Crossword Puzzle answers, July 2016

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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