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This measure of energy is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
What is a Btu? British Thermal Unit
100
This renowned American inventor proved that lightning was a form of electricity.
Who is Ben Franklin.
100
Producing 36 million megawatthour (MHh) of electricity, this state boasts the largest number of wind farms in the U.S.
What is Texas?
100
This former U.S. Representative from the Bee Hive state is now the CEO of the association representing America's Electric Cooperatives.
Who is Jim Matheson?
100
This sea creature makes 500 volts through its internal organs that work like batteries.
What is an electric eel?
200
This independent agency regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. It also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects.
What is FERC? Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
200
His seemingly simple algebraic formula (E=mc2) represents the correlation of energy to matter (energy equivalence of any given amount of mass).
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
This state is the top solar producer in the U.S.
What is California?
200
The CEO of this national co-op closed all of his locations during a prime holiday period last year to encourage their consumer members to enjoy the outdoors.
What is REI?
200
This test is performed to check for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. The test shows the heart's electrical activity as line tracings on paper.
What is an electrocardiogram, or EKG?
300
This government agency is now headed by a former governor and presidential candidate who thought the agency should be eliminated.
What is D.O.E.?
300
This American college was the first to offer a degree in electrical engineering.
What is M.I.T.?
300
This desert is the location of Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, the world's largest solar plant.
What is the Mojave?
300
This co-op, now headquartered in Lenexa, KS was established in 1959. Through the years, it's goal has remained the same -- providing superior insurance programs by providing the best value in products and services for its members.
What is Federated, or Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange.
300
This 1970s cinematic spoof recounts the story of a renowned scientist's grandson, who, inherits grandpop’s castle and repeats the experiments. These unorthodox experiments, involve the use of electricity to bring corpses back from the dead. The assistant accidentally gives the monster the brain of "Abby Normal"
What is Young Frankenstein? Pronounced, Frank-un-steen.
400
This financial information is an interpretation technique that is used to establish a pattern in a financial statement. It can either be horizontal analysis or vertical analysis. The major goal is to establish a direction for elements of a financial statement and predict future occurrences with relative accuracy.
What is KRTA? Key Ratio Trend Analysis
400
This device converts radiant energy into electricity.
What is a photovotaic or PV cell?
400
According to the U.S. Energy Information Admin., as of 2014, nearly this percent of the US energy supply is supplied by renewable energy sources. This includes biomass, hydropower, wind, geothermal, and solar.
What is 10%? FYI- 81.6% 81.6% of the US energy supply comes from fossil fuels, while 8.5% is from nuclear energy. US Energy Consumption by Source, 2014, from the US Energy Information Administration
400
This nonprofit finance cooperative is NOT a bank, but is the electric cooperatives' advocate on Wall Street.
What is CFC, or National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation?
400
In this year, NRECA created Willie Wiredhand, a distinguished and well-loved mascot in cooperative culture. He adorns ornaments and figurines that are available for purchase each year.
What is 1950?
500
This specification, developed by NRECA, defines standardized interfaces among software applications commonly used by electric utilities. It defines details of data that need to be exchanged between software applications in order to support different processes commonly applied at utilities. Of Note - this specification was chosen by NIST as a key standard in the Operations area of its Smart Grid Conceptual Reference Model.
What is "MultiSpeak"?
500
This is sometimes considered the "fifth fuel."
What is energy efficiency?
500
The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest hydroelectric power station located in this country.
What is China?
500
"The Power of Human Connections" is the tagline for this go-to co-op resource.
What is Touchstone Energy?
500
Fluorescent lighting and an alternating current (AC) electrical supply system are just some of the inventions credited to this inventor from Croatia. He was the son of a Serbian Orthodox clergyman and studied engineering at the Austrian Polytechnic School. He later emigrated to the U.S. to work at the Edison Machine Works. His name is still well known today.
Who is Tesla?