Over the past three decades, the U.S. Nuclear Industry achieved unprecedented levels of safety and reliability; providing nearly 20 percent of domestic electricity all of which is produced carbon-free. Since the turn of the century, however, rising operations and maintenance (O&M) costs and an evolving electricity market threaten the long-term financial viability of the fleet. Consequently, a new approach to performance improvement is needed, one that protects safety and reliability while concurrently lowering costs.
But what should this approach be?
Human Capital Management
To meet the current financial challenge, utility leaders should broaden their focus to include other business functions – such as human capital management – that are contributing to the rising operations and maintenance (O&M) spend.
Overall Goals: Improve workforce quality, capability, productivity, and stability while reducing payroll Targeted Savings: $1+ million annually per station
Based on StrategyDriven’s experience, $1+ million in annual savings – and improved safety and reliability – are available to nuclear utility operators in the near-term through the implementation of contemporary market-based business practices in the human capital management area including:
Flattening the organization structure at both the corporate and station levels
Resolving positional pay misalignments that discourage upward personnel mobility and drive unnecessary positional churn
Standardizing and consolidating the site access and onboarding processes across the industry
…and numerous others!
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