Appropriates an additional $100,000 to the Public Utilities Commission for fiscal year 2017.

This is a fiscal year 2017 supplemental appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission in the amount of $100,000 in operating expenditures from the Indirect Cost Recovery Fund. The commission's only federal grant, the Pipeline Safety Program, recently expanded allowable indirect costs from a 20% ceiling to the actual negotiated indirect rate. This change was not confirmed to the states until late spring 2016, when the commission received a supplemental reimbursement check for an additional $93,000 for overhead costs. Proper accounting for overhead expenses ensures that the regulated natural gas companies are not picking up a disproportionate share of the costs of the pipeline safety program. This appropriation doubles the base appropriation to match the new, higher indirect reimbursement amounts moving forward.