Additional Information Concerning Irrigation Project Costs and Pricing Federal Power

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the current basis the Department of Energy's Power Marketing Administrations (PMA) use to price federal electric power and transmission services, specifically: (1) a list of irrigation assistance projects, their costs, and their construction status; and (2) the current PMA practice of repaying irrigation assistance costs on or near the end of the repayment period versus making annual payments over the entire repayment period.