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2022 Winter Conference Review
The 2022 USA Supply Chain Winter Conference was a spectacular success! Rancho Mirage, California was the gathering place in late January as one of our largest groups ever celebrated the opportunity to come together again in person around our common passion for the nuclear industry. Even the weather cooperated as attendees were able to thaw...
ARM Project Update – February 2022
USA’s Advanced Remote Monitoring (ARM) project team continues the journey to modernize costly nuclear business processes through the application of leading-edge technologies. As this initiative approaches the conclusion of its second year, notable progress has been made. The following summarizes ARM accomplishments to date: Luminant’s Power Optimization Center has successfully built out Advanced Monitoring and...
Executive Spotlight – December 2021
2021 Projects in the Rearview Mirror
COVID-19-related lockdowns and slowdowns remained the norm in 2021, directly impacting the planned activity across the nation and with the Utilities Service Alliance (USA). Even with those challenges, USA has had several project accomplishments in the past year. USA started the year with a focus on Training, INPO 19-003 – “Staying on Top”, Work Management...
Donovan to retire, McGalliard to fill role
Tim Donovan, USA Director Fleet Improvements & Support, has announced his retirement, effective December 31, 2021. Tim joined USA in January 2015 and has had multiple roles leading the operational side of the USA organization. Of special note, during his time at USA Tim has led and expanded the USA Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment Process,...
Utilities Service Alliance signs agreement with Korea’s largest electric power generation company: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., to support USA objectives, goodwill, and innovation
Overland Park, Kansas (December 3, 2021) - Today, Utilities Service Alliance, Inc. (USA) and Korea’s largest electric power generation company, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP), announced the signing of an agreement to work mutually in support of USA objectives and services with utility peers and to help promote industry goodwill. USA and...
USA Awards 2020 Suppliers of the Year
USA has announced its winners of the Supplier of the Year (SOTY) Awards for 2020! Award winners are voted on by a cross-functional group of supply chain and technical stakeholders from member stations and represent the “best of the best” among USA Supplier-Partners. Members consider such things as Customer Service, Quality, Innovation and Overall Value...
Talen Claims 2020 USA Optimizer Award
Each year, USA presents the Optimizer Award to recognize the member utility that best leveraged its membership by achieving the greatest net savings and avoided costs through proactive engagement in the various Alliance opportunities. In 2020, Talen Energy was all-in, amassing more than $9.2M in documented savings through use of USA’s programs and contracts. This...
USA Board elects Capristo new Vice Chair | Luminant’s Peters thanked for his leadership
During the recent Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors Meeting, Aldo Capristo, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of STP Nuclear Operating Company, was elected USA Board Vice Chair. Capristo has over 31 years of nuclear power experience in multiple disciplines, including several years at Xcel Energy. Mr. Capristo will serve a two-year...