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Question 2: A list of the number of FTE positions, including seasonal or temporary workers, at 



BPA by fiscal year from FV 1980 to FY 1993 and proposed FTE for FY 1994. 

 Please provide a numerical breakdown for each fiscal year of the following: 



- number of FTE at each GS, GM, or SES level; 



- staff function by program (for example— power operations, transmission, 

 conservation, public affairs, etc.), and; 



- number of FTE slots actually filled. 



Answer: BPA's Federal FTE ("full-time equivalent" employment level, or "worker-years") 



has been at a steady 3,500 plus or minus about S percent for the past 20 years 

 (Figure 1). We estimate, however, that the regional workforce BPA pays for 

 numbers about 12,000. So, BPA accomplishes most of its mission to deliver the 

 benefits of the Federal Columbia River Power System to the people of the Pacific 

 Northwest by and through other parties. Many of these parties are contractors of 

 various stripes— construction firms in the building of our transmission &cilities, 

 retail utilities in the delivery of our conservation programs, the States and Indian 

 Tribes in the enhancement offish and wildlife, etc. Nearly all of the great 

 expansion of BPA workload that came with the passage of the 1980 Pacific 

 Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act has been accommodated 

 by contracting. 



