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Thales of Miletus writes about amber becoming charged by rubbing - he was describing what we now call static electricity.
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Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod - he demonstrated lightning was electricity.
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First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta. Volta proved that electricity could travel over wires.
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First energy utility in the US founded.
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First electric motor invented by Michael Faraday.
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The start of J. P. Joule's law of electrical heating.
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Edison’s power plant was the latest in a flurry of electrical breakthroughs, beginning with the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable
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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
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Edison Electric Light Co. (US) and American Electric and Illuminating (Canada) founded.
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Thomas Edison opened the first commercial power plant in the United States, serving 59 customers in a square mile of Lower Manhattan.
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The electric transformer is invented. Thomas Edison introduces the "three-wire" transmission system.
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William Stanley develops transformer and Alternating Current electric system.
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General Electric Company formed by the merger of Thomson-Houston and Edison General Electric.
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Highest voltage transmission line 60 Kilovolt.
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Lee De Forest invented the electric amplifier.
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The electric refrigerator is invented. Robert Millikan measured the electric charge on a single electron.
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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.
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Citizens Power, the first power marketer, goes into business.
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The Energy Policy Act is used to reduce the use if petroleum and improve air quality, including alternative fuels, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.
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Electricity marketed on the Internet.
