Another Voice: The current situation

Another Voice: The current situation

Commercial electrical power production began in 1882.  The basic structure remains the same today.  Power is produced in a few central locations, mostly generated by falling water or combustion of finite resources, then shipped over a transmission grid, and distributed to local loads.  The electrical grid is now the largest man-made structure, central to most all of life and commerce.  But the situation is being challenged to change. Those who u…