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USA recovery station support

Author: Lisa Kuehl

July 8, 2015

As a part of the new USA Governance and Oversight model, the USA BOD has also authorized the Vice President – Operational Performance to assume a corporate fleet role for stations in recovery. A recovery plant is designated as any station that has been assigned to the Escalate, Increased Involvement or Special Focus category by...

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Changes focus on performance improvement, INPO alignment

Author: Stephen Tait

July 8, 2015

The Utilities Service Alliance is changing its corporate governance with the aim of improving performance across the fleet and to better align with INPO. The initiative creates 11 new positions, all of which are focused at moving each plant in the fleet toward excellence. They will specifically focus on cross-functional fleet performance areas such as...

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USA board approves USA governance positions

Author: Joe Delmar

June 29, 2015

As previously communicated, the USA board of directors unanimously approved changes recently to the fleet’s Governance, Oversight, Support and Perform (GOSP) model in April of this year. The changes will take effect January 1, 2016. The first phase of the change is underway with the development of job descriptions and governance documents approved at the...

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Comanche Peak HAB Emergency Exercise preliminary results

Author: Mitch Warren

June 16, 2015

USA fleet member Comanche Peak successfully performed the biennial FEMA and NRC evaluated Hostile Based Action emergency exercise recently. The scenario was challenging involving simulated mass casualties, large scale fire, significant equipment damage and a radiological release. Alternate facility activation and integration with the Incident Command Post was demonstrated. The federal, state, and local governments...

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USA Suppliers of the Year announced

Author: Lisa Kuehl

June 16, 2015

The votes are in. The 2014 USA Suppliers of the Year are AP Services (Curtiss-Wright), Material Supplier of the Year, and Rolls-Royce, Services Supplier of the Year. The winners were announced last week at USA’s 21st Annual Executive Summit. Suppliers are chosen for this prestigious award by representatives from the twelve USA member utilities. Fleet...

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Columbia receives USA Optimizer Award

Author: Anna Markham

June 16, 2015

Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station received USA’s Optimizer Award at the 2015 USA Executive Summit Thursday. During calendar year 2014, Columbia saved more than $9 million through the use of USA’s programs and contracts. This is the first time Energy Northwest received the Optimizer Award. During 2014, the agency achieved $1.5 million in savings through...

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