Case No. RF302-00023

October 12, 2000

DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Name of Case: State Escrow Distribution

Date of Filing: September 29, 2000

Case Number: RF302-23

The total amount of oil overcharge funds in escrow under the supervision of the Department of Energy and available for distribution to the State Governments is now more than $10 million. Thus, sufficient funds are now in this account to warrant a distribution.

Distributions of oil overcharge funds are made to the 50 States and six districts, commonwealths, and territories and possessions of the United States. The amount available for distribution is $25,935,000. Each jurisdiction will receive an amount equal to the product of that amount multiplied by the ratio established for that jurisdiction in Exhibit H of the Final Settlement Agreement approved in In Re: The Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, 6 Fed. Energy Guidelines ¶ 90,509 (July 7, 1986). A copy of that Exhibit is attached as an Appendix to this Decision.

It Is Therefore Ordered That:

The Office of the Controller of the Department of Energy shall take all steps necessary to disburse $25,935,000 from the subaccount entitled "Crude Tracking-States," Number 999DOE003W, of the escrow account maintained at the Department of the Treasury for this purpose. Each State of the United States, plus the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States, shall receive a share of the total amount disbursed. Each share shall be calculated by multiplying the total amount disbursed by the ratio established for the jurisdiction in Exhibit H of the Stripper Well Settlement Agreement. Each transfer of funds shall be made pursuant to the wire transfer or other instructions previously submitted to the Department of Energy by each jurisdiction.

George B. Breznay

Director

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Date: October 12, 2000

Appendix

State Escrow Distribution

Calculation of Ratios for Distribution

To States and Territories - M.D.L. 378

State

Consumption

Ratio

State

Consumption

Ratio

ALABAMA

626,803,520

0.01534512450

NEBRASKA

301,217,700

0.00737427752

ALASKA

158,047,980

0.00386926023

NEVADA

165,454,200

0.00405057600

AMER.SAMOA

7,275,000

0.00017810331

NEW HAMP

190,454,200

0.00466068401

ARIZONA

418,994,930

0.01025764719

NEW JERSEY

1,507,862,710

0.03691482302

ARKANSAS

519,811,670

0.01272579770

NEW MEXICO

267,574,460

0.00655063871

CALIFORNIA

3,739,318,300

0.09154432453

NEW YORK

3,162,994,520

0.07743502253

COLORADO

439,201,380

0.01075233249

N MARI IS

3,763,000

0.00009212409

CONNECTICUT

693,689,220

0.01698259040

N CAROLINA

916,800,700

0.02244470625

DELAWARE

193,932,730

0.00474777469

N DAKOTA

149,717,090

0.00366530709

DIST OF COL

97,574,660

0.00238877935

OHIO

1,534,904,170

0.03757684000

FLORIDA

1,887,260,600

0.04620307312

OKLAHOMA

504,488,400

0.01235066023

GEORGIA

909,619,880

0.02226890861

OREGON

404,894,790

0.00991245384

GUAM

60,196,000

0.00147369165

PENNSYLVANIA

1,901,863,900

0.04656058461

HAWAII

280,655,260

0.00687087703

PUERTO RICO

389,132,000

0.00952655624

IDAHO

167,643,790

0.00410418057

RHODE ISLAND

161,953,570

0.00396487514

ILLINOIS

1,876,159,080

0.04593129065

S CAROLINA

486,978,850

0.01192199923

INDIANA

1,006,156,560

0.02463227660

S DAKOTA

146,053,670

0.00357562087

IOWA

532,229,530

0.01302980621

TENNESSEE

660,920,850

0.01618036977

KANSAS

457,905,310

0.01121023378

TEXAS

3,013,545,120

0.07377626891

KENTUCKY

523,601,010

0.01281856663

UTAH

240,978,330

0.00589952410

LOUISIANA

971,591,210

0.02378606310

VERMONT

97,762,860

0.00239338678

MAINE

300,279,730

0.00735131456

VIRGIN IS

188,953,000

0.00462586316

MARYLAND

731,363,020

0.01790490359

VIRGINIA

1,048,324,650

0.02566461699

MASS.

1,398,309,100

0.03423278036

WASHINGTON

623,786,920

0.01527127344

MICHIGAN

1,391,772,090

0.03407274419

WEST VA

244,121,480

0.00597647330

MINNESOTA

708,814,590

0.01735288297

WISCONSIN

718,698,070

0.01759484593

MISS

557,786,510

0.01365548081

WYOMING

166,569,650

0.00407788395

MISSOURI

806,514,320

0.01974472423

MONTANA

184,882,510

0.00452621123

TOTALS

40,847,079,480

1.00000000000