chapter 1 Flashcards
what where the first companies that evolved in the power delivery industry?
Investor owned utilities
IOUs are _______ like McDonalds or Google
corporations
approximately 100 still exist today?
IOU’s
city owned power companies who’s service territories follow city limits
municipalities
what are the four power marketing administrations that exist in the United States?
bonneville
southestern
southwestern
western
have limited distribution lines and deliver bulk power?
generation and transmission companies
most common in areas where it is arid and farmers rely on water for crops
irrigation districts
used when the power companies have more work then they can handle or when projects are beyond their capability
line contractors
purchased by holding companies, have vast resources and are able to bid and work on the most profitable projects
line contractors
MYR and Quanta are examples of ?
holding companies
more than 500,000 customers and over 2000 employees?
investor owned, large municipal, or federal utility structure
less than 200 employees, typically less than 100,000 customers
small public power utility structure
list the four power marketing administrations in the US
Bonneville, Southwestern, Southeastern, Western
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?
line contractor
which type of company is commonly known to provide generation, substation, transmission, sub transmission, and distribution?
IOU (invested owned utilities)
southern company, pacific gas and electric, ameren, idaho power, comEd etc, are all examples of?
IOUs
seattle city light, los angeles dept of water and power, long island power authority, austin energy, orlando utilities commission are all?
municipalities
the _____ is the association of investor owned utilities
EEI (Edison Electrical Institution )
the ______ is the service organization for community owned electric utilities
APPA (american public power association)
the ________ represents electrical cooperatives interests.
NRECA (national rural electric cooperative association)
perdenales electric, united electric, black hills, raft river, cobb, and ravali are all examples of?
rural electric cooperatives
established and recognized by individual states?
PUD and PPDs
sometimes these three types of companies collectively form generation and transmission companies to provide power to themselves?
PUDs, PPDs, Cooperatives
job descriptions, requirements, and career paths are well defined?
more than 2000 employees?
IOUs, large municipal, or federal utility structure
work is less specialized because of the types of facilities and employees typically perform a wider variety of activities.
small public power utility structure.
can work all over the world, considerable amount of specialized equipment, may also perform communications
large line contractors
less than 200 employees, limited ability to bid major projects, have more common equip?
small line contractors
first level of supervision that is found in most utilities and contractors?
line foreman/crew leader
first level of management and does not involve field work
line superintendent
second level of management that has several levels of management reporting to it
department manager
third level, responsible for an entire function such as power delivery, power supply, etc….
dept vice president
title used in a smaller utility, responsible for day to day operation of entire utility and reports to a board of directors?
general manager
performs elementary engineering associated with installation of customer requests
staking technician
skilled position responsible for the operation of a power plant, transmission or distribution.
system operator
responsible for ensuring power lines are built to specification.
inspector.
