General Electricity
A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons)
What is Electricity
What federal agency built the Bonneville Dam?
What is the Army Corp of Engineers
What president authorized the construction of Bonneville Dam and the Grand Coulee?
Who is FDR
BPA's First Customer
Who is Cascade Locks.
What is Hydrothermal Power
Nuclear Power
This is kWh*1000
What is a MW
What federal agency built the Grand Coulee Dam?
Who is the Bureau of Reclamation
What was the first Federal dam in the PNW
What is Minidoka Project
Reasons why _________ _______ ______ was created:
* Market and Distribute power from the dams
* Provide preference to public utilities
Who is Bonneville Power Administration
Name two reasons dams were built?
What is Transportation, Irrigation, or Energy Generation.
A unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second.
What is a Watt
How did electricity arrive in the Northwest?
What is by steam ship
Number of federal hydroelectric dams in the Northwest
What is 31
Where was the 1st municipal power district in the Northwest?
Who is McMinnville Public Utility
Federal lending agency for building generation and distribution systems in rural areas
What is the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
Inventor of the incandescent light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
What flood was caused by Grand Coulee overflowing during a heavy rain?
What is the Vanport Flood
What was the first dam built on the main stem of the Columbia River?
What is the Rock Island Dam.
Categories of this type of Customer
* Municipals - cities, towns and even villages
* PUDs - serve counties or portions thereof.
* Cooperatives - serve very rural areas which
Who are preference customers?
Built to move power from Oregon to California
What is the DC intertie.
The precursor to the generator
What is the Steam driven dynamos
Where was the 1st long distance transmission of electricity in the country?
What is the Willamette River
Where was the first Hydro power plant in the NW
1890 Spokane Falls, WA
In the early 1940s, What industry was lured to the PNW to use all the hydropower being produced?
What is Aluminum
Who was hired to write a song a day during the construction of Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams?
Who is Woodie Guthrie