Utility Company
At CenterPoint Energy, citizens take on roles like Gas Engineers, teaming up to build a working natural gas pipeline. They use math to stay on budget and make smart decisions while keeping the energy flowing across JA BizTown. But it’s not just about building – citizens learn how energy works, share cool facts about natural gas, and help businesses understand how they use power. Citizens at CenterPoint Energy keep JA BizTown running strong!
You may enjoy working here if you like:
- Math
- Puzzles/Problem Solving
- Environment
- Working outside
- Science
- Obtains bank loan
- Supervises employees and oversees business operations
- Signs paychecks
- Meets with other businesses to purchase insurance, renewable energy, and health insurance
- Helps other employees with their work, and stands in for them on their breaks
- Inputs and submits business loan to the bank
- Creates and prints paychecks
- Signs paychecks if CEO is not available
- Pays online bills sent to business
- Monitors money coming into the business
- Sends online invoices to businesses
- Deposits money from sales to Bank
- Apply for a permit to lay natural gas pipeline
- Using a magnetic map and pipe pieces, create a natural gas pipeline system that is safe for the environment
- Create a budget to make sure your pipeline is affordable
- Use a natural gas detector in response to a possible gas release in BizTown
- Test soil from a work site to make sure contamination is removed before work begins on a natural gas pipeline
- Install gas meters at businesses throughout BizTown
- Return to businesses and accurately read gas meters to find out how much energy was used
Students in Action
