Spoiler alert! Here are answers to the crossword puzzle, State PUCs, in the July 2016 issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly:
Across
1. Typical no. of commissioners in states: five
3. Very common in commission names: service
5. In Iowa, New Jersey, Vermont's names: board
7. Commissions' association: naruc
9. Smaller no. of commissioners in states: three
11. Commissioners' research arm: nrri
12. ___ discrimination: undue
13. Acronym for commission: psc
19. Commissions' judges: alj
20. In Washington's name: transportation
23. Head of a commission: chair
24. ___ and reasonable: just
27. Governor and legislature pick: appointed
28. just and ___: reasonable
29. Singular in many commission names: utility
30. In Washington's name: and
31. Commission decision: order
Down
2. In almost all names: commission
3. Large no. of commissioners in states: seven
4. Association's executive director: white
6. Undue ___: discrimination
8. In Alaska and Indiana's name: regulatory
10. Commission acronym: puc
14. In Connecticut and Massachusetts name: department
15. In Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Virginias' names: corporation
16. Not appointed except by the public: elected
17. Commission meeting: hearing
18. Association's chair: kavulla
21. In Alaska and Ohio names: of
22. In Connecticut and Massachusetts' names: control
25. In the names of a large majority of commissions: public
26. Also in the names of a large majority of commissions: utilities
Each month's issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly has a crossword puzzle. The July issue puzzle was called State PUCs, with the answers above.
The August issue puzzle is called Power's History, and the September issue puzzle is called Rural Coops. Last month, the June issue puzzle was Powerful Names.
Steve Mitnick, Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly
E-mail me: mitnick@fortnightly.com
