Engineering
CAD
Computer Aided Design
This is the distribution voltage of the TPUD system.
24.9kv
NISC
National Information Solutions Cooperative
The year BPA first marketed wholesale power.
1937
Au
The chemical symbol for gold
Three of the 13 Engineering degrees offered at Oregon State University
Architectural, Bio, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Construction, Ecological, Electrical, Energy Systems, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical, Nuclear.
The three prongs on a standard plug each do one of these three things.
Hot, neutral, ground.
The practice of protecting systems, networks, programs, devices, and data from digital attacks, unauthorized access, or damage.
Cybersecurity
This folk singer was hired in 1941 to produce songs about BPA work.
Woody Guthrie
The artist famous for painting water lillies.
Claude Monet
The exam required to obtain a professional electric engineering license.
Principles and practices of Engineering
Why is AC or alternating current preferred in electric distribution systems instead of DC, or direct current?
AC has less line loss over longer circuits.
The use of computers, software, networks, and electronic devices to create, process, store, secure, and exchange all forms of electronic data.
Information Technology
This president signed the Bonneville Project Act intended to establish a permanent administration for projects in the Columbia River Basin.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The number of legs on a lobster.
10
Professional electrical engineering licenses require 30 professional development hours and must be renewed at this interval.
Biennially
Within 10,000, this is the number of electric system lineman working in the US.
120,000
The three most popular AI platforms.
ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude(Anthropic)
One of two key elements in the Bonneville Power Act, this directed the agency to give preference and priority to public bodies and cooperatives in delivering electricity.
The Preference Clause
The main ingredient in baba ghanoush.
Eggplant
When signing and sealing documents in Oregon you must meet this standard.
You must be in 'responsible charge' of the work.
The number of hours of training required for most Apprentice Lineman in the US.
7000
An interdisciplinary field that combines statistics, scientific computing, algorithms, and domain expertise to extract actionable insights from structured and unstructured data.
Data Science
This company was the first to sign a major sales contract with BPA in 1939.
Alcoa, or The Aluminum Company of America
This city has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other in the world.
Tokyo