Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2008

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY2008

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security


Account Description FY07
GAA
FY08
House 1
8800-0200 Radiological Emergency Response Plan Evaluations
For the Seabrook and Vermont Yankee power plants nuclear safety preparedness program; provided, that the cost of the program, including fringe benefits and indirect costs, shall be assessed on electric companies in the commonwealth which own, in whole or in part, or purchase power from, nuclear power plants located outside the commonwealth whose nuclear power plant areas, as defined in section 2B of chapter 639 of the acts of 1950, include communities located within the commonwealth; provided further, that the assessments shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that the department of public utilities shall develop an equitable method of apportioning the assessments among the licensees; provided further, that the assessments shall be paid during the current fiscal year as provided by the department; and provided further, that for the purposes of this item the term "electric companies" shall be defined as all persons, firms, associations, and private corporations which own or operate works or a distributing plant for the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of electricity within the commonwealth, but shall not include municipalities or municipal light plants
279,525 279,525

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY FY04
Expended
FY05
Expended
FY06
Expended
FY07
Projected
Spending
FY08
House 1
Wages & Salaries 239 238 238 258 248
Pensions & Benefits 8 11 11 11 11
Operating Expenses 20 20 20 20 20
TOTAL 267 269 269 289 280

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=89%, Pensions & Benefits=4%, Operating Expenses=7%



 
HISTORICAL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
Account Description
June
2004

June
2005

June
2006

Jan.
2007

Projected
FY08
8800-0200 Radiological Emergency Response Plan Evaluations 5 5 6 5 6

* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.

* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.