This strategic plan (PDF brochure, 1,762 KB) is our roadmap to ensure we can continue achieving our core mission of delivering cost-based, renewable, non-carbon-emitting Federal hydropower to our firm electric service customers, while addressing the challenges before us and getting maximum benefit from our resources. We are working to ensure we remain in great shape to manage the industry trends and issues that continue to confront us and our customers at a faster and faster pace—be they regulatory, budgetary, legislative, environmental or other initiatives not yet conceived.
Mission
Market and deliver clean, renewable, reliable, cost-based Federal hydroelectric power and related services
Vision
Provide premier power marketing and transmission services
Strategic themes
Western’s Strategic Plan is designed to deliver results along four strategic themes.
Theme 1
Energy Security through Products and Services
Provide cost-based power and transmission services for our firm electric service customers, thereby reducing their vulnerability to supply disruption and increasing their flexibility to meet consumers’ needs for electricity.
Goal 1.1
Maintain Core Mission Focus
Continue to provide cost-based and high-value power marketing services.
Goal 1.2
Maintain Vital Services
Continue to provide transmission and resource management services upon request and at cost.
Goal 1.3
Optimize Scarce Resources
Increase our efficiency and minimize costs while meeting increasing work requirements without sacrificing reliability or power delivery services.
Goal 1.4
Promote Renewable Resources
Highlight and manage Western’s renewables activities.
Theme 2
Energy Infrastructure and Industry
Contribute to creating a more reliable, flexible and robust U.S. energy infrastructure, ensuring our efforts are funded and paid for by the beneficiaries.
Goal 2.1
Resource and Maintenance Productivity
Meet the increasing demands on resource and maintenance staff from transmission growth and compliance requirements.
Goal 2.2
Transmission Construction
Ensure Western has the capability to construct critical reliability transmission projects that are paid for by beneficiaries.
Goal 2.3
Planning Productivity
Meet the increasing demands on transmission service staff due to increasing transmission requirements and regulatory compliance requirements.
Theme 3
Customer Partnerships/Funding
Further develop partnerships with our customers, including Native American tribes. Secure adequate funding.
Goal 3.1
Resources
Continue to work with customers to establish mechanisms to provide future financial stability.
Goal 3.2
Tribal Partnerships
Increase the opportunities to explore partnerships with Native American tribal customers in order to provide tribes the same service levels as provided to our other firm electric service customers.
Theme 4
Organizational Excellence through People
Ensure we have the organizational capabilities and resources to satisfy growing demands.
Goal 4.1
Integrated Management
Ensure Western has the organizational capabilities and people to meet growing demands.
Goal 4.2
Human Capital
Attract, recruit, develop and retain a safety- and reliability-focused, highly productive, customer-oriented and diverse workforce.
See the Strategic Plan booklet for the full text.
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