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Electricity 101

Electricity 101: Powering your home

In this week's episode, we discuss the final step in delivering electricity to your home.

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Electricity 101

Electricity 101: The right voltage for your home

Electricity passes through multiple transformers before it enters your home. The final transformer lowers the voltage one last time to a level appropriate for your appliances, devices and more.

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How Does That Work?

Landscaping near electrical equipment

The plants you choose for your landscaping around this equipment should still allow OPPD crews to access the unit in the event of an outage or repair.

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Electricity 101

Electricity 101: How substations help prepare power for your home

OPPD uses substations to reduce the voltage of electricity that has traveled across transmission lines before that electricity moves into surrounding neighborhoods via distribution lines.

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Electricity 101

Electricity 101: What you need to know about transmission lines

Transmission lines are extremely high voltage power lines; they're the lines you see stretching over open fields and along major roadways.   

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Electricity 101

Electricity 101: Generating power with different fuel sources

Using a variety of fuel sources helps OPPD provide reliable power in the most cost-effective manner possible.

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