Public Power in Nebraska
This city in Nebraska operated the first municipal light plant in 1886.
What is Crete?
This man invented the AC induction motor and is credited along with George Westinghouse for popularizing the alternating current power system we know today.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
In 1911 Willis Carrier invented this.
What is electric air conditioning?
What is the Nebraska Power Company?
Barry Switzer won three national championships as head coach of Oklahoma. Later he went on to win a Super Bowl as coach of this NFL team.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
In 1970 Plate Valley Public Power and Irrigation District merged with Consumers Public Power District to form this new public power entity.
What is NPPD?
Alessandro Volta of Italy invented the first one of these in 1800.
What is the electric battery?
In 1832 Robert Anderson developed the first crude version of one of these.
What is an electric vehicle?
The EL-PO-CO employee club pre-dates OPPD. It was originally called this prior to 1946.
What is NE-PO-CO?
Oklahoma holds the record for the longest win streak in the history of modern college football (post WWII) with this many wins in a row.
What is 47 games?
In the 1970's OPPD and NPPD announced plans to build this jointly owned 1150MW nuclear unit. The project was ultimately killed by the OPPD board resulting in numerous lawsuits.
What is Fort Calhoun Unit #2
In 1826 this man defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance.
Who is George Ohm?
More than half of American homes owned one of these devices by 1955.
What is a television?
This man who was publisher of the Omaha World-Herald was a big advocate for public power in Omaha.
Who is Henry Doorly?
Oklahoma has seven Heisman Trophy winners. Four quarterbacks and three players who played this position.
What is running back?
In 1965 OPPD merged with this utility which resulted in expansion of the OPPD territory to the Kansas border.
What is Eastern Public Power District?
In the 1860's J.C. Maxwell published a mathematical theory on these which created a new era of physics.
What is Electromagnetism or Electromagnetic Fields?
What is Motorola?
Nebraska Power Company built the first substation with automatic re-closing switches on the 2300v feeder lines, the first installation of its kind in the United States in this year.
What is 1922?
Lee Roy Selmon an Oklahoma defensive legend and winner of both the Lombardi and Outland trophies in 1975 was the first ever draft pick by this NFL franchise in 1976.
Who are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
This U.S. Senator from Nebraska sponsored the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority and has a public power district in Nebraska named after him.
Who is George W. Norris?
In 1882 Thomas Edison opened this power station in New York City which powered 5000 lights with Direct Current (DC).
What is the Pearl Street Station?
Although mass production didn't begin until 1918, American Fred Wolf invented the first one of these for home use in 1913.
What is an electric refrigerator?
At the time of its formation in 1946, OPPD had two power plants, the main power station at 4th and Jones St and this 5 MW plant that served power and steam to the Omaha Stockyards.
What is South Omaha Station?
Every great Oklahoma football coach has had a first name beginning with the letter "B" including Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, Brent Venables and this man who coached from 1905-1926.
Who is Bennie Owen?