Electricity



Electricity was introduced to industries and companies during the progressive era toward the end of the 1800s. Originally the government wanted to limit the use of electricity to companies, buildings, and homes to have it like a deregulation. During this time period, the idea of power plants would have immediately be aproved instead of today where the government and judges would turn down. The electtic industry has been in the state's control for 100 years and in the early 20th century, it would turn into natural monopolies that exploited consumers. It was the result of the electric companies competing against each other in many cities and very few put faith in the state. By the end of the Great Depression, everyone was buying their electricity from government supported monopolies and the regulation shielded most of the consumets from the supply and demand; but not from the high prices. The largest electric struggle was the [|California blackouts]in 2000 and 2001 where the citizens of California were outraged by the high electric bills and the state put a cap on the wholesale rates. Causing the generators to create less power for everyone.

The whole power struggle of and over the electric companies was rediculous because it was just causing more problems for the country and citizens of each city and state. The way the government handled the electric output to the country was unnecessary and caused more problems for the already esculating problems America already had. Compared to nowadays, they had it easy because they didn't have to worry about envirmental problems or resource issues or over crowding. Electric companies didn't have to worry about the extra electronics that people have and are buying, back then, all they had to worry about the governments regulations and limits on how much should be distributed and about the competition with other companies. Now, the companies are working together to find, along with the government, a better energy source than coal, nucular power, and fossil fuels.

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