FTEs

Hi Alex. Could you please share a little more details with us so that we can give you the best consuel possible? As of now, we are not certain about what you are doing.

Sorry. I am doing a jobs analysis for a utility's energy efficiency programs. For example, 1 program gives refrigerators to low-income families. I have the amount invested by the utility for the goods, etc., and I also have a number of utility FTEs dedicated to the program. For full time-equivalent numbers, should I just add these back at the end into direct employment and also add their compensation into employee compensation for induced effect?

Hi Alex. Thanks for the additional information. With that said, the answer would depend. If the Utility FTEs dedicated to the program were new hires and lasted for a year or so, then I would say yes. Add them to the direct employment and also add their compensation into employee compensation for induced effects. However, if the Utility FTEs were already employed and simply reassigned to work on this program, then these are not created/new jobs unless their salaries were paid for by the program during its tenure. A final comment is whether these positions will continue after the program ends. If not, then these positions are not part of the permanent job count for your project and should be stated as temporary when reporting the results. We hope this answers your question.