EMC Test Questions with Complete Solutions!

The average cost per kilowatt hour in the summer is? - ANSWERS8 cents the average cost kilowatt hour per kilowatt hour in the winter is? - ANSWERS6 cents What is Plant Doyle? - ANSWERSa large natural gas fired generating plant the produces electricity to meet peak summer demand. Most of the electricity produced by Oglethorpe power for member EMCs is generated in? - ANSWERSCoal burning steam plants. WEMC first natural gas turbines went on the line at a generation facility in what county? - ANSWERSOconee County Approximately how much percent of OPC'S capacitiy comes from facilities that use coal? - ANSWERS33 percent Nuclear Power is used to produce how much of OPC's electricity? - ANSWERS26 percent all nuclear power in Georgia is produced at what plants? - ANSWERSPlants Edwin I. Hatch near Baxley and Alvin W. Vogtle near Augusta Hydroelectric power is? - ANSWERSPower electrically generated by falling water. Hydroelectric power accounts for how much of OPC's output? - ANSWERS14 percent The Rocky Mountain pumped storage unit in Rome uses electricity --- - ANSWERSat night to pump water to a reservoir at the top of the mountain. The water falls back down the mountain during times of peak electricity use to turn on a generator. The use of oil, diesel, and natural gas as fuels for electric generation in Georgia is increasing making up ____ of OPC output. - ANSWERS27 percent Peak Demand Power - ANSWERSgenerating electricity when its demand is exceptionally high. oil and natural gas usually fuel? - ANSWERScombustion turbines which operate like jet engines.