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Mid-West Electric Consumers Association Board Meeting. Mark A. Gabriel Administrator. Thank you, Tom. State of Western’s Assets. Operational Focus. Western operates and manages on a distributed basis
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Mid-West Electric Consumers AssociationBoard Meeting Mark A. Gabriel Administrator
Operational Focus • Western operates and manages on a distributed basis • First pathway in the roadmap focuses on business, technology and organizational excellence • Provide staffing and support where it is most logical and cost effective • Streamline where possible to keep costs low
Strategic Targets Power and Transmission-related Services Energy Infrastructure Partnership and Innovation Asset Management Safety and Security Communication Human Capital Management 1
Asset Management • Comprehensive, data-driven program • Knowing the health and condition of our assets contributes to the safety of our employees who maintain that equipment. 1
Human Capital Management • Aging workforce, rapidly changing industry • Shortage of mission-critical craft workers • Focus on effective workforce planning and succession planning • Ensure the right people, properly trained, in the right places 1
Washington Updates • Western is staying actively engaged in DC • Detailed staff to support QER • Cycling staff through WLO as part of our leadership development • Seat at the table on the ESCC • Participating in playbook, transformer initiative, GridEx, public affairs outreach • Responding to amortization and related requests from BOR and COE • Regular meetings and engagement with DOE and Congressionals
Presidential Expectations • Presidential call for efficiency and effectiveness reforms across government • Sec. Moniz committed to improving DOE management functions (Western’s HR authority is delegated from DOE). • DOE Human Capital strategic plan, provided to President, includes reduction of per-employee cost 50% DOE-wide, including all of the PMAs. • DOE Chief HCM Officer conducted 120-day study, recommended hybrid Shared Service Center (SSC) approach to Secretary. • Secretary accepted recommendation.
Washington Update: Human Resources Study • HR Authority Delegated from the Department of Energy • Western among the Best in Government Class: • High service ratio (1:54) • Lowest cost ($2,042/employee/year) • Effective HR management • Verified/measured by OPM/IG audits • 24 staff members located in Lakewood supporting all of Western with: • Position management • Recruitment, hiring, onboarding • Labor relations • Disciplinary actions • 1 Staff member in each Western region to assist with labor relations and related
SSCs – Shared Service Centers • Current: DOE HR authority is highly delegated to 17 sites = Risk, cost, and inefficiency for DOE. • To be: Hybrid approach - Shared Service Centers (SSCs) across DOE • SSCs will be aligned by similar business lines. • There will be a PMA-specific Shared Service Center. • HR operations will report to DOE HR. • SSCs will manage the transactional aspects of HR. • HR experts will be/remain on-site at each PMA to give daily support. • Location of PMA SSC is to be determined. • DOE preparing evaluation criteria to select location • 4 SSCs – PMA would likely be last formed, est. mid-late 2016
Western is competing to have the SSC • We are committed to ensuring lower cost and higher service ratios for Western, regardless of location of SSC. • We are actively participating wherever we can, and in helping create the evaluation criteria for selection of location. • We are actively working to keep a local presence focusing on PMA-specific needs. • We are making it clear that we are 91% customer funded. • Savings will come back to Western.