Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher Georgia Agricultural Education

Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics TeacherGeorgia Agricultural Education

QUESTION:

The first Area EMC CDE was in this year and featured a team format.

ANSWER:

1966

QUESTION:

The first statewide EMC CDE was held in March of this year.

ANSWER:

1968

QUESTION:

It was a hot summer in this year when President Franklin D. Roosevelt received his first electric bill while staying at his cottage in Georgia. The rate was 18 cents/kilowatt-hour, four times the rate for electricity at his home in New York. This prompted his study of public utility charges for electricity into farm homes.

ANSWER:1924

QUESTION:

The executive order which created the REA was signed in this year.

ANSWER:

1935

QUESTION:

The first central station electric system was built in lower Manhattan in this year.

ANSWER:

1882

QUESTION:

This president signed the executive order which created the REA.

ANSWER:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

QUESTION:

The first central electric station was built in lower Manhattan by this famous person. Hey, someone replace that light-bulb!ANSWER:

Thomas A. Edison

QUESTION:

The plans for an electrical wiring Career Development Event were developed by this EMC employee.

ANSWER:

Skip Yow

QUESTION:

With an infusion of $513 million, this group came to the aid of Georgia Power to help shoulder the burden of building new power generating units to meet the increasing demand for electricity.

ANSWER:Georgias EMCs

QUESTION:

This Heard County FFA member was the winner of the first statewide EMC/FFA CDE.

ANSWER:

Larry Stallings

QUESTION:

The EMC/FFA Career Development Event began at this EMC.

ANSWER:

Carroll EMC

QUESTION:

This EMC office was the location of the first statewide EMC/FFA Career Development Event

ANSWER:

Flint EMC

QUESTION:

President Franklin D. Roosevelts cottage was located in this Georgia town.

ANSWER:

Warm Springs

QUESTION:

A committee formed by the National Electric Light Association created and financed a rural electrification experiment with 20 farms near this town.ANSWER:

Red Wing, Minnesota

QUESTION:

Georgia EMCs investment in the construction of this nuclear power generating facility had grown to $2.9 billion by 1987, helping Georgia Power to realize lower interest cost in building the power plant.ANSWER:

Plant Vogtle

QUESTION:

The acronym REA stands for .

ANSWER:

Rural Electrification Association

QUESTION:

RUS, previously known as REA, is a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RUS stands for ANSWER:

Rural Utilities Service

QUESTION:

This Rural Electrification Act, signed into law in 1936, made the REA the chief lending agency for 10 years, and targeted non-profit organizations resulting in the birth of these.ANSWER:

Customer-owned electric co-ops

QUESTION:

Following the passage of the Rural Electrification Act, the number of farms connected to electrical service increased by this amount.

ANSWER:

175%

QUESTION:

Distribution lines built by Georgias EMCs reach into ____________% of Georgias land area.

ANSWER:73

QUESTION:

In 1935 _____ out of ______ families across the United States did without electricity!

ANSWER:

9 out of 10

QUESTION:

A ___________ is an enterprise that is jointly owned and equally controlled by those who use its services.

ANSWER:

cooperative

QUESTION:

There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in Georgia.

ANSWER:

42

QUESTION:

Georgias electric membership cooperatives serve ___________ residents and more that ____________ commercial and industrial customers.

ANSWER:4.5 million residents, 75,000 commercial and industrial customers

QUESTION:

Georgias electric membership cooperatives operate the largest distribution network in the state with more than ____________ miles of electric power lines!ANSWER:181,000 miles

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