One of Us
This Board member is an identical triplet who once renamed a PUC Hearing room in his own honor as "Hearing Room B."
Who is Brian Lloyd?
This "one in 100" winter storm reshaped the electricity market in ERCOT.
What is Winter Storm Uri?
This CEO of the largest distribution cooperative in the US shares a name with a common garden herb.
Who is Julie Parsley?
A slangy term for a FERC registration category with special rights, these resources generate both steam and power.
What is a "QF" or a "cogen"?
Also known as a "virtual power plant," this "resource" was championed by Tesla and the subject of a recent GCPA Pre-Conference Workshop.
What is an "Aggregate Distributed Energy Resource" or "ADER"?
This wires-loving Board member was Kim Casey's boss before he became the CEO of Gridliance.
Who is Calvin Crowder?
This "crisis" was a contributor to FERC revoking ENRON's market-based rate authority.
What is the California Energy Crisis?
(Also acceptable, the "California Blackouts of 2000-2001" or similar)
This former Board Member, a pioneer in retail sector, has a very famous singer-songwriter uncle.
BONUS:
Who is the famous uncle?
Who is Marci Cohen Zlotnik?
BONUS:
Leonard Cohen
In ERCOT, you must be "qualified" to act as one of these wholesale transacting entities.
What is a "Qualified Scheduling Entity"?
A competitor in the race for dispatchable, low-carbon generation, this technology currently depends on section 45Q tax credits and an offtake agreement to be economic.
What is Carbon Capture and Utilization or Storage ("CCUS" or "CCS")?
The GCPA Board Member with the shortest term, this person's last name is a homophone for a measuring device.
Who is Theresa Gage?
DAILY DOUBLE
At the time, the current CEO of a major Texas utility was an executive at the California utility responsible for this event.
BONUS
Who is the current CEO of the major Texas utility, referenced above?
What are the PG&E wildfires?
BONUS
Who is Jason Wells?
This former ERCOT leader, who is now on the Board of a different ISO, famously admitted that he was "in the shower" at the start of the February 2011 ERCOT outages.
Who is Trip Doggett?
DAILY DOUBLE
These transmission projects in MISO are predicated on providing interregional reliability and economic benefits and, if allowed, are competitively bid.
BONUS:
What is the name of the project in MISO South that was originally assigned to NextEra through a competitive process, but later canceled?
What is a "Multi-Value Project" or an "MVP"?
BONUS:
What is Hartburg to Sabine?
This technology for moving power is premised on "bigger is better," but skeptics are concerned it consolidates contingency risk, limits access, and increases transformation costs.
What are "EHV" or Extra-High Voltage transmission lines?
(EHV voltage specs will also be accepted such as "500 kV" or "765 kV".)
A storied executive at Oxy, this former Board member was commonly known by his three-letter first name.
Who is "Irv Kowenski"?
Governor Chris Christie gained popularity for his handling of this event, which caused power outages to more than 8 million customers across 21 states.
What is Hurricane Sandy or "Superstorm Sandy"?
She was the first female partner at Deloitte before she served as a PUC Commissioner and on the Board of Directors for both MISO and ERCOT.
Who is Judy Walsh?
MISO is currently considering major changes to the eligibility and performance requirements for these demand response resources.
What are Load-Modifying Resources (LMRs)?
BONUS:
2X points if anyone besides Daryl answers.
DAILY DOUBLE
Two start-ups are currently competing for billions in funding from the Department of Energy for this technology, which claims to be safer, more economic, and more "modular" than historical power plants using the same fuel.
BONUS:
Name either of the competing start-ups.
What are Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)?
BONUS:
TerraPower or X Energy
One of the inaugural Board members of GCPA, this person shares a name with a boxer known as the "Galveston Giant" and the singer-songwriter who wrote the "Curious George" soundtrack.
Who is Jack Johnson?
Last year was the 20th anniversary of this "dark" day, when a sagging transmission line in Ohio took down the NY Subway system.
What is the 2003 Northeast Blackout?
A former Chief of Staff for Governor Ann Richards, he was famous for saying "I get no calls from people who want to pay more for their electricity."
Who is John Fainter?
A singular threat to ERCOT's exemption from FERC jurisdiction, this action by an AEP Texas predecessor allowed power to flow across the Red River and into Oklahoma for a brief period of time.
What is the "Midnight Connection"?
Often touted as the "holy grail" of electricity markets, only storage resources in this category were allowed to participate in Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) by statute under House Bill 1500 last session.
What is "long duration storage" or "4-hour batteries"?