While the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) has instituted several changes related to its Governance, Oversight, Support and Perform (GOSP) model, its core business to improve plant safety and performance, and drive economic benefit remains strong. “We have communicated much about the ways our new GOSP model has changed the focus of USA’s operational improvement efforts...

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Coinciding with recent governance model changes and membership adjustments, the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) has updated its Membership Level designations to more clearly and accurately reflect membership status and benefits. Effective immediately, USA will designate three levels of USA membership: Full Member, Efficiency Member and Affiliate Member (see table below). The Full Member level coincides...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors has announced that President and CEO Carl Parry has decided to retire effective Feb. 1, 2017. Parry, who has led USA since its incorporation in 1996, submitted his intention to retire at the Nov. 1, 2016 USA Board of Director’s meeting. The board named John Christensen, USA...

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For more than 20 years, the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) has been helping its members maximize refueling outages with ready access to industry expertise, best practices and skilled craft workers. Currently two of seven USA plants have units in refueling outages. They are not only replacing used fuel, but also undertaking a large number of...

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Utilities Service Alliance (USA) members South Texas Project (STP) and Xcel Energy’s Monticello station recently achieved more than $1.1 million in combined Total Cost of Ownership savings recently through the use of a USA supplier agreement with ARES Security Corporation. The savings/cost avoidance was realized due to Security Post realignment where the ARES Security Product...

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