Year
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Electric Utility Industry
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Electric Technology
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| 1800 |
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First Battery Invented |
| 1816 |
Gas Light Co. of Baltimore--first energy utility in USA, predecessor of Baltimore G&E.
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| 1820 |
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Electromagnet |
| 1821 |
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Electromagnetic Induction |
| 1837 |
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DC Motor Patented |
| 1839 |
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Fuel Cell Demonstrated |
| 1844 |
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Arc Lamp Introduced |
| 1859 |
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Storage Battery |
| 1876 |
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Telephone Invented |
| 1878 |
Edison Electric Light Co. (NY) - First electric company |
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| 1879 |
National Association of Regulatory Commissioners founded as association of railway commissioners |
Practical Incandescent Lamp |
| 1882 |
First Central Power Station--Pearl Street--Opens (NYC) |
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| 1884 |
Steam Turbine Generator |
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| 1888 |
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Electric Meter Patented |
| 1893 |
AC Power Chosen for Niagara Power |
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| 1895 |
First Hydroelectric Generation |
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| 1902 |
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Commercial Air Conditioning |
| 1906 |
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Electric Range Marketed |
| 1907 |
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Electric Washing Machine |
| 1911 |
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Neon Light Patented |
| 1912 |
S. Insull starts electric utiltiy holding company |
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| 1913 |
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Home Electric Refrigerator |
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| 1925 |
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Electric Phonograph Produced |
| 1929 |
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TV Picture Tube Demonstrated |
| 1933 |
Tennessee Vally Authority (TVA)
Edison Electric Institute Organized
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| 1935 |
Public Utility Holding Company Act |
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| 1936 |
Rural Electrification Act |
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| 1938 |
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Fluorescent Lamp Introduced |
| 1946 |
Atomic Energy Act |
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| 1947 |
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First Microwave Oven Produced; Transistor Invented
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| 1949 |
First Gas Turbine Power Plant |
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| 1952 |
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First Practical Heat Pump Sold |
| 1956 |
World's First Nuclear Power Plant Completed (England) |
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| 1959 |
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First Solid-State Computer |
| 1963 |
Clean Air Act Passed |
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| 1968 |
National Electric Reliability Council Formed |
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| 1970 |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
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| 1972 |
Clean Water Act Passed |
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| 1975 |
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Personal Computers Marketed |
| 1977 |
US Department of Energy |
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| 1978 |
Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) passed |
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| 1980 |
Photovoltaic Power Plant |
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1981
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First Wind Turbine, Solar Thermal Generating Stations |
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| 1992 |
National Energy Policy Act |
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| 1999 |
FERC Order 2000 Promotes Regional Transmission |
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| 2001 |
Enron Goes Bankrupt |
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| 2002 |
FERC Releases Standard Market Design NOPR |
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