chapter 1

Question 1

what where the first companies that evolved in the power delivery industry?

Answer 1

Investor owned utilities

Question 2

IOUs are _______ like McDonalds or Google

Answer 2

corporations

Question 3

approximately 100 still exist today?

Answer 3

IOU’s

Question 4

city owned power companies who’s service territories follow city limits

Answer 4

municipalities

Question 5

what are the four power marketing administrations that exist in the United States?

Answer 5

bonneville
southestern
southwestern
western

Question 6

have limited distribution lines and deliver bulk power?

Answer 6

generation and transmission companies

Question 7

most common in areas where it is arid and farmers rely on water for crops

Answer 7

irrigation districts

Question 8

used when the power companies have more work then they can handle or when projects are beyond their capability

Answer 8

line contractors

Question 9

purchased by holding companies, have vast resources and are able to bid and work on the most profitable projects

Answer 9

line contractors

Question 10

MYR and Quanta are examples of ?

Answer 10

holding companies

Question 11

more than 500,000 customers and over 2000 employees?

Answer 11

investor owned, large municipal, or federal utility structure

Question 12

less than 200 employees, typically less than 100,000 customers

Answer 12

small public power utility structure

Question 13

list the four power marketing administrations in the US

Answer 13

Bonneville, Southwestern, Southeastern, Western

Question 14

When utilities tend to have more work than they can handle, or certain jobs are beyond their capabilities, which type of company might they rely on?

Answer 14

line contractor

Question 15

which type of company is commonly known to provide generation, substation, transmission, sub transmission, and distribution?

Answer 15

IOU (invested owned utilities)

Question 16

southern company, pacific gas and electric, ameren, idaho power, comEd etc, are all examples of?

Answer 16

IOUs

Question 17

seattle city light, los angeles dept of water and power, long island power authority, austin energy, orlando utilities commission are all?

Answer 17

municipalities

Question 18

the _____ is the association of investor owned utilities

Answer 18

EEI (Edison Electrical Institution )

Question 19

the ______ is the service organization for community owned electric utilities

Answer 19

APPA (american public power association)

Question 20

the ________ represents electrical cooperatives interests.

Answer 20

NRECA (national rural electric cooperative association)

Question 21

perdenales electric, united electric, black hills, raft river, cobb, and ravali are all examples of?

Answer 21

rural electric cooperatives

Question 22

established and recognized by individual states?

Answer 22

PUD and PPDs

Question 23

sometimes these three types of companies collectively form generation and transmission companies to provide power to themselves?

Answer 23

PUDs, PPDs, Cooperatives

Question 24

job descriptions, requirements, and career paths are well defined?
more than 2000 employees?

Answer 24

IOUs, large municipal, or federal utility structure

Question 25

work is less specialized because of the types of facilities and employees typically perform a wider variety of activities.

Answer 25

small public power utility structure.

Question 26

can work all over the world, considerable amount of specialized equipment, may also perform communications

Answer 26

large line contractors

Question 27

less than 200 employees, limited ability to bid major projects, have more common equip?

Answer 27

small line contractors

Question 28

first level of supervision that is found in most utilities and contractors?

Answer 28

line foreman/crew leader

Question 29

first level of management and does not involve field work

Answer 29

line superintendent

Question 30

second level of management that has several levels of management reporting to it

Answer 30

department manager

Question 31

third level, responsible for an entire function such as power delivery, power supply, etc….

Answer 31

dept vice president

Question 32

title used in a smaller utility, responsible for day to day operation of entire utility and reports to a board of directors?

Answer 32

general manager

Question 33

performs elementary engineering associated with installation of customer requests

Answer 33

staking technician

Question 34

skilled position responsible for the operation of a power plant, transmission or distribution.

Answer 34

system operator

Question 35

responsible for ensuring power lines are built to specification.

Answer 35

inspector.