Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving over four million residents. It was founded in 1902 to supply water to residents and businesses in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. In 1917, it started to deliver electricity. LADWP can currently deliver 7200 megawatts of electricity and, in each year, 200 billion US gallons (760 billion liters) of water.

Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power in Supervolcano
After Bryce Miller received his PhD in classics, he attempted to find employment in his field. He sent applications to universities and colleges around the southwest USA and for Latin teaching positions in Catholic schools throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties all to no avail. In desperation, he applied for a grant writing position at the Department of Water and Power.

Miller passed the first round of vetting and was invited to take an "assessment instrument" or, in other words, a written test. At the appointed hour, he did so and found it similar to the SAT English language test but not as difficult. It covered grammar, analogies and taking meaning from passages. The biggest difference was that the passages were mind-numbing bureaucratese but Miller could handle it. Miller finished the two hour test forty minutes early and so handed it in and left.