Spoiler alert! Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle, Power's History, in the August 2016 issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly:
Across
1. Supremes ok regulation: munn
8. test for utility expense: prudence
12. with Tesla in war of currents: westinghouse
13. Kilowatt's first name: reddy
15. smartest guys in room: enron
17. father of TVA: lilienthal
20. FERC can regulate intrastate gas: ngpa
23. nuclear accident: tmi
24. Nobel winner led to solar power: millikan
27. developed television: farnsworth
28. alternating current inventor: tesla
30. utility cost not recoverable: stranded
32. Mr. energy efficiency: lovins
Down
1. financier at industry's birth: morgan
2. actress in anti-nuclear movie: fonda
3. industry exec runs for president: willkie
4. war of ___: currents
5. Wizard of Menlo Park: edison
6. father of electric traction: sprague
7. Supremes limit regulation: smyth
9. gas-fired baseload technology: ccgt
10. at TVA, FPC and NY PSC: swidler
11. less regulation: deregulation
12. selling power before markets: wheeling
14. wrote regulatory principles: bonbright
16. basic law for wholesale electric: fpa
18. EEI's original name: nela
19. Supremes fair value v. original cost: hope
21. power ___: pool
22. said "too cheap to meter": strauss
25. utility exec pushed for regulation: insull
26. Dr. deregulation: kahn
28. FDR's public power utility: tva
29. developed air conditioning: carrier
31. GE guy started Public Utilities Reports: young
Each month's issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly has a crossword puzzle. The August issue puzzle was called Power's History, with the answers above.
The September issue puzzle is called Rural Coops, and the October issue puzzle is called Naturally Gas. Last month, the July issue puzzle was State PUCs.
Steve Mitnick, Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly
E-mail me: mitnick@fortnightly.com
