BPC Orientation
For many BPCers, Tuesday is the best day of the week, in large part because of this baked good, delivered in time to be paired with your morning coffee.
What is Bagel?
According to an EPRI study published in May, this fast-growing industry is projected to result in as much as 166% load growth by 2030.
What is AI?
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAs, are commonly known by this name.
What are forever chemicals?
Found in Bloomington, Minnesota, this mall is the largest shopping mall in America.
What is the Mall of America? (Energy Fun Fact: The mall does not have a central heating system, and is instead heated through skylights, lighting fixtures and body heat of visitors.)
In the 118th Congress, this party organizational group includes 4 independent senators.
What is the Democratic Caucus/Conference?
BPC CEO Margaret Spellings held this cabinet position under former President George W. Bush.
What is Secretary of Education?
Making up 10.3% of U.S. electricity generation in 2022, this energy source is the largest renewable energy source in the U.S. (excluding nuclear).
What is wind?
Thanks to international cooperation through the Montreal Protocol, bans on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have been in effect since 1989, preventing the exacerbation of this environmental issue.
What is the ozone hole/depletion of the ozone layer? (Fun fact: According to a 2022 NOAA/UNEP report, Ozone levels are expected to return to 1980 levels in 2066 in the Arctic and, around 2045 in the Arctic, and 2040 for the near-global average.)
After moving from Kentucky at the age of 7, Abraham Lincoln grew up in this Midwest state.
What is Indiana?
When this drink was introduced in 1982, it was the Coca-Cola company's first new creation since 1886.
What is Diet Coke?
In 2020, the Energy Program’s very own Xan Fishman ran the presidential campaign for this former Congressman from Maryland.
Who is John Delaney?
With interest and investment from industry and DOE, this innovative process extracts CO2 directly from the air using chemical or physical processes. After this process, the CO2 is either stored or utilized.
Increased land development and the construction of roads, parking lots, and other impervious structures can cause an increase in this after storms.
What is surface water runoff?
Controversial for its use of cinnamon, this city's famous chili is served over spaghetti noodles.
What is Cincinnati?
Now commonplace, this bank technology was first piloted by the Bank of Delaware in 1966.
What is a Debit Card?
Known for her talents in real estate, tea making, and security services, this BPC legend sits in the downstairs lobby of our building, always with a smile on her face.
Who is Gigi?
This type of energy technology uses electricity to create fuels from basic chemical components, rather than refining fuels form petroleum or biomass feedstock.
What are e-fuels?
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, signed into law in 1980, is commonly known by this name.
What is Superfund?
A paleontological site found in Hot Springs, South Dakota is the home to the world's largest concentration of this extinct animal's remains.
What is Mammoth? (Fun fact: Mammoths and Asian elephants are more closely related to each other than either of them is related to African elephants.)
Baking on a time crunch? Make this quick dessert, consisting of very few ingredients that are thrown on top of each other and put in the oven. No mixing or extra dishes necessary!
What is Dump Cake?
Recognized as a “Hoosier Homestead,” the farm that Senior VP Bill Hoagland grew up on was located in this state.
What is Indiana?
Under a net-zero-by-2050 scenario, DOE projects that demand for this alternative fuel source may grow up to five times above current levels.
What is hydrogen?
Operating in the western United States, this federal agency within the Department of Interior is the nation’s largest wholesaler of water and second largest producer of hydroelectricity.
What is the Bureau of Reclamation?
Owned and operated by Union Pacific and large enough to hold 2,155 American football fields, the world's largest trainyard can be found in this state.
What is Nebraska?
The first commercially successful production process for this popular warm beverage was patented in 1906 by German Merchant, Ludwig Roselius.
What is Decaf Coffee?