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Item 1. Business

2022-03-11 compared with 2021-03-17 · 148 added, 116 removed, 242 unchanged (52% of the section changed)

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(“Willdan”) is a provider of professional, technical and consulting services to utilities, private industry, and public agencies at all levels of government.

As resources and infrastructures undergo continuous change, we help organizations and their communities evolve and thrive by providing a wide range of technical services for energy solutions and government infrastructure.

Through engineering, program management, policy advisory, and software and data management, we design and deliver trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions to improve efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability in energy and infrastructure to our clients.

The original company was founded in 1964, and Willdan, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2006 to serve as our holding company.

We have a rich heritage of partnering with public agencies in communities with populations ranging from 10,000 to 300,000 people, as we believe that communities of this size are underserved by large outsourcing companies who tend to focus on securing large federal, state, and private sector projects.

We commenced providing energy efficiency services in 2008 and, as a result, our client base has grown to include investor-owned and other public utilities, as well as substantial energy users in government and business.

As resource and infrastructure needs undergo continuous change, we help organizations and their communities evolve and thrive by providing a wide range of technical services for energy solutions, greenhouse gas reduction, and government infrastructure.

Through engineering, program management, policy advisory, and software and data management, we plan, design and deliver trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions to improve efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability in energy and infrastructure to our clients.

The company was founded in 1964 to serve public agencies in communities with populations ranging from 10,000 to 300,000 people.

Willdan, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2006 to serve as our holding company for the expanding subsidiary operations.

We commenced providing energy efficiency services in 2008 with the acquisition of Intergy and since then, through organic growth and acquisitions, our client base has grown to include investor-owned and other public utilities, as well as substantial energy users in government and business.

Our overall growth strategy revolves around a combination of strong organic expansion and strategic acquisitions which provides us the ability to expand the breadth and depth of the services we provide to new and existing clients.

We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on the ongoing expansion and transformation of the energy and infrastructure environments.

We operate our business through a nationwide network of offices spread across 25 states and the District of Columbia.

We serve 18 of the 25 largest electric utilities and 5 of the 10 largest municipal utilities in the United States (“U.S.”).

We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on the ongoing expansion and transformation of the energy and infrastructure environments as they adapt to climate change, electrification, and technology advancements.

We operate our business through a nationwide network of offices spread across 22 states, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian province of Alberta.

We serve the majority of the largest investor-owned electric utilities and over half of the largest municipal utilities in the United States (“U.S.”).

Our business with public and private utilities has concentrations in California and New York, but includes numerous other utilities in the Midwest, Southeast and Mountain states and additional acquisitions may continue to expand our geographic footprint.

Our business with public agencies is concentrated in California, New York, and Arizona.

We also serve special districts, school districts, a large range of public agencies and private industry.

We also serve special districts, school districts, and a large range of public agencies and private industry throughout the U.S.

Our broad portfolio of services operates within two financial reporting segments:

(1) Energy and (2) Engineering and Consulting.

The interfaces and synergies between these segments are important elements of our strategy to design and deliver trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions for our customers.

We operate in the energy efficiency services market and the engineering and consulting market.

We provide a wide variety of services related to energy efficiency and sustainability, engineering, construction management, economic and financial consulting, and national preparedness and interoperability services primarily to public agencies, utilities, and commercial/industrial firms.

We believe the energy efficiency services market will continue to expand in response to the increasing awareness of global warming, climate change issues, and the advent of new technologies in renewable energy generation and the electrification of the nation’s economy.

Private industry and public agencies increasingly seek out cost-effective, turnkey solutions that provide innovative energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation and sustainability services.

State and local governments frequently turn to specialized resource conservation firms to strike the balance between environmental responsibility and economic competitiveness.

The use of energy efficiency services, including audits, program design, benchmark analysis, metering and incentivized sale and installation of selected energy efficiency measures provides public agencies, utilities, and commercial/industrial firms with the ability to realize long-term savings.

The engineering and consulting market has grown as public agencies and utilities, as well as private utilities and firms, find it more efficient to outsource design, construction oversight, advisory, and training services to service providers, rather than maintain the necessary staff and resources to provide such services themselves.

For example, we

design and provide construction oversight of infrastructure projects for state and local governments who have increased their infrastructure-related spending as a result of population growth, increases in local and state funding and aging infrastructure.

We provide consulting services to public agencies as they raise the necessary funds to develop such infrastructure projects and provide other services.

The interfaces and synergies between these segments are important elements of our strategy to design and deliver trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions and services for our customers.

We operate in the energy services market and the engineering and consulting market.

We provide a wide variety of services related to energy planning and analysis, energy efficiency and sustainability, engineering, construction management, and economic and financial consulting services primarily to public agencies, utilities, and commercial/industrial firms.

We believe the energy services market will continue to expand in response to the increasing awareness of global warming, climate change issues, and the advent of new technologies in renewable energy generation and the electrification of the nation’s economy.

Private industry and public agencies increasingly seek out cost-effective, turnkey solutions that provide innovative plans, tools, and solutions to address energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation and sustainability.

State and local governments frequently turn to specialized resource conservation firms to help strike the balance between environmental responsibility and economic competitiveness.

The use of energy efficiency services, including audits, program design, benchmark analysis, metering and incentivized sale and installation of energy efficiency measures provides public agencies, utilities, and commercial/industrial firms with the ability to realize long-term energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.

The engineering and consulting market has grown as public agencies and utilities, as well as private utilities and commercial/industrial firms, find it more efficient to outsource design, construction oversight, advisory, and training

services to contract providers, rather than maintain the necessary staff and resources to provide such services themselves.

For example, we serve as municipal engineers and building and safety departments for local governments.

We also design and provide construction oversight of various infrastructure projects for state and local governments to address environmental goals and mandates, population shifts, changes in local and state funding and aging infrastructure.

We also provide consulting services to public agencies as they raise the necessary funds to develop such infrastructure projects and provide other services.

Relatedly, we provide local government staffing, traffic and transportation engineering, studies, plan reviews, grant support, and inspections.

We also advise public agencies on disaster and emergency preparedness.

We believe we are a market and customer driven company, focused on growth and value creation for our clients, employees and shareholders.

We seek to establish close working relationships with our clients and expand the breadth and depth of the services we provide to them over time.

We are a professional services firm focused on transformational growth and value creation for our clients, employees and shareholders.

We seek to establish long-term close working relationships with our clients and expand the breadth and depth of the services we provide to them over time.

We believe the market for these services is, and will be, driven by a number of factors, including:

● Demand for services and solutions that provide energy efficiency, sustainability, water conservation, infrastructure development and renewable energy in the public and private sectors;

● Demand for services and solutions that provide energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reduction, sustainability, water conservation, infrastructure development and renewable energy in the public and private sectors;

● Changes in technology that affect the generation, distribution and consumption of energy;

● Aging infrastructure, which leads to a need for increased capacity in engineering consulting and construction management services;

● Ongoing efforts to upgrade aging energy infrastructure to meet power, transmission, and environmental goals and requirements;

● The increasing challenge to balance energy demand from electrification and trends toward electric vehicles with the changing sources of energy from wind, solar, and distributed energy resources;

● The need for small and medium sized communities to obtain highly specialized services without incurring the costs of hiring permanent staffing and the associated support structure;

● Demand by constituents for a wider variety of services;

● Financial assistance from government-funded programs and state legislation for local communities to provide services to constituents;

● Financial assistance from utilities, government-funded programs and state legislation for local communities to provide services to constituents;

● Changes in government policy.

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Management established these segments based upon the services provided, the different marketing strategies associated with these services, and the specialized needs of their respective clients.

The following table presents the approximate percentage of our consolidated contract revenue attributable to each segment.

The following table presents the approximate percentage of our consolidated contract revenue attributable to each financial reporting segment.

Engineering and Consulting

During fiscal year 2020, we derived 22.5% of our Energy segment contract revenues from two customers, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”) and the Dormitory Authority State of New York (“DASNY”), and we derived 18.3% of our Engineering and Consulting segment contract revenues from one customer, the City of Elk Grove.

During fiscal year 2021, we derived 34.5% of our Energy segment contract revenues from three customers;

the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (“LADWP”), Duke Energy, and Consolidated Edison of New York, and we derived 10.3% of our Engineering and Consulting segment contract revenues from one customer;

the City of Elk Grove.

For further information related to our financial reporting segments, see Part II, Item 8, Note 9, Segment Information and Geographical Information , of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Energy Efficiency Services

Our Energy segment provides specialized, innovative, comprehensive energy solutions to businesses, utilities, state agencies, municipalities, and non-profit organizations in the U.S.

Our Energy segment provides specialized, innovative, comprehensive energy solutions to businesses, utilities, state agencies, municipalities, and non-profit organizations.

Our experienced engineers, consultants, and staff help our clients realize cost and energy savings by tailoring efficient and cost-effective solutions to assist in optimizing energy spend.

Our energy efficiency services include comprehensive audit and surveys, program design, master planning, demand reduction, grid optimization, benchmarking analyses, design engineering, construction management, performance contracting, installation, alternative financing, measurement and verification services, and advances in software and data analytics.

Our energy efficiency services include the following:

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We assist utilities and governmental clients with the design, development and implementation of energy efficiency plans and programs.

These plans include the design, outreach, and implementation of strategies to deliver energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy planning, and to reduce greenhouse gas.

These plans include the design, outreach, and implementation of strategies to reduce peak energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy planning.

Direct Customer Support.

We assist clients (including hospitals, hotels, government offices, schools, and private companies) in developing and managing facilities and related infrastructures through a holistic, practical approach to facility management.

We assist clients (including hospitals, hotels, government offices, schools, and private industry) in developing and managing facilities and related infrastructures through a holistic, practical approach to facility management.

Our services cover audits, local compliance, operations and maintenance review, renewable energy planning, master plan development, infrastructure analyses, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (“LEED”) certification for buildings, and strategies for energy spend and greenhouse gas reduction.

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We serve as Consolidated Edison’s program manager and implementer for its Small Business Direct Install (“SMB”) program across the utility’s New York City and Westchester County service areas.

The SMB program, Consolidated Edison’s largest energy efficiency program, helps customers save energy, lower their bills, and protect the environment by providing financial incentives to identify and install energy efficiency measures.

To support this effort, we provide full-service program implementation, including outreach and direct sales to potential commercial customers, on-site energy efficiency assessments, direct implementation of energy-savings measures, and subcontractor management.

● Dormitory Authority-State New York (“DASNY”), New York.

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These measures produce both peak-load reductions and energy savings.

● Healthcare Energy Efficiency Program (“HEEP”), Southern California Edison (“SCE”).

We are the implementer of HEEP, which provides incentives and support to healthcare-related facilities to implement energy efficiency upgrades related to lighting, HVAC, boilers, medical equipment, building automation systems, VFDs, sensors, vending controls and retro-commissioning.

We perform American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (“ASHRAE”) Level I and II audits and ongoing analysis and support of installed measures, as well as develop customized energy efficiency measures including energy savings and peak demand reduction estimates.

Further, we provide financial calculations including forecasted cost savings, payback, and return on investment.

We assist with contractor referrals, request for proposals, and monitoring of installation, as well as perform measurement and verification (“M&V”) to ensure energy savings are achieved.

● Baldwin High School, Kansas.

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We supported Entergy’s investments in grid data and analytics capabilities across its electric distribution footprint through a software license for LoadSEER, the modeling application of Integral Analytics.

LoadSEER was developed to provide unique insights and modeling capability for distributed energy resources (“DERs”) and the evolving distribution grid.

LoadSEER was developed to provide unique insights and modeling capability for distributed energy resources and the evolving distribution grid.

The application is used in short- and long-term circuit-level planning and to proactively integrate renewables, energy storage, and efficiency investments.

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and multiple data sources in order to deliver dynamic, granular load profiles and perform valuation analyses.

● Multifamily, Commercial, and Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs.

Southern California Edison has contracted with us to develop, implement, and offer these programs to SCE customers.

We are the implementer of the Comprehensive Multifamily, Commercial, and Industrial Programs, which are targeted to help SCE customers lower their energy bills and reduce demand and energy usage by providing technical services, connection to financing, and financial incentives to identify and install energy efficiency measures.

To support this effort, we provide full-service program implementation, including customer outreach, performing energy audits, and facilitating installation and verifying savings of approved energy efficiency measures.

● City of New York – LL97 Implementation Action Plan .

We developed a plan for New York City that identifies the most feasible route to achieving the City’s deep decarbonization, energy efficiency, and clean and renewable electricity goals.

The plan is designed to balance policy compliance, technical and practical feasibility, and cost considerations, and will result in more than 50% greenhouse gas emissions reductions from City government infrastructure and energy system upgrades in City buildings by 2030.

Each City agency now has actionable targets and an initial pathway to meeting them under the plan.

The effort included the virtual survey of more than 4,000 publicly owned facilities in the city, detailed building energy modeling of prototypical city facilities, and transformation of these analyses into a comprehensive plan for the implementation of new renewable electricity sources, a heat electrification initiative, improved building energy efficiency and changes in wastewater, transportation, and other processes to meet the established goals.

Engineering and Consulting Services

Our Engineering and Consulting segment provides civil engineering-related construction management, building and safety, city engineering, city planning, geotechnical, material testing and other engineering consulting services to our clients.

Our engineering services include rail, port, water, mining and other civil engineering projects.

We also provide economic and financial consulting to public agencies along with national preparedness and interoperability services, communications, and technology solutions.

Our Engineering and Consulting segment provides civil engineering-related construction management, building and safety, city engineering office management, city planning, civil design, geotechnical, material testing and other engineering consulting services to our clients.

Our engineering services include traffic, bridges, rail, port, water, mining and other civil engineering projects.

We also provide economic and financial consulting to public agencies.

Lastly, we supplement the engineering services that we offer our clients by offering expertise and support for the various financing techniques public agencies utilize to finance their operations and infrastructure.

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Building and Safety.

Our building and safety services range from managing and staffing an entire municipal building department to providing specific outsourced services, such as plan review and field inspections.

Our building and safety services range from managing and staffing an entire municipal building department to providing specific outsourced services, such as plan review and field inspections for code compliance.

Other related services under this umbrella include performing accessibility compliance and providing disaster recovery teams, energy compliance evaluations, permit processing and issuance, seismic retrofitting programs, and structural plan review.

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City Engineering and Code Enforcement.

We provide municipalities with city engineering services and assist with the development, implementation and enforcement of building and development codes.

We provide municipalities with city engineering services related to the public works department needs and assist with the development, implementation and enforcement of building and development codes.

These services are tailored to the unique needs of each municipality, ranging from staffing an entire engineering department to carrying out specific projects within a municipality.

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For several cities, we provide contract staff support, which ranges from staffing entire departments to providing interim or long-term services to entities that have determined that it is not cost-effective to have a full-time engineer on staff, to relieve peak workload situations or to fill vacant positions during a job search.

Typical assignments include land use studies, development of specific plans or general plan elements, design guidelines, and zoning ordinances.

Typical assignments include land use studies, development of

specific plans or general plan elements, design guidelines, and zoning ordinances.

We also provide surveying and mapping services, including major construction layout, design survey, topographic survey, aerial mapping, Geographic Information Systems, and right-of-way engineering.

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and providing financial analyses, modeling and budget forecasting.

The key to our district administration services is our proprietary software package, MuniMagic+ SM :

Municipal Administration & Government Information Coordinator, which we developed internally to redefine the way we administer special districts.

MuniMagic+ SM is a database management program that maintains parcel data;

calculates special taxes, assessments, fees and charges;

manages payment tracking;

maintains bond-related information in a single, central location;

and provides reporting, financial modeling and analysis at multiple levels of detail.

MuniMagic+ SM offers a significant competitive advantage in an industry driven by the ability to accurately process large quantities of data.

Financial Consulting.

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We provide federal compliance services to approximately 764 issuers in 43 states and the District of Columbia managing approximately $71 billion in municipal debt.

Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Training.

We design, develop, implement, review and evaluate public and private agencies’ emergency operations and hazard mitigation preparedness and plans.

We also provide customized training courses and exercises.

The following are examples of typical projects we have performed in the Engineering and Consulting segment:

● City of Elk Grove, California, City Engineering, Capital Improvement, and Infrastructure Services.

We provide comprehensive technical support to the Public Works and Development Services Departments for

the over 170,000-resident community of Elk Grove, California.

Services include public counter service, drainage/stormwater/NPDES, traffic engineering, permitting, land development review and inspection, CIP design and construction support.

Serving the two City departments is a team of over 35 of our full-time engineers, scientists, managers, observers/inspectors, project managers, administrative support staff, and a team of subconsultants.

All work is accomplished through a task order process that defines the scope of work, time of performance, and cost of services.

We provided comprehensive technical support to the Public Works and Development Services Departments for the over 170,000-resident community of Elk Grove, California.

Our services have included public counter

service, drainage/stormwater/NPDES, traffic engineering, permitting, land development review and inspection, CIP design and construction support.

Serving the two City departments was a team of full-time engineers, scientists, managers, observers/inspectors, project managers, administrative support staff, and a team of subconsultants.

All work was accomplished through a task order process that defined the scope of work, time of performance, and cost of services.

● City of Palm Springs, California, Engineering and Construction Management Services.

We provide construction management and public works inspection services related to the City’s Police Department Remodel Project.

The project involves the remodeling of the training center, lobby, records area, detective bureau, and men’s and women’s locker rooms.

We are acting as Owner’s Representative and Construction Manager responsible for coordinating all aspects of the construction, including coordination with the City’s Building Inspection Staff.

We provided construction management and public works inspection services related to the City’s Police Department Remodel Project.

The project involved the remodeling of the training center, lobby, records area, detective bureau, and men’s and women’s locker rooms.

We acted as Owner’s Representative and Construction Manager responsible for coordinating all aspects of the construction, including coordination with the City’s Building Inspection Staff.

● Contra Costa County, California, City Engineering Services.

We provide finance review, financial analysis, and contract administration services for the Contra Costa County Public Works Department.

Willdan is providing municipal services in a variety of professional and technical administrative and finance measures.

We provided finance review, financial analysis, and contract administration services for the Contra Costa County Public Works Department.

Willdan provided municipal services in a variety of professional and technical administrative and finance measures.

● County of Los Angeles, California, Traffic Engineering Services.

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● State of Nevada, Building and Safety Services.

We have provided building safety/plan check services for the State of Nevada Public Works Department since 2007.

Projects for the State of Nevada include several for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Reno campuses.

The projects consist of installation of photo voltaic and parking lot lighting upgrades, a new baseball clubhouse, and the complete structural upgrade and remodel of several historic buildings at the Reno campus.

We provided building safety/plan check services for the State of Nevada Public Works Department since 2007.

Projects for the State of Nevada included several for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Reno campuses.

The projects consisted of installation of photo voltaic and parking lot lighting upgrades, a new baseball clubhouse, and the complete structural upgrade and remodel of several historic buildings at the Reno campus.

● Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”).

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Our clients primarily consist of investor and municipal owned energy utilities, public and governmental agencies including cities, counties, redevelopment agencies, water districts, school districts and universities, state agencies, federal agencies and a variety of other special districts and agencies.

We also provide services to private industry, hospitals, hotels, and other commercial enterprises.

We also provide services to private industry, hospitals, hotels, and a wide variety of other commercial enterprises.

We are organized to profitably manage numerous small and large contracts at the same time.

The majority of our contracts typically range from $1,000 to $10,000,000 in contract revenue;

however, some of our multi-year contracts have the capacity to provide up to, and in excess, of $380,000,000 in revenue for the implementation of certain energy efficiency programs.

Our contracts typically have a duration of between two and thirty-six months, although we have city services contracts that have been in effect for over 30 years.

however, several of our construction management service contracts exceed $20,000,000 and range up to $90,000,000 in construction value.

In addition, many of our multi-year utility program management contracts exceed $10,000,000 and our largest single contract has the capacity to provide up to, and in excess, of $380,000,000 in revenue over a period of five years for the implementation of energy efficiency measures in commercial facilities.

Our contracts typically have a duration of between two and thirty-six months, although we have city services contracts that have been renewed or re-awarded and in effect for over 30 years.

Most of our contracts include a provision allowing for termination for convenience after reimbursement of any unbilled effort under the contract.

As of January 1, 2021, we had approximately 2,000 open projects.

During fiscal year 2020, we had an individual customer that accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated contract revenues.

As of December 31, 2021, we had approximately 2,000 open projects.

During fiscal year 2021, we had one customer that accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated contract revenues.

For fiscal year 2021, the LADWP accounted for 10.8% of our consolidated contract revenue.

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In fiscal year 2021, services provided to clients in California accounted for 36.8% of our consolidated contract revenue and services provided to clients in New York accounted for 21.0% of our consolidated contract revenue.

In 2013, Lime Energy collaborated with Duke Energy - Progress to launch the first ever small business direct install program in North Carolina and South Carolina.

We collaborate with the LADWP through the Commercial Direct Install Program, which is a small business lighting energy efficiency program that serves all commercial customers in LADWP territory with demand up to 250kW.

On average, this program typically implements approximately 8,000 energy efficiency projects a year and has implemented over 88,000 projects since program inception in 2008.

Over that time, we have saved LADWP and its customers over 549,000 MWh per year and 108 MW of peak demand and also provided lead generation identifying roughly 10,000 water efficiency upgrades.

In 2013, Lime Energy, which we acquired in fiscal year 2018, collaborated with Duke Energy - Progress to launch the first ever small business direct install program in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Since its launch, the program has grown to encompass all eligible Duke Energy customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

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We continue to implement programs across these five states and have completed over 25,000 projects for Duke Energy resulting in over 780,000 MWh in savings to small businesses.

On average, this program typically implements approximately 8,000 energy efficiency projects a year and has implemented almost 80,000 projects since program inception in 2008.

Over that time, we have saved LADWP and its customers over 480,000 MWh per year and 96 MW of peak demand and also provided lead generation identifying roughly 9,000 HVAC tune-ups, 6,000 programmable thermostats installations, and 5,000 hot water efficiency upgrades.

In January 2017, we announced a new three-year contract with Consolidated Edison to implement Consolidated Edison’s Small and Medium Business Direct Install (“SMB”) program across the utility's New York City and Westchester County service area.

This program replaced and expanded Consolidated Edison's Small Business Direct Install (“DCI”) program, which we had implemented since 2009.

It continues the process of diversifying the program offerings.

The Consolidated Edison contract continues through the end of 2022.

After giving effect to renewals, the Consolidated Edison contract continues through the end of 2022.

The SMB program, Consolidated Edison's largest energy efficiency program, helps customers save energy, lower their bills and protect the environment by providing financial incentives to identify and buy down the cost of energy efficiency measures.

To support this effort, we provide full-service program implementation including outreach and direct sales to potential commercial customers, on-site energy efficiency assessments, direct implementation of energy savings measures and subcontractor management.

The administration of incentive payments to other contractors providing services through the program is included in Willdan’s scope, but the structure of the contract is such that these payments are not included in revenue or expenses.

The administration of incentive payments to other contractors providing services through the program is included in our scope, but the structure of the contract is such that these payments are not included in revenue or expenses.

Consolidated Edison may terminate the contract at any time for any reason.

Consolidated Edison has been a customer of ours since 2009.

In connection with our acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Genesys in March 2016, we entered into an administrative services agreement with Genesys pursuant to which our subsidiary, WES, provides Genesys with ongoing administrative, operational and other non-professional support services.

Under such administrative services agreement, WES provides administrative services for a series of Genesys’s DASNY contracts.

WES provides administrative services to Genesys in its performance of rehabilitation and construction work and architectural and engineering services at various sites within New York State.

Under such administrative services agreement, WES provides administrative services for a series of Genesys’s DASNY and other contracts.

WES provides administrative services to Genesys in its performance of rehabilitation and construction work and architectural and

engineering services at various sites within New York State.

Services for DASNY under these contracts also include energy efficient design, utility cost evaluation and review, and various regulatory compliance services.

Specific project descriptions are set out by DASNY in work authorizations, which are issued under the terms of the contracts.

termination dates of the DASNY contracts vary;

The termination dates of the DASNY contracts vary;

the latest of which is April 2024.

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DASNY may at any time terminate any of the contracts or suspend all projects, for its convenience and without cause.

DASNY has been a customer of Genesys since 1983.

Contract Structure

We generally provide our services under contracts, purchase orders, or retainer letters.

We generally provide our services under contracts, purchase orders, licensing agreements or retainer letters.

The agreements we enter into with our clients typically incorporate one of three principal types of pricing provisions:

● Time-and-materials provisions provide for reimbursement of costs and overhead plus a fee for labor based on the time expended on a project multiplied by a negotiated hourly billing rate.

The profitability achievable on a time-and-materials basis is driven by billable headcount and cost control.

● Unit-based provisions require the delivery of specific units of work, such as energy efficiency savings goals measured in kWh or Therms, arbitrage rebate calculations, dissemination of municipal securities continuing disclosure reports, or building plan checks, at an agreed price per unit, with the total payment under the contract determined by the actual number of units performed.

The profitability achievable on a time-and-materials basis is driven by billable headcount, staff utilization, and cost control.

● Unit-based provisions require the delivery of specific units of work, such as energy efficiency savings goals measured in kWh or Therms, arbitrage rebate calculations, software access terms, dissemination of municipal securities continuing disclosure reports, or building plan checks, at an agreed price per unit, with the total payment under the contract determined by the actual number of units performed.

● Fixed price provisions require all work under a contract to be performed for a specified lump sum, which may be subject to adjustment if the scope of the project changes.

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Consequently, the profitability, if any, of fixed price contracts can vary substantially.

Willdan typically hedges some of these risks through the use of fixed price subcontracts for services, material, and equipment.

Willdan typically mitigates some of these risks through the use of fixed price subcontracts for services, material, and equipment.

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the approximate percentage of our contract revenue subject to each type of pricing provision:

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Our contracts come up for renewal periodically and, at the time of renewal, may be subject to renegotiation or recompetition, which could impact the profitability on that contract.

In addition, during the term of a contract, public agencies may request additional or revised services which may impact the economics of the transaction.

In addition, during the term of a contract, public

agencies may request additional or revised services which may impact the economics of the transaction.

Most of our contracts permit our clients, with prior notice, to terminate the contracts at any time without cause.

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The range of competitors for any one project can vary depending upon technical specialties, the relative value of the project, geographic location, financial terms, risks associated with the work, and any client-imposed restrictions.

We often compete with many other firms ranging from small local firms to large national firms.

We often compete with many other firms ranging from small local firms to large international firms.

Contract awards are based primarily on qualifications, relevant experience, staffing capabilities, geographic presence, financial stability and price.

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Our smaller competitors generally are limited both geographically as well as by the depth and breadth of services they are able to provide.

We consider our principal competitive advantages to be our reputation for dependability, technical knowledge and industry expertise of employees, quality of services and solutions, and the scope and scale of our service offerings.

We believe that no single competitor has sufficient market share to influence the markets in which we operate in.

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Human Capital Resources

The foundation of our continuing success as a professional services enterprise is the ability to attract and retain qualified talent by providing a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion, development, opportunity and empowerment.

This understanding informs our approach to managing our human capital resources.

As a professional services company, our continuing success relies on attracting, developing, and retaining a workforce that is both technically excellent and responsive to the needs of our clients and customers.

An integral part of our ability to attract and retain qualified talent depends on our ability to maintain a culture reflective of the diverse communities we serve.

Our Workforce

As of January 1, 2021, we employed a total of 1,353 employees, excluding contractors.

As of December 31, 2021, we employed a total of 1,560 employees, excluding contractors.

Our employees include, among others, licensed electrical, mechanical, structural, geotechnical and civil engineers;

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policy advisors and information technology specialists.

We believe that we attract and retain highly skilled personnel with significant industry experience and strong client relationships by offering them challenging assignments in a stable work environment combined with employee benefit programs that we believe are competitive with those offered by our competitors.

We believe that we attract and retain highly skilled personnel with significant industry experience and strong client relationships by offering them challenging assignments in a dynamic work environment that recognizes, supports, and encourages diverse backgrounds and inter-cultural cooperation combined with compensation and employee benefit programs that are competitive with those offered by our competitors.

See Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors"

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

While diversity, equity and inclusion has always been a part of our culture, we continue to advance efforts to integrate our principles into all aspects of our work and measure results.

We believe our success depends on creating and maintaining a qualified and diverse company.

As our people represent an ever-broader diversity of gender, age, race, cultural background, language, sexual orientation, ability, and national origin, we become an ever-stronger company.

Our vision is to create a culture of acceptance and individuality, where all employees feel respected, included, and encouraged to bring their unique perspectives, ideas, and skills to work each day.

In 2020, we established Willdan’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group which identified initial goals and objectives focused on two key areas:

1) conducting a multi-pronged analysis of employee recruitment, development, engagement, and community outreach;

and 2) developing and tracking key performance indicators and progress toward DEI objectives.

We strive to attract and retain professionals with the diverse expertise our clients and teams require to solve complex challenges, as energy and infrastructure transform and expand.

Our goal is for our staff, suppliers, and subcontractors to accurately reflect the communities where we live and work.

To bring more diverse and talented people to our team, we partner with professional organizations that represent and support diverse applicants.

We seek out and hire minority-owned subcontractors on our projects and regularly use minority-owned suppliers.

Our goal is to maintain a culture of acceptance and individuality, where all employees feel respected, included, and encouraged to bring their unique perspectives, ideas, and skills to work each day.

Our culture is focused on hiring, empowering, and retaining highly talented employees and professionals with the diverse background and expertise required to develop solutions for the current and future energy and infrastructure challenges.

To encourage more diverse and talented people to join our team, we partner with professional organizations that represent and support a diverse pool of applicants.

We actively seek out and hire minority-owned subcontractors on our projects and, in conjunction with our clients, we regularly propose and achieve specific percentage content goals for the use of minority-owned and disadvantaged businesses in our projects.

These partnerships offer economic opportunity to local, minority-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises.

We can better serve all communities by using contracting teams that mirror the culture and demographics of the communities where we work.

At Willdan, we believe that we can better serve all communities by utilizing qualified employees, suppliers, and subcontractors that mirror the culture and demographics of the communities where we live and work.

In 2020, we established Willdan’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DE&I”) Working Group which identified initial goals and objectives focused on two key areas:

1) conducting a multi-pronged analysis of employee recruitment, development, engagement, and community outreach;

and 2) developing and tracking key performance indicators and progress toward DE&I objectives.

During fiscal year 2021, as part of our ongoing effort within our DE&I Working Group, we conducted a company-wide employee engagement survey.

We have analyzed the results from that survey and have begun instituting action committees aimed at implementing the feedback received.

In addition, we developed human capital metrics, such as employee gender ratios and other demographic information, aimed at expanding our employee recruitment effort and have expanded the roster of universities in which we conduct recruiting activities.

As part of our community outreach, in the beginning of 2020 we established and financed the Willdan Clean Energy Academy (“WCEA”) which offers free training in energy efficiency skills to disadvantaged workers in the New York City area.

In 2021, Willdan increased the funding for this outreach effort and the WCEA expanded to the Los Angeles City Area.

The academy supports a diverse workforce and collaborates with community-based organizations and Workforce centers to support career development.

Workplace Safety

We recognize the critical role that all of our employees play in sustaining a safe and compliant work environment, and we understand that our leaders are responsible for the ongoing improvement of operational discipline and safety culture.

Every employee and subcontractor is expected to apply this approach when performing all work activities.

Our Health and Safety Council meets monthly and our Health and Safety program is designed to address the hazards associated with our business and to prevent workplace injuries and illness.

Willdan is committed to maintaining a safe work environment for all of our employees, both inside our facilities and at project job sites.

Every employee and subcontractor is expected to apply this approach when performing all work activities and safety plans and processes are an integral part of all our field projects.

Our Health and Safety Council meets monthly and our Health and Safety program is designed to address the hazards associated with our business and to prescribe the policies and practices needed to prevent workplace injuries and illness.

We track and report all safety incidents.

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The lost-time incident rate (LTIR) is the number of lost-time injuries that occurred in a given period, relative to the total number of hours worked in the same period.

Environmental Stewardship

Sustainability, environmental protection and climate change mitigation is the core of our identity and our work tackles these essential global challenges every day as we advise and assist governments, utilities and industry in defining and meeting goals for improvement.

In addition, we strive to reduce our own ecological footprint and our environmental impact, as we help our customers achieve their own sustainability goals.

We help clients reduce carbon intensity to become cleaner, more sustainable organizations through measurement and goal setting, sustainable engineering designs, installation of more efficient lighting, heating and cooling measures and the development and implementation of master plans for environmental sustainability, carbon reduction and energy efficiency to meet specific goals.

This has led to energy-efficient upgrades at over 280,000 commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, and other public buildings.

Willdan’s program management activities for various utilities have yielded more than 7.8 billion kWh savings, 11 million therms reductions over the past 14 years.

We are committed to the relentless improvement and protection of our planet.

The success of our business model is built on this foundation.

Our dedication to environmental sustainability in our own ecological footprint enhances our ability to lead by example for our partners and clients.

At Willdan, strong and effective corporate governance is the foundation of a well-run, sustainable business.

Our corporate governance practices set clear expectations and responsibilities for leaders, employees, and partners to create long-term, competitive returns for shareholders and lasting value for all stakeholders.

We are committed to conducting business in a legal, ethical, and trustworthy manner;

strictly upholding our regulatory obligations everywhere we operate;

and complying with both the letter and spirit of our business policies and values.

We are committed to accountability for our actions and goals.

With our commitment to corporate governance principles, we have adopted, among other measures, a Code of Ethical Conduct, as well charters for each of the four standing committees of our Board of Directors (“Board”).

These governance measures promote effective functioning of our Board and its committees, protecting our interests as a whole.

The measures articulate shared expectations for how the Board, its committees, and our management should perform their respective functions.

Annually, the Board works with our senior management team on a detailed, multi-year strategic plan, reviewing goal progress each quarter.

The Board also oversees efforts by Willdan’s senior management team in managing environmental and social risks and opportunities The Board is led by our Chairman and CEO.

Our Board’s directors are independent under NASDAQ and Willdan independence standards, except for our CEO.

As the director most familiar with our business and industry, we believe our CEO is best suited to serve as Chairman of our Board.

Our CEO works in collaboration with our Lead Independent Director, who is appointed biannually by the Board.

Our Board is comprised of a diverse group of academics, financial advisors and industry practitioners with extensive experience in the governance and direction of publicly-traded enterprises.

At any time, shareholders and other interested parties may communicate by writing with the Board of Directors generally, with the non-employee directors as a group, or with a specific director.

We are managed under the direction of the Board, which is currently composed of ten directors.

The Board has determined nine directors are independent under the rules of the listing standards for the Nasdaq Global Market and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Intellectual Property

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Consequently, we believe it is important to protect our brand identity through trademark registrations.

The Willdan, Willdan Group, Inc., Willdan Engineering, Willdan Infrastructure, Willdan Financial Services, Willdan Energy Solutions and Willdan Homeland Services names are service marks of ours, and we have obtained a service mark for the Willdan and “W” logo.

We have also obtained federal service mark registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the “Willdan” name, “Willdan Group, Inc.” name and the “extending your reach” tagline.

The name and logo of our proprietary software, MuniMagic+ SM , are registered service marks of Willdan Financial Services, and we have registered a federal copyright for the source code for the MuniMagic+ SM software.

In connection with our acquisitions, we have obtained the trademark for our “LoadSEER” software, have obtained the patent for “Optimization of Microgrid Energy Use and Distribution”, have obtained the service marks for the Enerpath, Enerworks and Lime/Green Dial Design, and have obtained the registered copyright of Lime, Lime Energy, Lime Energy “less is more” design and Main Street Efficiency.

The Willdan, Willdan Group, Inc., Willdan Engineering, Willdan Energy Company, Willdan Financial Services, and Willdan Energy Solutions names are service marks of ours, and we have obtained a service mark for the Willdan and “W” logo.

We have also obtained federal service mark registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the “Willdan” name and “Willdan Group, Inc.” name.

The name and logo of our proprietary software, MuniMagic+ SM , our California energy efficiency CEDA, as well as our proprietary platform as a service VIEWPOINT are also registered marks, and we have registered a federal copyright for the source code for the MuniMagic+ SM software.

NEO, Net Energy Optimizer, Collaboration Analysis Research, and several Weidt Group designs.

Available Information

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Through our website, in the “Investors” section under the heading “SEC Filings”, we make available, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such materials to the SEC.

We also make available on this website our prior earnings calls under the heading “Events and Presentations” and our Code of Ethical Conduct under the heading “Investors—Corporate Governance.” The information on our website is not a part of or incorporated by reference into this filing.

We also make available on this website our prior earnings calls under the heading “Events and Presentations” and our Code of Ethical Conduct under the heading “Corporate Governance.” The information on our website is not a part of or incorporated by reference into this filing.

The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy, and information statements and other information regarding our filings at http://www.sec.gov.

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