Electricity is the movement of electrons between atoms. Its "discovery" is credited to a host of people, not the least of whom is an American legend, genius, and one of its founding fathers, Benjamin ...

In the early 1930s, General Electric and Cutler-Hammer drew up cross-licensing agreements that let both make vacuum-tube equipment, but industrial adjustable speed of that type proved expensive ...

A vast network of power plants, transmission lines, and distribution centers together make up the U.S. electric grid. The grid constantly balances the supply and demand for the energy that powers ...

Like other big utility companies, Pacific Power must plan ahead for those future needs, as best they can – and that’s why they are in the early planning stages for a new 180-mile, 500-kilovolt ...