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Electricity 101  The Canal plant supplies electricity to local communities, pollution to local environments, and greenhouse gases to the upper atmosphere. Electricity arises from the flow of tiny, electrically charged particles such as electrons. It is the most important form of energy used by modern society's fact that hits home during localized power failures and captures worldwide attention during large-scale outages. Local consumers can buy power generated anywhere in New England or imported from New York, Quebec, or New Brunswick. The laws of physics dictate that most of the electricity that flows through transmission and distribution circuits and energizes local communities flows from the nearest power plants, including the Canal Generating Station in Sandwich. Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on electricity. Regional demand also accounts for the release of millions of tons of emissions that degrade local air and water quality and contribute to global climate change. Efficiency programs are helping reduce these direct and indirect costs. So too are a growing number of cleaner and renewable energy systems and green power purchase options. Click on the links below for more information on electricity's role in the "Energy Present":
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