METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY - Pennsylvania Public Utility ...
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FirstEnergy is following the right method in projecting its staffing needs, we believe thatthe Company would benefit considerably from tracking and trending actual staffinglevels against budgeted staffing levels. Such trends would indicate any problems thatFirstEnergy has had in the past filling certain positions, what can be done to resolvethose issues and be better prepared for projecting future staffing needs; see Follow-upFinding and Conclusion No. X-3, in the Human Resources chapter for further discussionand related recommendation.The FE-PA Companies have established a two year line/substation programcalled the Power Systems Institute (PSI) for hiring future linemen and substationtechnicians. In this program, college students train for two years in several aspectssuch as pole climbing, substation equipment, etc. and upon graduation from theprogram and from college are hired in the line/substation field. The PSI program isdesigned to hire a diverse group of individuals that will fulfill the line worker staffingneeds of the companies. The PSI program begins every fall and the enrollmentnumbers are determined by the attrition forecasts developed by each operatingcompany. Exhibit VI-8 shows the total number of individuals that were hired through thePSI program from 2008 through 2010. These numbers include graduate hires for thePA operating companies from other PSI programs in the states of Ohio and NewJersey.Exhibit VI-8FirstEnergy <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> CompaniesPower Systems Institute Hires2008-20102008 2009 2010 TotalMet-Ed 13 16 21 50Penelec 26 37 31 94Penn Power 4 4 4 12Total 43 57 56 156Source: Data Request EO-22A staffing study and/or workforce management plan should be focused onprojected workload requirements (i.e., manhours) that are based on historical trends forwork activities and estimated hours needed to perform planned work activities. Theestimated workload should be compared to the productive hours available from theworkforce and any gaps in available hours to projected workload needs should beidentified. Any projected gaps could be filled by contractors and/or workers from otherlocations that have excess available hours estimated. Forecasting and planning helpsalign resources with the amount of anticipated workload and provides the data andpredictability to make well informed staffing decisions as far as possible in advance.Staff’s Follow-up Recommendation –None.- 45 -