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ERMU Commission Policy—G.4g1 Performance Metrics and Incentive Compensation 2.0 UTILITIES PERFORMANCE METRICS SCORE CARD As reflected on the Score Card, the Performance Metrics are divided into the following three categories: Safety,Reliability and Quality of Utility Services; Workforce Development; and Financial Goals. These categories are used to characterize the overall strategic goals and mission of ERMU. Under the Performance Metrics,these three main categories are then divided into various weighted factors, or sub-categories. These sub-categories,their percentage weight, and the goal or target for each, shall be established by the Utilities Commission annually. The Performance Metrics as adopted are reflected in the attached Score Card. As discussed above,the Performance Metrics and thus the Score Card are subject to modification and adoption by the Commission annually,which will normally occur during the Utilities' budgeting process. 3.0 UTILITIES PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DISTRIBUTION CRITERIA Under the UMPIC a Performance-Based Compensation Incentive, if earned, will be distributed to Qualifying Employees annually. The total amount available to be earned by Utilities employees as a Performance Based Compensation Incentive each year will be an amount up to 2%of the Utilities' total gross wages paid to Qualifying Employees during the Measurement Period. The measuring period used to calculate how much, if any, of the Performance-Based Compensation Incentive the Utilities employees have earned will be the calendar year(the "Measurement Period"). After the Measurement Period is complete and the Commission has received its audit in the spring of the year following the Measurement Period, the Performance Metrics will be applied to determine whether the Performance-Based Compensation Incentive has been earned for the Measurement Period. In doing so, the performance of the Utilities in each sub-category will be reviewed. If the sub-category performance meets or exceeds the established goal, the sub-category will be scored with the designated percentage that will contribute to a total Performance Metrics Multiplier to be used as a factor in calculating the distribution earned, if any, as shown in the Score Card ("Multiplier"). The Multiplier has a maximum factoring effect of 100%. The Multiplier is used to determine how much, if any, of the amount established by the Commission for the UMPIC Performance-Based Compensation Incentive has been earned in the Measurement Period. (For example if the Multiplier equals 100%,the distribution would equal 2%. If the Multiplier equals 75%,the distribution would equal 1.5%.) In other words, the amount established by the Commission may be earned on an annual basis by the group of Qualifying Employees(as defined below in Section 4.0) in whole, in part, or not at all. After the Multiplier is calculated on the Score Card, the Performance Based Compensation Incentive earned, if any, will be distributed to Qualifying Employees. The total amount to be distributed as the Performance Based Compensation Incentive will be the product of: a)the Multiplier; and b)2%of the Utilities' total gross wages paid to Qualifying Employees during the Measurement Period. Page 2 of 3 46