How Our Electricity System Has Changed Since First Discovery

This resource has facilitated us for many years starting in the late 1800s with the first generation of the electric grid being developed and introduced to the public providing power inside homes and early installments of businesses within our country to facilitate access to other forms of energy utilities like lighting and both heating and cooling systems as well within later years. Technology was limited back in the 19th and 20th centuries when it came to the amount of energy that could be used at one time without causing a black out in a city. For example running a light that uses more watts of power compared to your microwave or other kitchen appliances that use electric current flow. The main difference between your electric devices involves the amount of charge needed to run them without having to invest in a higher voltage circuit box. If you were around in the first power line system your current would be much lower which means you could not run to many appliances or anything that pulls electricity that can't handle the provided voltage. When the late 2000s came around electric companies began developing ways to increase the reliability of the power supply to make things more efficient for the public communities across different states and cities. I live in an area served by Excel Energy which serves my home state of Texas along with places in New Mexico and Oklahoma especially in the Eastern New Mexico and Western Oklahoma regions. This company and others have staff who are expanding the coverage area to meet the consumer demand and provide the best service possible during extreme conditions like a thunderstorm or ice conditions in the winter season.

When an electric company comes out to check your meter the first thing taking place involves studying the usage to see how many watts of power are regularly used by a common customer paying for service to a residential area. This puts evidence with the company that the meter is being used by the customers within the service area. I currently have Excel at my residence and the service has only been out in very seldom situations proving that advances are being made to help on quality services within the next decade. Other forms of energy like wind and solar have taken a major step in making this a reality as the industry of this public utility sees into the future. I personally have seen cars and trucks equipped with solar panels.

The solar and wind energy generation gives us a glimpse into what the next 20 years might have for the evolution of electricity consumption for our planet overall. When I am not at home I try to minimize the number of lights that are on and electrical devices that are used with the exception of my part 15 hobby radio station that I use for broadcasting practice. The number of people around a neighborhood who are using power determines the such need for what's called rolling blackouts where a controlled outage is initiated to protect the grid from blowing out. The biggest thing to remember during a power outage involves making a plan to have battery power for backup should the main lines remain off for an extended period of time.

In the picture above you can see the main panels that are used by farmers on open land to capture sun energy and store it for emergency use in case crop equipment has to be charged if battery power exists within the device being utilized. This concept helps to conserve and reduce waste in the environment according to some sources that have been developed as the primary source for our electricity supply and it's future. For example let's say I applied for a position that helps with this project in our community, the first thing that might come to mind could be how the process works to install this on residential houses. Direct sunlight would need to be made available so putting the panel at the very top of the roof would make sense to catch the natural energy supply. Most likely that will be the future as the progression of years happens.

Hopefully we will have this on every house in a community. Until then we will wait and see where technology takes us.

How do you prefer to use your own energy system?