As predicted, overtime for the employees of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has decreased since September when the Aggreko generators come online. <\/p>\n
CUC executive director Antonio Muna had predicted as much in a July letter to the lLgislature explaining where funding for the emergency generators would come from. Based on CUC calculations, the utility believed it could save $308,012 a month in overtime and non-personnel costs associated with having to implement power outages, as well as in fuel and lube costs entailed by using existing, less efficient engines.<\/p>\n
Overtime was consistently high during August and September, when brownouts and blackouts were at their worst. During the three pay periods from Aug. 16 to Sept. 13, CUC paid employees $44,689, $50,315 and $53,567 respectively in overtime. Since the Sept. 27 pay period, the highest overtime expense was $33,495. <\/p>\n
From the Dec. 22, 2007 pay period to the Nov. 22, 2008 pay period, CUC\u2019s total payroll cost was $10,740,807. Of that, 63.1 percent or $6,776,802 went to regular pay while 9.5 percent or $1,024,130 went to overtime pay. Another 27.1 percent or $2,910,685 went to employer\u2019s contributions and0.3 percent of $27,466 went to retro pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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