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600 BCE
Thales of Miletus
Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing - he was describing what we now call static electricity. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod - he demonstrated lightning was electricity. -
battery
First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta. Volta proved that electricity could travel over wires. -
First energy
First energy utility in the US founded. -
electric motor
First electric motor invented by Michael Faraday. -
electrical heating
The start of J. P. Joule's law of electrical heating. -
edison's power
Edison’s power plant was the latest in a flurry of electrical breakthroughs, beginning with the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable -
The first phone
The first phone was created because of the telegraph if they wouldn't have figured out the telegraph the phone wouldn't have been created -
Light company founded
Edison Electric Light Co. (US) and American Electric and Illuminating (Canada) founded. -
commercial power plant
Thomas Edison opened the first commercial power plant in the United States, serving 59 customers in a square mile of Lower Manhattan. -
Three- wire system
The electric transformer is invented. Thomas Edison introduces the "three-wire" transmission system. -
Electric system built
William Stanley develops transformer and Alternating Current electric system. -
Electric company formed
General Electric Company formed by the merger of Thomson-Houston and Edison General Electric. -
transmission line
Highest voltage transmission line 60 Kilovolt. -
Lee De Forest
Lee De Forest invented the electric amplifier. -
First fridge
The electric refrigerator is invented. Robert Millikan measured the electric charge on a single electron. -
The Public Utility Holding Company Act
The Public Utility Holding Company Act is passed. The Federal Power Act is passed. The Securities and Exchange Commission is established. The Bonneville Power Administration is established. -
First power marketer
Citizens Power, the first power marketer, goes into business. -
The National Energy Policy Act is passed.
The Energy Policy Act is used to reduce the use if petroleum and improve air quality, including alternative fuels, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. -
Electric Internet
Electricity marketed on the Internet.
