposals were removed from the Budget Bill, to be
addressed in the member's requests PVEA bill.
Public Interest Renewable Resources Fund - proposed
expenditure level is $45,733,000. These are exclusively pass through
funds and represent 5/12 of total annual funding expected for the
program.
Public Interest Research, Development and Demonstration Programs
Fund - proposed expenditure level is $1,170,000 for seven additional
staff and baseline contracts and $24,580,000 for pass through funds.
Total proposed expenditure level of $25,750,000 represents 5/12 of
annual funding expected for the program.
Extension Language -
Encumbrance period - proposed extension of the encumbrance period
for ETAP funds (Budget Act of 1995) and Katz School bus funds (Budget
Act of 1995) to 6/30/98.
Liquidation period - proposed extension of the liquidation period
for Energy Conservation Assistance Act funds (Chapter 1212, Statutes of
1994), ERPA Export Program funds (Budget Act of 1994), and GRDA funds
(Budget Act of 1993) to 6/30/98.
Liquidation period - proposed extension of the liquidation period
for PVEA Technology Development funds (Budget Act of 1992) to
6/30/2000.
Liquidation period - proposed extension of the liquidation period
for ETAP funds (Budget Act of 1995) to 6/30/2001.