Functional Area: Engineering and Design Services
Action Item 13
Analyze the potential benefits and requirements/tradeoffs associated with alternative funding of the engineering and design staff. This would include an analysis of whether the costs of maintaining core capabilities within the TSC should appropriately be funded by direct appropriations, by water and power customers, or by some combination of the two.
Team Lead: Larry Walkoviak, Deputy Regional Director, Lower Columbia Region
Team Members: TBD
Objectives:
- Analyze the potential benefits and requirements/tradeoffs associated with alternative funding of the engineering and design staff.
Tasks:
- Summarize past and present funding approaches for engineering and design staff and core capability.
- Assess how other public and private entities fund technical engineering and design staff and core capability.
- Brainstorm, evaluate and summarize future potential options.
Milestones:
- June 2007: Work will begin.
- Aug 2007: Report summarizing team’s work, findings, analyses and recommendations will be available.
Products: (If you would like to provide comments on any draft products, visit the Draft Products page.)
No products available at this time.
Last Updated:
January 10, 2007

