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Page 1: Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher Georgia Agricultural Education

Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher

Georgia Agricultural Education

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QUESTION:

The first “Area” EMC CDE was in this year and featured a

team format.

ANSWER:

•1966

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QUESTION:

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

ANSWER:

•1968

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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

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QUESTION:

The executive order which created the REA was signed in

this year.

ANSWER:

•1935

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QUESTION:

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

ANSWER:

•1882

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QUESTION:

This president signed the executive order which created

the REA.

ANSWER:

•Franklin D. Roosevelt

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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

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QUESTION:

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

ANSWER:

•Skip Yow

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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:•Georgia’s EMC’s

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QUESTION:

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

ANSWER:

•Larry Stallings

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QUESTION:

The EMC/FFA Career Development Event

began at this EMC.

ANSWER:

•Carroll EMC

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QUESTION:

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

Event

ANSWER:

•Flint EMC

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QUESTION:

President Franklin D. Roosevelts cottage was

located in this Georgia town.

ANSWER:

•Warm Springs

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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

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QUESTION:

Georgia EMC’s 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

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QUESTION:

The acronym REA stands for ……….

ANSWER:

•Rural Electrification Association

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QUESTION:

RUS, previously known as REA, is a federal agency in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture. RUS stands for ………

ANSWER:

•Rural Utilities Service

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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-op’s

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QUESTION:

Following the passage of the Rural Electrification Act, the number of farms

connected to electrical service increased by this amount.

ANSWER:

•175%

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QUESTION:

Distribution lines built by Georgia’s EMC’s reach into

____________% of Georgia’s land area.

ANSWER:•73

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QUESTION:

In 1935 _____ out of ______ families across the United

States did without electricity!

ANSWER:

•9 out of 10

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QUESTION:

A ___________ is an enterprise that is jointly owned and equally

controlled by those who use its services.

ANSWER:

•cooperative

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QUESTION:

There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in

Georgia.

ANSWER:

•42

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QUESTION:

Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives serve ___________ residents and more that ____________ commercial

and industrial customers.

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

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QUESTION:

Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives operate the largest

distribution network in the state with more than ____________ miles of

electric power lines!ANSWER:

•181,000 miles