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4.1.1 Linemen Employee Ratio Report
Table 1 shows the data used to compute the ratios of customers per linemen employee. Figure 2 illustrates the linemen employee
ratio trend during the 1995-2006 timeframe for both in-house and contractor employees.
Table 1 - ComEd Linemen Employee Data
Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
ComEd - All Operating Areas
Number of Customers 1 3,400,000 3,400,000 3,400,000 3,451,828 3,449,653 3,503,399 3,546,901 3,574,224 3,614,717 3,652,572 3,684,662 3,731,505
Number of Employees 2
Overhead 3 1,016 1,013 981 992 959 931 916 856 826 745 700 710
System Service Tech (SSG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 84 87 128 122 138
Overhead Electric Specialist (OES)/First Responder 176 180 178 180 191 211 203 212 209 225 240 236
Underground 4 345 332 321 316 293 305 301 282 260 215 219 234
Area Operators 166 163 162 173 169 173 186 188 189 154 144 151
Substation Construction Crew Leaders 128 151 158 157 153 148 143 107 133 121 115 110
Substation Electrical Mechanics 398 355 337 333 312 309 298 284 244 230 222 208
Substation Field Craft 99 94 92 97 99 100 78 75 73 68 67 65
Contract Construction & Maintenance FTEs 5, 6 NA NA NA NA NA 154 127 157 198 320 355 538
Contract Substation FTEs 5, 7
NA NA NA NA NA 91 60 4 0 2 2 39
Total Linemen In-house Employees 2,328 2,288 2,229 2,248 2,176 2,177 2,218 2,088 2,021 1,886 1,829 1,852
Total Linemen Contractor Employees 0 0 0 0 0 245 187 161 198 323 357 577
Total Linemen Employees 2,328 2,288 2,229 2,248 2,176 2,422 2,405 2,249 2,219 2,209 2,186 2,429
Percentage of Linemen In-house Employees 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.90 0.92 0.93 0.91 0.85 0.84 0.76
Percentage of Linemen Contractor Employees 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.15 0.16 0.24
Ratios 8
Customers to Linemen In-house Employees 1,460 1,486 1,525 1,536 1,585 1,300 1,361 1,476 1,484 1,412 1,410 1,171
Customers to Linemen Contractor Employees 0 0 0 0 0 147 114 114 145 242 275 365
Customers to Total Linemen Employees 1,460 1,486 1,525 1,536 1,585 1,446 1,475 1,589 1,629 1,654 1,685 1,536
Source: DR-009, DR-042, DR-043, DR-056
Notes:
NA = Not Available
1 ComEd's year-end electric customers by operating center was only provided for 1998-2006. The estimated system wide customer served between 1995 and 1997 as reported in the annual
Reliability Performance Reports was approximately 3.4 million customers.
7 Contracted work includes work that would have been performed by ComEd employees in the Substation Department (job classification: Electrical Mechanic). Contracted transmission work
is excluded.
8 The ratio of customers to employees is calculated instead of employees to customers as specified by Illinois Public Utilities Act, Section 4-602.
2 Hourly staffing includes employees represented by Local 15 only.
5 Contractor full time equivalent (FTE) based on a 40-hour work week for 52 weeks for a total of 2,080 hours per year or an average of 173.3 hours per month. Data for 1995 - 1999 and
January through March 2000 is not available.
6 Contracted work includes Ordinary & Customary (O&C) work that would have been performed by ComEd employees in the Construction and Maintenance Department (job classifcations:
Crewleader Overhead Electrician, Overhead Electrician, Crewleader Cable Splicer, and Cable Splicer) or System Service Technician. Outsourced labor that perform work such as vegetation
management are not included in the analysis.
3 Transmission has approximately 21 overhead employees. Those employees are excluded by subtracting 21 from the overhead total employee number each year.
4 Transmission has approximately 11 underground employees. Those employees are excluded by subtracting 11 from the undergound total employee number each year.
