Chip Palazzo

Susquehanna’s Rob Littles earns USA Excellence Award

Author: Chip Palazzo

PPL Susquehanna’s Rob Littles recently won the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Excellence Award during its 12th Annual Supply Chain Management (SCM) Winter Conference. Rob, who led PPL Susquehanna’s Procurement Services organization for nearly three years and very recently transitioned from Supply Chain and Nuclear Procurement organization into PPL’s Energy Supply Information Technology (IT) organization, has...

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USA fleet 2014 performance summary

Author: Chip Palazzo

The 2014 Utilities Service Alliance Business Plan Performance Summary was recently published and shared with USA leadership. According to the Executive Summary, this year, USA fleet members were more engaged and more involved as the year progressed, participating in 170 Jump-Up Calls (predominantly in Engineering and Operations functional areas) and 168 Assessments (not including MRM...

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USA stands tall at 20th Annual ANS Utility Working Conference

Author: Chip Palazzo

This year, Utilities Service Alliance (USA) stepped up to co-sponsor “Cost Effective Excellence,” the 2014 American Nuclear Society’s Utility Working Conference held on Amelia Island, Florida, the week of August 11. With nearly 700 nuclear professionals and vendors in attendance, this year’s event marked 20 years of continued strong traditions associated with the popular industry...

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Susquehanna’s Unit 2 successfully closes NRC 95002 Inspection

Author: Chip Palazzo

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) 95002 Inspection Team informed USA member Susquehanna Station Thursday, July 31, that the organization had successfully completed its 95002 Inspection. NRC Inspectors said that the Station had demonstrated its understanding, conducted thorough evaluations and developed and implemented comprehensive corrective actions. An NRC public meeting will be scheduled. At that...

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PPL, Riverstone to form one of the nation’s largest Independent Power Producers

Author: Chip Palazzo

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) and Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading energy and power investment firm, announced Monday (6/9) a definitive agreement to combine their merchant power generation businesses into a new stand-alone, publicly traded Independent Power Producer. The new company, which will own and operate a diverse mix of 15,320 megawatts of generating capacity in...

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