Concern Over Efforts To Put in Place a Permanent Facility for Solar Energy Research Institute
EMD-81-68
Published: Apr 27, 1981. Publicly Released: Apr 27, 1981.
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GAO reviewed Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to put in place a planned permanent facility for the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) in Golden, Colorado.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Energy | The Secretary of Energy should defer related design and construction until such efforts are justified. |
Closed
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| Department of Energy | The Secretary of Energy should monitor the Office of Field Operations and International Programs' assessment of the role and mission of SERI to ensure that it is done in a timely manner and results in a clear definition of the SERI role in the national solar program. |
Closed
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| Department of Energy | The Secretary of Energy should identify, to the extent practicable, the research development and demonstration and administrative requirements for the facility over its estimated useful life and incorporate those requirements in a long range plan for the facility's use. |
Closed
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| Department of Energy | The Secretary of Energy should give high priority to ensuring the justification is prepared and approved in a timely manner, taking into consideration the inadequacies of the leased facilities presently being used for carrying out the SERI activities and any advantage that an early commitment to such construction may offer in meeting Colorado's deadline and other requirements for transferring title to the land on which the facility is to be located. |
Closed
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