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How Electricity Gets To Your HomeIt's always there whenever you flip a switch or plug in a cord - but electricity has to travel a long way to get to your house. In fact, the power plant where your electricity is made might be hundreds of miles away! All the poles and wires you see along the highway and in front of your house are called the electrical transmission and distribution system. Using hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls, scientist Nikola Tesla designed the first full-scale electric system in the early 1900s. Today, power plants all across the country are connected to each other through the electrical system (sometimes called the “power grid”). If one power plant can’t produce enough electricity to run all the air conditioners when it’s hot, another power plant can send some where it’s needed. Here’s how the electricity gets to your house:
rule Want to learn more?If you’d like to learn more about the electrical power system, visit this Web page: What Is Electricity? By the U.S. Energy Information Administration Rule Links for teachers and parents:How Stuff Works: Electricity and How Stuff Works: Power Grids Edison Electric Institute: Energy Infrastructure More resources for teachers and parents
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