Federal Power Marketing Act of 1997

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Operations and Maintenance Title II: Rates Title III: Transmission Title IV: Enforcement Federal Power Marketing Act of 1997 - Title I: Operations and Maintenance - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretaries of the Army and of the Interior, to: (1) develop and publish annually in the Federal Register an inventory of uncompleted maintenance and capital improvement projects for federally-owned hydroelectric generating facilities operated by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (the Bureau); and (2) develop and publish in the Federal Register criteria and procedures for competitive outsourcing of such projects. Prescribes procedures for awarding of contracts, including submission and acceptance of unsolicited proposals. (Sec. 102) Makes routine operations and any maintenance or improvement projects that are not successfully outsourced eligible for user fee financing. Directs the Secretary to establish a user fee to fully offset appropriations made for eligible hydroelectric generating, maintenance, and improvement projects. Instructs the Secretary to …