2017 Fiscal Year Budget

The PSC’s budget is comprised of two primary revenue types: Operating Funds (or Special Purpose Revenue) and Grant Funds. As an independent D.C. government agency, the PSC’s operating budget is not funded by taxpayers, but rather by assessments levied on regulated utility companies based on their share of revenue derived in the D.C. marketplace. The PSC’s expenditures for Special Purpose Revenue were $12,764,288 in FY 2015, $13,448,499 in FY 2016 and $12,846,402 in FY 2017. Grant funds are obtained through the Federal government. Total grant-funded expenditures were $442,571 in FY 2015, $486,473 in FY 2016 and $475,476 in FY 2017. In addition, the agency expended and $55,197 in FY 2015 in intra-District funds. No expenditures were incurred in intra-District category in FY 2016 and FY 2017. The expenditures in Private Donations were $14,615 in FY 2015, $11,876 in FY 2016 and $10,276 in FY 2017. The gross expenditures were $ 13,276,671 for FY2015, $ 13,946,848 for FY 2016 and $ 13,332,154 for FY 2017.

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Public Service Commission (DH0)
Budget vs Expenditure Summary
FY 2015-2017 (FY 2018 Approved)
(dollars in thousands)

FY 2015-2017 Budget Summary

FTEs

Note: The reduction the in the FY 2017 budget results from the absence of CSG 50 budget (Subsidies and Transfer/refunds to utility companies).