FEC Stats
The number of counties that Fayette Electric serves.
7 - Fayette, Austin, Bastrop, Colorado, Lavaca, Lee and Washington counties
When you leave a room you should always do what?
Turn off the lights
Name two different ways that electricity is produced.
Hydro (water), Solar, Wind, Nuclear, BioMass, Gas and Coal.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Rural Electrification Administration in _____?
1935
This freshwater South American creature produces 500 volts of electricity through internal organs that act like batteries.
Electric eel (or knife fish)
The number of people that are on Fayette Electric Cooperative's board of directors?
Seven
What kind of energy uses the sun for power?
Solar Power
True or False? Water does not conduct electricity.
False. Water is a conductor. This is why it is important to avoid using electric objects, such as a hairdryer or radio, near the sink or bathtub. It is also why electricity can travel through people as our bodies are made up of mostly water.
True or False - ALL co-ops regardless of the type operate based on a set of seven cooperative principles.
True
What is the name of the vehicle that lineworkers frequently operate to lift themselves up to the power lines?
Bucket truck
Fayette Electric Cooperative was formed in what year?
1937
Planting ________ around your home can block out the sun and help reduce energy costs in the summer.
Trees
When your clothes stick together after coming out of the dyer, or when you get a shock when touching a doorknob or something metal, what kind of electricity is that called?
Static electricity.
The cooperative business model was created in ________.
1844
The number of co-ops in the United States?
30,000
FEC has how many meters on its system?
Over 16,000 meters
Items that consume electricity even when they are not turned on are known as ________.
Vampire or phantom Loads
What is the name of the big green (or gray) boxes that sit on cement pads and reduce the voltage of the electricity so that it is safe to use in your home?
Transformers
Name one other type of cooperative besides an electric cooperative.
Agriculture Cooperative, Food Cooperative, Financial Cooperative, etc.
ACE Hardware, Blue Diamond Almonds, Land of Lakes, Ocean Spray, REI, and Cabot Creamery, and credit unions are all examples of _____________.
Cooperatives
There are how many distribution cooperatives in Texas?
65
At what wind speed can the fan blades on a wind turbine begin spinning to generate electricity?
6 to 9 mph
What is the "D" in AED, or Automated Electric _____, a portable unit able to provide a life-saving electric shock to restart a heart or correct an irregular heartbeat.
Defibrillator.
True or false: electric co-ops have customers.
False - co-ops have MEMBERS!
While most people think of Thomas Edison as the inventor of electric power generation, this Serbian-American's ideas contributed more to the design of today's alternating current system of electric supply.
Nicola Tesla