STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS

With our group purchasing power, STARS Alliance delivers substantial savings that vastly exceed our operating expenses. With a 20+ year track record of success, STARS Alliance is well-positioned to further improve the bottom line of our owners – which is vital as energy companies face continued cost reductions to improve customer affordability and profitability.

SAVING MONEY THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES

In the past eight years alone, STARS Alliance saved our owners more than $148.5 million through joint purchases – compared with an operating budget of $15.71 million. With that kind of return, it makes sense to further leverage the buying power of the four owner companies – which have a combined annual spend of more than $13 billion (nuclear and non-nuclear).

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AN IMPRESSIVE RETURN
STARS ALLIANCE OWNER
SAVINGS 2015-2022
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$160M
$140M
$120M
$100M
$80M
$60M
$40M
$20M
$0M
$15.71M
$148.5M
Operating Expenses
Cost Savings

Improving Station Performance

One of the most highly valued benefits of STARS Alliance is the unique ability to collaborate with peers at our owners’ nuclear stations. STARS Alliance has been a catalyst enabling these stations to collectively achieve and sustain industry-leading performance.

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Areas of Support include
Chemistry
Emergency Planning
Engineering/Equipment Reliability
Industrial Safety
Maintenance
Organizational Effectiveness
Operations
Outage
Performance Improvement
Radiation Protection
Regulatory Affairs
Security
Training
Work Management

Each area has a peer team with members from each STARS nuclear station – and monthly peer team calls are perpetual benchmarking opportunities.

COOPERATING ON STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

STARS has a successful process to identify, evaluate, and execute strategic initiatives that can help our owners with sustainability – improving customer affordability and maintaining top operational performance. And our state-of-the-art office and IT infrastructure let our owner companies easily collaborate and share information.

EXAMPLES OF HIGH VALUE PROJECTS BENEFITTING MULTIPLE STARS NUCLEAR STATIONS:
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License Renewal
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Advanced Remote Monitoring
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Materials Cost Reduction
There’s the financial benefit of being in the Alliance, but the information sharing is a big advantage as well. The ability to bring together the expertise from all four teams when we have an issue – that’s invaluable.
— PAULA GERFEN, PG&E SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF NUCLEAR OFFICER, DIABLO CANYON