EMC History Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009 Sidney Bell, Area Ag Mechanics Teacher Georgia Agricultural Education

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When Did That Happen? – 10 Points QUESTION: The first “Area” EMC CDE was in this year and featured a team format. ANSWER: 1966

When Did That Happen? – 20 Points QUESTION: The first statewide EMC CDE was held in March of this year. ANSWER: 1968

When Did That Happen? – 30 Points 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

When Did That Happen? – 40 Points QUESTION: The executive order which created the REA was signed in this year. ANSWER: 1935

When Did That Happen? – 50 Points QUESTION: The first central station electric system was built in lower Manhattan in this year. ANSWER: 1882

This president signed the executive order which created the REA. Who Done It? – 10 Points QUESTION: This president signed the executive order which created the REA. ANSWER: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who Done It? – 20 Points 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

Who Done It? – 30 Points The plans for an electrical wiring QUESTION: The plans for an electrical wiring Career Development Event were developed by this EMC employee. ANSWER: Skip Yow

Who Done It? – 40 Points 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

Who Done It?– 50 Points QUESTION: This Heard County FFA member was the winner of the first statewide EMC/FFA CDE. ANSWER: Larry Stallings

Where Did You Say? – 10 Points QUESTION: The EMC/FFA Career Development Event began at this EMC. ANSWER: Carroll EMC

Where Did You Say? – 20 Points QUESTION: This EMC office was the location of the first statewide EMC/FFA Career Development Event ANSWER: Flint EMC

Where Did You Say? – 30 Points QUESTION: President Franklin D. Roosevelts cottage was located in this Georgia town. ANSWER: Warm Springs

Where Did You Say? – 40 Points 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

Where Did You Say? – 50 Points 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

The acronym REA stands for ………. You Don’t Say! – 10 Points QUESTION: The acronym REA stands for ………. ANSWER: Rural Electrification Association

You Don’t Say! – 20 Points QUESTION: RUS, previously known as REA, is a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RUS stands for ……… ANSWER: Rural Utilities Service

You Don’t Say! – 30 Points 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

You Don’t Say! – 40 Points QUESTION: Following the passage of the Rural Electrification Act, the number of farms connected to electrical service increased by this amount. ANSWER: 175%

You Don’t Say! – 50 Points QUESTION: Distribution lines built by Georgia’s EMC’s reach into ____________% of Georgia’s land area. ANSWER: 73

For Real? – 10 Points QUESTION: In 1935 _____ out of ______ families across the United States did without electricity! ANSWER: 9 out of 10

For Real? – 20 Points QUESTION: A ___________ is an enterprise that is jointly owned and equally controlled by those who use its services. ANSWER: cooperative

There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in Georgia. For Real? – 30 Points QUESTION: There are _________ electric membership cooperatives in Georgia. ANSWER: 42

For Real? – 40 Points 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

For Real? – 50 Points 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