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NECA charts electrical history with new book Did you know a NECA member was in charge of the power system that supported the Woodstock music festival of 1969? Are you familiar with the intertwined ...

Electricity has become such a mainstay of everyday life that the novelty of this technology when it was in its infancy at the turn of the 19th century almost has been forgotten. But when ...

Perhaps the person most responsible for selling electricity in its early days to Cedar Rapidians was Louise Hathaway.

By 1911, the local electric grid could not keep up with the ever-increasing demand for electricity, even with the York Haven hydro-electric station operating at full capacity.

Electrical engineering professor connects history with the future for today’s students Dorin Patru honored with Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching ‌ Carlos Ortiz/RIT Dorin Patru, associate ...