STP received Utilities Service Alliance’s Optimizer Award at the 2021 USA Executive Summit last month. During calendar year 2021, STP saved more than $7.5 million through use of USA’s programs and contracts while amassing a remarkable $46.92 return on each dollar of their Alliance membership investment! “STP has done a great job taking advantage of...

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[caption id="attachment_10936" align="alignright" width="113"] USA Board Chair Ken Peters, SVP & CNO of Luminant's Comanche Peak[/caption] During the recent Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors Meeting, Ken Peters, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer of Luminant’s Comanche Peak, was elected USA Board Chair.  Mr. Peters will serve a two-year term effective July 1,...

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USA raised $30,000 for the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation at this year’s Chairman’s Charity Event.  This amount is the largest amount ever raised by the USA family to support those in need. A special thanks to Curtiss-Wright and Frham Safety Products for their generous underwriting of the event.

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What's been going on with the [Xcel Energy] Innovation team lately? Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change.” If he were watching our nuclear industry today, he’d probably put that quote in bold, or maybe underline “change” a few times. Over the past few years the change around us has been rapidly...

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Xcel Energy is exploring hydrogen as a way to store carbon-free energy and help reach our carbon-free by 2050 vision. Since this is a new technology, we aren’t sure what our customers would think of using hydrogen in this way, and what education would be required when we roll out this technology. The Minnetonka VANTAGE...

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