Energy exam 3 Electricity and Utility!

by the mid 20th century electricity is viewed as a ___ ____, only efficent if a _____ number of organizations participated

natural monopoly, restricted

______ integrated companies could provide ___ stages from ___ to ___ and only _____ supervision regulated rate of ____ and ___ structure

vertically, all, generation, retail, government, return, cost

utility business and ____ practices must conform to ____ and rules set down by the ____ regulators, which is the public ____ _____. _____ set in accordance to regulators and guidelines

operations, guidelines, government, utilities, commission, rates

______ franchise, _____ to serve, and regulatory ______ are characteristics of traditionally ____ integrated electric industry

monopoly, obligation, oversight, vertically

with a monoply franchise only the ___ electric utility company can ____, move, or ___ commercial electric power within its service industry

local, produce, sell

Federal energy ____ commission is a ____ agency that _____ the _____ transmission of ____, _____, and ______

regulatory, independent, regulates, interstate, electricity, natural gas, oil

FERC regulates the _____ of _____ sale of electricity in _____ commerce

transmission, wholesale, interstate

FERC ______ certain ____ and ___ amongst electricity companies. ___ application for electricity transmission

reviews, mergers, acquisitions, siting

FERC ____ and ___ energy markets

monitors, investigates

FERC delegates _____ to NERC to ____ and _____ compliance with reliability standards

authority, create, enforce

States have ____ utility comissions, in utah they are appointed by the ____

public, governor

Once produced energy is very ____ and ____ to store. Needs to be an nearly____ match between when electricity is in _____ and when its ____. However ____ for energy is not constant

difficult, costly, instantaneous, demand, produced, demand

NERC ____ assesses ____ and _____ reliability

anually, seasonal, longterm

NERC ____ and enforces ______ standards

develops, reliability

NERC monitors the ____ power system through system _____

bulk, awareness

NERCS jurisdiction includes ____, ____, and ____ of bulk power system which serves nearly ____ million people

users, owners, operators, 400

In utah we have the public utilities _____and public ____ commission _____

statues, service, rules

public utility comissions regulate ____, transporation, _____, telecommunications, water and ______

electricity, natural gas, wastewater

today the grid is very _______

complex

The North American ___ ______ corporation is a ___ for profit, _____ regulatory authority, that assures the ___ and ____ reduction of ___ to the ___ and ____ of the grid

electric, reliability, not, international, effective, efficient, risk, reliability, security

NERC is subject to ____ by _____ and _____ authorities in Canada

oversight, FERC, government

NERC is ___ for profit and a ____ governmental entity

not, non

GTDC stands for ____, _____, ____, and _____.

generation, transmission, distribution, consumer.

in GTDC, G could be _____ ___ and ___ ______

hydroelectric dams, steam turbines

in GTDC, T could be ____

poles

RMP is the ____ investor owened utility in the state and the ___ provider the ____ regulates

only, only, state

In utah and most states there are ___ types of utilities: ____ owned, ____ or ______ owned, and electric _____ utiltilies

three, investor, municipal, public, cooperative

In 2022, in the US, IOU’s accounted for ___ percent of total US electricity generation and of the 3,200 operating in the US approx _____ IOUS provide power to approx ___ of consumers

37, 200, 70

Rocky Mountain power is the ____ investor owned utility in utah, owned by ____, and over ____ percent of electricity

only, pacific corp, 80

Pacific Corp serves ___ million customers through RMP and Pacific Power, with ____ generation facilties. They are a part of ____ ______ energy.

2, 73, berkshire hathaways

Pacific Corp serves a _____ territory which requires ______ competing ____ ideologies, _____ policies, and ____ potentials

multistate, balancing, political, climate, energy

Electric co up utilities are generally in ____ areas, dates to ______, and the ____ policies

rural, 1930s, new deal

example of municipal owned utilities in utah is ____ power which is ____ and ____ by city of provo

provo, owned, operated

co-ops are distinct from for profit firms based on their ___ member ____ vote constitution, rather than allocating power by ___ of ____ investment

one, one, share, capital

cooperatives are a part of a ___ standing ____ social movement for _____ democracy which entails _____ citizen ____ decision making ____ and _____

long, international, economic, widespread, economic, power, control

energy democracy is both a ____ and ____ of ____citizen ____ in and benefit from energy sector activities

process, outcome, partcipation

4 problems with co-ops: not really _____ most members are white men who have long been on the board, people with ___ and ____ on board, cant exist without _____ government ____, and not really ____ still beholden to ___ and ___ fuels

inclusive, money, influence, outside, support, low carbon, coal, fossil

______ and _____ supply most of utahs energy mix

coal, natural gas

electric co ops are ____ constituted cooperative firms ____ and ___ by members

legally, owned, governed

REC, ____ electric cooperatives established by rural ____ at in 1936, are _____ owned, and categorized as ____ utilities not regulated by the PSC in the “_____” manner

rural, electrification, member, public, traditional

co-ops are well developed ____ movements and social ____ roots and a focus on profit _____ via the principle of ___ before _____

social, democratic, recirculation, people, profit

with _____ energy sources, co-ops occupy _____ space for enhancing _____ of citizens in ___-___ energy sector transition

renewable, promising, participation, low carbon

co-ops help to ____ citizen understanding of energy sector ____ through ___ and ____, as well as ___ distribution of economic ___ of energy ____

enhance, challenges, participation, awareness, broader, benefits, services