How electricity works: from generation to your home
Discover how electricity moves from power plants to your home including how it’s generated, transmitted and delivered through local distribution systems.
How electricity works: from generation to your home
Discover how electricity moves from power plants to your home including how it’s generated, transmitted and delivered through local distribution systems.
What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy? Renewable energy comes from sources, like sun and wind, that naturally replenish themselves over time. Non-renewable energy comes from finite resources that cannot be replaced once they are used.
Electricity goes through 3 key steps to provide energy to a home:
Electricity begins at a power-generating facility where renewable and non-renewable resources are converted from raw energy into electrical energy.
Once generated, electricity is then carried over long distances through high-voltage transmission lines. These lines move large amounts of electricity from power plants to regional substations.
Retail electricity providers like Reliant, rely on local Transmission and Distribution Service Providers. These companies, also known as "TDSPs", own and maintain the power lines, substations and transformers that carry electricity through smaller local distribution lines, delivering power to your home.
Every time you flip a switch or adjust the temperature on your home's thermostat, electricity is doing its job. We rely on electricity for countless day-to-day tasks. But how often do we consider how it's generated or delivered?
