 Energy and Utilities 101 Crossword Puzzle - By Patty Walton Daily IssueAlert 9/26/2008 Free Sometimes it is better to reward yourself with some fun on Fridays than read news articles that can ruin your weekend if you think too much about them. The energy crisis has been eclipsed by the financial crisis in the news. So you can either read about the impending doom on Wall Street, or take some time to refresh your memory with things learned back in your original training classes when you entered the energy industry. For some of us, that was a long time ago. The crossword puzzle subject is energy and utilities. Good luck and enjoy! Topic: Energy and Utilities 101
 Across 1 Automated Meter Reading (abbr.) 3 A conductor or a system of conductors through which electric current flows 5 Unit of electrical power equal to one ampere under a pressure of one volt 7 A unit of volume equal to 42 U.S. gallons 10 The un-encapsulated semi-conductor components of the module that convert the solar energy to electricity 11 Credited with inventing the light bulb in 1879 13 One hundred cubic feet 14 Utility price for energy 15 One billion 16 A secondary or additional product resulting from the feedstock use of energy or the processing of non-energy materials 18 The governmental function of controlling or directing economic entities through the process of rulemaking and adjudication 20 Impurities consisting of silica, iron, alumina, and other noncombustible matter that are contained in coal 22 The relationship of power supplied to the time of occurrence. Illustrates the varying magnitude of the load during the period covered (two words) 24 An abbreviation for the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system 25 Gasoline having an antiknock index, i.e., octane rating, greater than or equal to 85 and less than 88 (Octane requirements may vary by altitude) 27 Ten therms or 1,000,000 Btu 28 Retirement of a nuclear facility, including decontamination and/or dismantlement 29 One thousand cubic feet Down 1 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (abbr.) 2 Wholesale truckload sales or smaller of gasoline where title transfers at a terminal 3 A generating facility that produces electricity and another form of useful thermal energy (such as heat or steam), used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes 4 A written application submitted to a utility commission 6 A published volume of rate schedules and general terms and conditions under which a product or service will be supplied 7 The minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at a steady rate 8 Common method of transportation of coal 9 Product of electricity and a bulb or tube 10 A measuring station at which a distributing gas utility receives gas from a natural gas pipeline company or transmission system 12 Power or power-producing capacity, intended to be available at all times during the period covered by a guaranteed commitment to deliver, even under adverse conditions 17 An underground reservoir for liquid waste, typically household sewage 19 North American Electric Reliability Council (abbr.) 21 The meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy 23 What an alternating current does 26 The layout of an electrical distribution system 27 Demand Side Management (abbr.) Answers
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