Science / Engineering
The most common number of phases for alternating current
What is 3
A leader in the LDES space, this startup makes iron-air long duration batteries
What is Form Energy?
This legend, known for saying "blah blah blah" when imitating COP climate negotiations is also the face of this event's partiful invite. Points will only be given for a correct pronunciation of their name.
Who is Greta Thunburg?
The largest integrated gas and electric utility in the United States (by # of customers)
What is PG&E?
This country gets over 70% of its electricity from nuclear power
What is France?
The US electric grid operates at _ frequency (answer in HZ)
What is 60 HZ
A former leader in capturing flared gas to mine crypto, this data center developer controversially refers to itself as climate tech
What is Crusoe?
This person is an executive at Energy Impact Partners and host of Catalyst
Who is Shayle Kahn?
This term refers to current value of utility capital assets, net of depreciation
What is the rate base?
The name of the famous 2025 Carlyle paper / thought piece that called for prioritizing energy security in the energy transition
A common metric in measuring atmospheric carbon, PPM stands for.
What is parts per million?
A Swedish manufacturer of green steel
What is Stegra?
This former Google executive was recently added to the Open Circuit podcast
Who is Caroline Golin?
Commonly misunderstood as your local Bay Area utility, this is the full name of PGE
Portland Gas and Electric
This US state is responsible for over 50% of US LNG exports
What is Louisiana?
A highly potent greenhouse gas, often associated with fertilizer runoff (full name, not abbreviation)
What is Nitrous Oxide?
This Texas residential battery developer raised over $1B in 2025
What is Base Power?
This person is the head chair of the CPUC
This term, refers to cities attempting to leave the service territory of investor owned utilities
What is municipalization?
This highly strategic straight is responsible for over 1/3 of global oil flows.
What is the Straight of Malacca
Distortions in an AC power system, defined as voltages or currents that operate at frequencies that are integer multiples of the baseline power frequency
Harmonics
This battery recyling startup, a compititor to Redwood materials, recently declared a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
What is Ascend Elements?
The US senate consists of these climate hawks that refer to themselves as the "three climateeers". Name 2/3.
PG&E's 2026 ROE on non-transmission CapEx. Only accepting answers with +/- 1%.
What is 9.98%?
The current spot price of US natural gas as measured on the Henry Hub (answer must be in $/MMBTU, within 50 cents)
What is $2.7?