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Ben Franklin makes the discovery that lightning is electricity, which helps pave the way for future research
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Standard Oil gained a monopoly in the oil industry by buying rival refineries and developing companies for distributing and marketing its products around the globe.
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Thomas Edison aplies for a U.S. patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." This bulb would soon be the main bulb by the 1900s.
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The first production Model T Ford is completed at the company’s Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit.
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The largest dam in the world at the time of its completion in 1935, this National Historic Landmark stores enough water in Lake Mead to irrigate 2 million acres and serves as a popular tourist destination.
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The country's first large-scale geothermal electricity-generating plant begins operation.
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The 1973 Oil Embargo acutely strained a U.S. economy that had grown increasingly dependent on foreign oil.
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The establishment of the Department of Energy brought most Federal energy activities under one umbrella and provided the framework for a comprehensive and balanced national energy plan.
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The Energy Policy Act of 1992 aims to reduce U.S. dependence on imported petroleum and improve air quality by addressing all aspects of energy supply and demand, including alternative fuels, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.
