1. What sorts of political behavior characterized the early days of electrification in the United States? Corrupt
2. Who was Samuel Insull? author of the notion of providing electricity through a regulated private sector
3. How did the Federal Power Act of 1920 privilege cities? It gave them preference in the development of hydro-electric power.
4. In a typical coal plant built prior to 1990, __30_ percent of the fuel is converted to electric power, the rest is wasted as heat.
5. In the early 1960s, experts estimated that a KwH of power from a nuclear reactor would cost? .5 cents
6. The "payback gap" is the difference between the payback period for regulated utilities and businesses operating in a competitive market
7. Unlike conventional coal or nuclear plants, cogeneration plants make use of the heat created when fuels are transformed into electricity.
8. SMUD's "Conservation Power Plant" substitutes conservation of power for production of power.
9. In developing their conservation plan, SMUD initially tackled peak demand
10. SMUD's strategies for conserving electricity included: planting trees and making roofs white.

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