DTE Energy’s Approach to Untapped Resources

• DTE Energy and the Economic Climate in Michigan• Determining Staffing Requirements to meet Business

Needs• Determining Demand Requirements from Attrition

Forecasting• Untapped resources – An Overview• Our Desired State Pathways to “tap” resources• Actions to-date and gaps

Who is DTE Energy… and what about Michigan?

• Leading Great Lakes Region Energy Provider

• 10,500 employees

• Fortune 500 Company Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA

• Traded on NYSE for over 100 years

• $24 billion in assets

• 2008 Revenue of $9.3 billion

• 2008 Net Income of $546 million

Determining Demand Requirements to meet Business Needs

– Business units identify major changes in the nature/scope of their work

• Changes in volume of work• Changes in type of work performed

– Enterprise Critical positions and Business Unit critical positions identified to ensure focus

– Changes in productivity through continuous improvement activities forecasted

– Staffing needs established over time• Can build waterfall by business

unit/department/level/position/etc.

Determining Demand Requirements from Attrition Forecasting

• Historic trends are the basis for our retirement projections. Historic trends are impacted by:

• The economic crisis• Union contract years• Significant changes in industry

• Actual 2008 DTE Energy data showed 50% fewer retirements than historic

• Early 2009 attrition modeling predicted a significant reduction in near-term retirements

– Scenario 1: Retirement postponement for two years with three year recovery

– Scenario 2: Larger retirement slow down, extending more than 5 years

• Actual 2009 DTE Energy retirements are tracking close to Scenario 1• The economic crisis has impacted

retirements from DTE Energy

Untapped Resources – An Overview

Why do we have Untapped Resources?• Untapped Resources not IDENTIFIED by DTE Energy• Untapped Resources not AWARE of opportunity• Untapped Resources AWARE but have no DESIRE• Untapped Resources have DESIRE but not SKILLS• Untapped Resources have SKILLS but not

OPPORTUNITY» Untapped resources can be “Tapped”

Our Desired State Pathways

• THE MICHIGAN CONSORTIUM– Michigan Works!– Michigan DLEG– Community College Network– Major Unions– All the Employers

• Independent Activities– Unions

• Trusts, National Connections– Universities

• Co – Op, Interns, Externs– High Schools, Middle Schools

New Candidates

Incumbent Employees

Assessment Tools------------------

Surveys

PreApprenticeCurriculum

Apprentice /LearningPrograms

Remedial Programs

PIPELINE WORK!

Illustrative

Actions To-Date and Gaps

• Michigan Consortium is organized• Connected to Universities, Colleges, High

Schools, Middle Schools• Building other outside relationships• Monitoring our workforce demand scenarios• Working on internal workforce development

and knowledge capture activities