About Us
History
In an effort to address common questions and challenges regarding how to address sustainability and become 'more green', the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance was formed in 2008. Generally called the Alliance, the group was formed by several electric utility supply chain executives who recognized the potential benefits of working together to green the electric utility industry supply chain. In 2009, the Alliance was registered as a 501(c) 6 non-profit corporation.
Vision
The Alliance aspires to be known as the leader in establishing a robust and sustainable electric utility industry supply chain including advancing the maturity level of our members and stakeholders.
Mission
The Alliance's mission is to work with its members and interested stakeholders to minimize the impacts on the environment of our supply chain operations. This will be accomplished by:
- Developing voluntary consensus standards and frameworks;
- Working with stakeholders and value chain partners to identify and exchange successful practices; and
- Delivering tangible business value to member organizations through the application of sustainability practices.
Values
The values governing the Alliance are as follows:
- Independence – The Alliance is an independent body.
- Openness – The Alliance conducts its standards development activities in an open and transparent manner.
- Inclusivity – All interested parties have the opportunity to participate in the standards development activities of the Alliance.
- Voluntary – Participation in the Alliance is voluntary and adherence to its shared practices is voluntary and not a condition of membership or participation.
- Consensus-Based Decisions – The voting procedures are intended to encourage decisions based upon consensus (i.e., general agreement, but not necessarily unanimity).
- Membership Driven – The Alliance’s activities are driven by its members.
- Develop Standards, Not Policy – The Working Teams of the Alliance develop practices that can be implemented at each member’s discretion.
- Incorporate Best Practices – The practices shared and developed reflect standardization and streamlining of existing best practice activities as well as anticipated practices.
- Broad Applicability – Practices are structured to be applicable to the electric utility industry as a whole.
The current membership of the Alliance includes: Ameren, Arizona Public Service Company, Bonneville Power Administration, Con Ed, Dominion Resources, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy, Eversource, Exelon, New York Power Authority, OGE Energy Corp, Pacific Gas & Electric, Salt River Project, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison. Together, these electric utilities have over $150 billion dollars in combined revenue, serve over 85 million customers, provide service to 32 different states and have over $50 billion in non-fuel spend annually.
Governance and Operations
The Alliance is structured as a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. Activities related to the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain are subject to compliance with all federal and state antitrust laws. The Alliance is not a buying cooperative nor is it a certification program. Information used to make purchasing decisions is up to each individual company. The Alliance will not recommend specific suppliers or specific products. A five-person Executive Committee, elected for a one year term, provides leadership.
Antitrust Disclosure
The Alliance and all its activities are subject to compliance with all federal and state antitrust laws. As an organization we do not discuss any company specific pricing, vendor terms and conditions, discounts or anything else that may affect prices, allocations of markets, specific vendor experiences, or any other competitively sensitive information.
