Transmission Line Activity
Now that you know more about the electrical grid, let’s put your knowledge to work!
In the next part of this activity, you’ll be an employee of Dakota Power Company. A housing developer is ready to build homes in scenic area overlooking scenic wetlandsA dark-brown or black structureless groundmass produced by the partial decomposition and disintegration of plant material in a marsh or... Read More and wildlife areas. Before construction can begin, the housing development will need electricityA form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an... Read More.
The powerThe electrical energy sold or generated by a utility. Power normally means both capacity and energy. Read More company has already constructed a new substation near the housing development. Your job is to use transmission lines to connect the new substation to the closest substation. Let’s get started.