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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OREGON
DOCKET NO. UM 1897
Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers, LIUNA,
Data Request No. 1 to Hydro One Limited
November 3, 2017
Data Requests
Employment Impacts
1-1 Provide any company guidelines, policies, and documents regarding the use
of contractors.
1-2 Provide any company guidelines, policies, and documents regarding labor
policies that cover the contracted out workforce.
1-3 Copies of any and all exhibits, data responses, testimonies, work-papers, or
other documents; and all emails; written, typed, printed, or other tangible
correspondence; memoranda; notes; meeting minutes; meeting agenda;
spreadsheets; power points; drafts; audit records; or any other work paper or
other communications by applicants that detail the following:
• Number of contractor employees, full time equivalent positions
(“FTE”), total labor hours, or any other data that details by
occupation the number of contractor workers employed on
maintenance, capital, reliability, or other Oregon construction
projects by year from 2014 to present;
• The compensation and benefits for these contractor employees
by occupation; and
• Number of contractor employees who have obtained the
requisite certifications to work on an Oregon maintenance,
capital, reliability, or other Oregon construction project, and a
list of all required certifications from 2014 to present.
1-4 For historic capital investments, detail proportion of actual spending and
proportion of projects performed by outside construction contractors annually
from 2014 to present. Include original data and methodology to compute the
amounts and percentages.
1-5 For historic capital investments, detail amounts paid to each outside
construction contractor, and the scopes of work performed by each outside
construction contractor from 2014 to present.
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1-6 For projected capital investments, detail forecasted expenditures for contracted
out projects and the scopes of work to be performed by outside construction
contractors from 2017 to 2021.
1-7 Detail any changes to processes or systems post-merger as it relates to the
procurement of contracted out construction activities being considered,
evaluated, explored, or otherwise contemplated.
1-8 Detail any employment goals or commitments as it relates to contractor
employees.
1-9 Provide any analysis, document, or report that details contractor employment
creation or outcomes as it relates to historic and future capital investments.
1-10 Detail any contractor or procurement goals as it relates to Woman Business
Enterprises and Minority Business Enterprises.
1-11 Provide any document, analysis, data, reports, or surveys used to determine
occupational wage data for contractor employees and projected contract labor
expenditures.
1-12 Provide copies of the last five most recent contract awards for the provision of
traffic control services. Please include the Request for Proposal, technical
evaluations used to qualify contractors, bid amounts and actual costs of the
awarded contract, and any and all performance evaluations.
1-13 Please provide copies of any and all current Master Service Agreements
between the applicants and outside contractors. Please provide a schedule of
when active MSAs expire, and the timeline for securing new MSA contracts.
Safety and Reliability
1-14 Provide copies of third party damage reports from 2014 to current, and any
reports or root cause analyses performed on third party damages.
1-15 Provide copies of pipeline reportable incidents from 2014 to current, and any
internal analyses or reports completed by applicants to reduce pipeline safety
risks.
1-16 Copies of any and all exhibits, data responses, testimonies, work-papers,
communications, or other documents that detail the prequalification process by
which outside construction contractors are selected to bid on capital or
maintenance projects.
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1-17 Copies of any documents used to assess the qualification of construction
contractors bidding on capital or maintenance projects as it relates to the
contractor’s capacity to meet any and all safety, regulatory, engineering,
environmental, legal, manpower, and financial requirements.
1-18 Provide a list of contractors that have met these prequalification standards for
construction and maintenance projects.
1-19 Detail the process by which contractor employees obtain Operator
Qualification certification. Provide copies of any documents, including
training curriculum, training materials, and instructor qualification criteria
used or approved by applicants.
1-20 Copies of any and all documents, policies, or guidelines as it relates to
sub-contracted out services.
1-21 Detail any and all workforce safety, health, or environmental metrics
employed by applicants to measure contractor performance.
1-22 Detail any historic analysis completed that compares construction
performance using safety, health, environmental, timeliness, or productivity
metrics on applicants’ competitively bid capital or maintenance projects.
1-23 Provide copies of the last five most recent contract awards for capital projects
valued at over $1 million. Please include the Request for Proposal, technical
evaluations used to qualify contractors, bid amounts and actual costs of the
awarded contract, and any and all performance evaluations done by applicants
after commencement of the project.
1-24 Provide documents regarding the applicability, or planned applicability, of any
Heath, Safety and Environmental Management System on contracted out
workforce working on maintenance, capital, reliability, or other construction
projects.
Workforce Development & Investment
1-25 Provide documents, including communications, reports, violations, internal
audits, and corrective action plans, related to any investigation or review of
contractor compliance with applicants’ Operator Qualification program.
1-26 Provide a list, timeline, and schedule of any future or active capital projects
valued at over $1 million from 2017 to 2021, and any long-term planning or
supportive documents.
1-27 Describe applicants’ plans to recruit, train, and retain sufficient contractor
personnel to perform forecasted construction activities on capital, maintenance,
and reliability projects.
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1-28 Describe applicants’ plans to recruit, train, and retain sufficient Operator
Qualified contractor employees to perform forecasted construction activities on
capital, maintenance, and reliability projects.
1-29 Provide copies of any and all training programs administered by or approved by
applicants for contractor employees.
1-30 Detail annual amounts spent on training for contractor employees from 2010 to
present.
1-31 Provide copies of all collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of
understanding, or other labor contracts in which Avista or its Subsidiaries are
signatories.
1-32 Provide and all documents or a list of beneficiaries of Avista’s $4,000,000 in
annual charitable contributions (funded by both Avista and the Avista
Foundation) as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application.
1-33 Provide any and all documents showing requirements or criteria for grantees
of Avista’s charitable foundation as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application.
1-34 Provide any and all documents regarding Avista’s existing levels of
community involvement as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application.
1-35 Provide any and all documents describing Avista’s past practices concerning
Economic Development as stated in Appendix 8 to the Application.
1-36 Provide a list of all industry trade groups and membership organizations to
which Avista has paid dues within the last three years.
1-37 Provide all documents regarding standards used to determine whether
Avista’s staffing and presence in communities in which Avista operates are
sufficient to maintain the provision of safe and reliable services and cost-
effective operations.