1. Grace Anderson Chair, Budget Work Group April 18, 2019
WECC 2019 Budget Review
Grace Anderson
Chair, Budget Work Group
April 18, 2019

2. Work Group Members Gregg Lemler Class 1 Linda Jacobson-Quinn Class 2
Brian Theaker Class 3
Robert Nelson Class 4
Grace Anderson Class 5, Chair
Brenda Ambrosi International

3. Work Group—2018 Activities
WECC Staff budget and program briefing 2/22
Chair presents Initial Observations to FAC 3/7
Work Group meets weekly March-April, with staff
Members reach consensus: Comments to MAC
First Work Group report to MAC (today)
MAC Chair conducts straw poll of MAC (today)
Work Group prepares MAC Comments to Board (next)

4. Highlights: 2019 Proposed Budget
2019 budget is approximately 1% decrease
Load-Serving Entity assessment held constant
Emergent Key Areas may need additional resources:
Reliability Coordination Certification
Low Impact Standards
Generation Cases
Special Studies
Reserve levels slightly above FAC policy range
Comment period lengthened to three weeks after final BP&B posting (Stakeholder comments due 5/21/18)

5. 2019: Major Drivers

6. Proposed 2019 Compared to 2018

7. BWG Comments to MAC (1)
Effective collaboration continues: schedule, BP&B posting early, staff team
Personnel cost increases: long term planning challenge
Assessment stabilization may merit review
Consultant/Contract funding reductions; budgeting for contingencies (emergent key areas)
Low-impact standards
Reliability Coordinator certification and related matters
Reliability Assessment Committee implementation
Special Analyses

8. BWG Recommendations to MAC
The Work Group recommends MAC support for the budget as proposed, subject to three conditions:
Review of changes made to the final proposed budget to be posted April 30, 2018;
Satisfactory resolution of matters raised by members in comments due May 21, 2018; and,
Acceptability of contingency funding from reserves of likely emergent key areas identified in slide 7

9. 2019 Budget Milestones (1)
April 18 Budget Work Group First Report to MAC
April 18 MAC straw poll on proposed budget
April 30 Final Draft 2019 BP&B posted
May 2, 14, 17 WECC Staff holds BP&B webinars
May 14 Budget Work Group Second Report to MAC
May 16 MAC May monthly meeting action items:
Comments to Board
Budget Resolution

10. 2019 Budget Milestones (2)
May 21 Stakeholder comments due on draft BP&B
May 25 MAC submits resolution to Board; OR
June __ MAC revises resolution; submits to Board
June Board action: approve 2019 BP&B
July 6 Final 2019 budget submittal due to NERC, including LSEs and net energy load data
Aug-Nov NERC and FERC review and approval

11. 2019 Activities and Staffing
Reference Slides
Major WECC Programs
RAPA and CMEP
2019 Activities and Staffing

12. RAPA Activities and FTE

13. CMEP Activities and FTE