Because of the unique and high profile environment within which the Office operates, employees must possess a combination of technical and communications skills in order to be effective and productive in supporting the activities of the Congress. Employees must have sufficient technical skills to operate and maintain the equipment the Office is responsible for, and they must have sufficient communications skills to perform their work within the Congressional community in an expedient and appropriate manner. These funds are requested to enable the Office to continue its efforts to permit all employees to be trained in their legal rights and responsibilities, as well as to maintain and improve their work performance efficiency. Fuel: Coal increased from $3,217,800 to $3,500,000. In a continuing effort to comply with the regulation for particulate and gaseous emissions established by the various environmental agencies, and at the same time exercise responsibility for national energy concerns, we utilize coal, whenever possible, as the basic fuel to produce steam necessary for heating the various buildings supplied with such service by the plant and in providing hot water and other process operations. As the Committee has been advised in previous years, coal is purchased through the Federal Bureau of Supply, General Services Administration, under authority of Public Law 152, 81st Congress, as amended. For fiscal year 1995, an allotment of $3,500,000 is requested for the purchase of 50,000 tons of coal at approximately $70 per ton, which includes the standard GSA surcharge costs. $ 282,200 9.6 Fuel: Oil increased from $500,000 to $600,000. ANNUAL RECURRING ITEMS (continued) As the Committee has been advised in previous years, both oil and The oil allotment requested is $600,000, which will provide an Annual supplies and materials increased from $434,100 to $506,900. This allotment provides for miscellaneous annual supplies such as use Total Increase ANNUAL RECURRING ITEMS $1.926.000 9.7 The U. S. Capitol Power Plant has two elevators which are located in the steam plant and refrigeration plant, and are 35 and 13 years old, respectively. They have been kept in excellent condition, but have not had any comprehensive upgrades since installation. The elevator in the steam plant is becoming a major problem, primarily due to its age, constant usage and to the lack of available parts. This request is to provide funding for renovation of this elevator. These funds are requested on a "No Year" basis. Replace Front End Loader. There is a need for replacement of the front end loader that is used primarily in conjunction with coal handling. The present front end loader is a twenty-seven year old 1967 model whose manufacturer is now out of business. As a result, spare parts are becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to obtain. Some spare parts are unavailable. The left steering transmission is not in working order, which means that the loader can be turned only to the right. In order to ensure that coal can be moved from the stockpile to the boilers, it is requested that $100,000 be provided for the acquisition of a new one. $ 120,000 $ 100,000 Total Cyclical Maintenance. 220.000 9.8 Funds in the amount of $500,000 are requested to continue the design work on the proposed auxiliary boiler addition to the Capitol Power Plant. The addition of an auxiliary steam boiler is the first phase of a future request which will eventually include a co-generation plant. The requested funding will allow for the further development of working plans for the new addition, particularly the architectural, structural and site work required. Funding in the amount of $200,000 was appropriated in fiscal year 1989 to study the future needs of the Power Plant. A report was submitted along with recommendations and a conceptual design of future needs. In fiscal year 1991, based on that report, $750,000 of a total of $1,000,000 requested was appropriated for the development of preliminary design of a co-generation power plant including a boiler plant capable of providing 150,000 pounds per hour of additional steam capacity to supplement the existing boiler plant. The most critical need in the near future at the Power Plant will be for more steam. A decision has been made to concentrate the design efforts on a new auxiliary steam boiler plant with a 150,000 pounds per hour capacity. Based on conceptual design efforts, it is estimated that such a boiler plant would cost in the range of $16,000,000. In order to proceed with this program, $500,000 is requested to continue the design work. East Plant Chiller Conversion.. By 1995, the use of refrigerant CFC-12, (R-12 freon) will be restricted and production will be reduced by approximately 50 percent due to changes in environmental regulations. An evaluation of the chillers at the U. S. Capitol Power Plant has been made for the purpose of refrigerant conversion from CFC-12 to HFC-134a, which is the refrigerant best suited at the present time for substitution. $ 500,000 $ 1,800,000 9.9 rotors, The survey of the chillers has revealed that the units will require For chillers #1, 1A, 2, 2A, the conversion will include removal of 9.10 |