Coming off a beneficial 2018 and Spring 2019 outage season, the USA/STARS Personnel Sharing Team met in San Antonio during the USA Executive Summit to develop the 2020 personnel sharing plan.  The team typically meets after the spring outage season to negotiate the following calendar year’s plan.  Although not finalized, the USA/STARS plants that participate...

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At USA we are very grateful for our Supplier-Partners and the support and commitment they demonstrate to the alliance principles we are built on.  Expectations are high on both sides of the relationship and we continue to strive for the mutually beneficial outcomes that have defined USA since our inception. USA’s coveted Supplier of the...

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USA raises $25,000 for the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation at the Chairman's Charity Event for the second year in a row!  Special thanks to Curtiss-Wright, Frham Safety Products, and EXCEL Services Corporation for their generous underwriting of the event. Click here for the Children of Fallen Patriots Press Release.

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) fleet members hosted representatives from more than 96 companies deep in the heart of Texas last month for the 25th Annual Nuclear Generator & Supplier Executive Summit. Several key meetings took place along with the conference general session attended by executives from across the world. USA board members received updates on...

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Luminant’s Clint Carter, who currently serves as Director, Advanced Monitoring & Diagnostic Services, has been selected by the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors to serve as its new Director – Fleet Modernization. As a result of the USDOE funding award announced just weeks ago, the position of Director – Fleet Modernization – a...

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Utilities Service Alliance (USA) is excited to announce that on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019, the Department of Energy (DOE) selected the USA proposal for Advanced Remote Monitoring (ARM) for monetary award. “This announcement is a culmination of over three years of hard work by USA and it’s member stations,” noted John Christensen, USA President and...

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Significant employee engagement and strong leadership involvement in industrial safety has contributed to improved performance through management engagement of workers to understand industrial safety risk perception at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP). Themes of "Safety- Quality-Schedule in that order" remind employees that management values their well-being over production and "Why I work safe" campaign...

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The 2019 Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Excellence Plan has as two of its Focus Area Initiatives the revision of the Mid-Cycle and Nuclear Safety Assessment processes. The expected action requires that improvements to the processes be identified and implemented in 2019. Also included in the Focus Area is the development of a DevonWay software tool...

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