| NERC Compliance | $424,528 | Staff provides NERC/SERC reliability compliance services for 15 cities in NCEMPA and 11 cities in NCMPA1. It is estimated that each city would require 0.1 FTE (a combination of their own employees and consultants) to maintain compliance in order to avoid potential penalties of up to $1,000,000 per occurrence per day. | Total FTEs - (0.1 FTE/city) x (26 cities)
- 2.6 FTEs. Assume 70% of FTEs are provided by city employees (1.82 FTE) at $50/hour and 30% by consultants (0.78 FTE) at $145/hour.
Total Benefit ($) - (1.82 FTE x $50/hour x 2,080 hours/year) + (0.78 FTE x $145/hour x 2,080 hours/year)
- $424,528
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