How Electric Grids Work

many of us take electricity for granted. I mean it's there for you when you cook, clean, workout, go to work, shower, listen to music, surf on your laptop, or watch tv. It's like the air we breathe: we don't know it's not there, till it
s not there anymore. So there's actually a flow between the source of electricity till it finally reaches wherever you're at. Here's how the electrical power grid works. It goes from the power plant to the transmission substation. From there high voltage transmission lines bring it to a power substation. Then a transformer moves it along power poles till it finally reaches a transformer drum and then finally to your home.

An Overview of the Electrical Grid

Here's a quick overview of the Electric Grid. First, you've got to realize the electricity is just as important as the food we eat. We don't realize just how important it is to our day to day, unless it is no longer there! In fact, I would go as far to say that electrical power has contributed greatly our the US's Economic prosperity, national security, and public health and safety advances. Did you know that the Nation's "electric bill" is about $247 billion, paid by America's 131 million electricity customers, which America operates with nearly 157000 miles of high voltage (>230kV) electric transmission lines. While electricity demand increased by about 25% since 1990.

Electric Grid

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