Spoiler alert! Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle, Utilities Name Game, on page 71 of the May 2016 issue.
Across
2. U of Wisconsin utility: mge
5. Brits in the northeast: nationalgrid
7. Hollywood public power: ladwp
12. Cajun country: cleco
13. Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, now DC: exelon
16. South of California: sce
17. Steelers and Pirates: duquesne
19. _ _ are family, with cheese: we
20. Topeka and Wichita: westar
24. 5 down: nypa
26. Palm trees and coconuts: hawaiian
27. PPL spinoff: talen
28. Motor City: dte
30. Florida utility and wind all over: nextera
33. Silicon Valley power: paloalto
39. Cutest utility name, in Dakotas and Minnesota: ottertail
Down
1. Missouri and Illinois: ameren
3. Jersey boys: pseg
4. Washington out west: avista
5. Empire State public power: nypa
6. Just bought by Emera: teco
7. Kentucky sub of PPL: lge
8. Indiana, Carolinas, etc.: duke
9. Most customers: pge
10. CEO interviewed in April issue: ppl
11. Big Apple: coned
12. Poughkeepsie: chge
14. Starts with an x: xcel
15. Middle South Utilities: entergy
16. Far south of California: sdge
18. Tiny in Keystone State: ugi
21. Building nuclear and coal with sequestration: southern
22. America's team: aep
23. Mexico on our side of the wall: psnm
24. Warren Buffet's bet: nv
25. Wisconsin and Iowa: alliant
29. Going to Kansas City, ... : kcpl
31. West Texas: elpaso
32. New Deal utility: tva
34. Dayton, Indianapolis: aes
35. Okie: oge
36. Transmission bought by Fortis: itc
37. Cheese-head transmission: atc
37. Minnesota elite: allete
Each month's issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly has a crossword puzzle. The May issue's was called Utilities Name Game, with the answers above.
The upcoming June issue's is called Powerful Names. Last month, the April issue's was Clean Power Puzzle.
Steve Mitnick, Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly
E-mail me: mitnick@fortnightly.com