Where does my power come from?

It’s your pow­er, it’s your Coop­er­a­tive. So, where does your elec­tric­i­ty come from, any­way?

1. 1. Pow­er is gen­er­at­ed. Gen­er­a­tion sources vary, but the major­i­ty of the pow­er con­sumed by YEC mem­bers comes from coal and nuclear plants.
   2. A large trans­former increas­es the elec­tric volt­age to trav­el over long dis­tances.
   3. Elec­tric­i­ty is sent to demand areas over trans­mis­sion lines. The trans­mis­sion lines serv­ing YEC are either 100,000 volts or 44,000 volts.
   4. Trans­mis­sion lines enter sub­sta­tions so that the volt­age can be decreased and safe­ly dis­trib­uted to YEC mem­bers. YEC main­tains 27 sub­sta­tions to serve mem­bers in 4 coun­ties.
   5. YEC is a dis­tri­b­u­tion coop­er­a­tive, dis­trib­ut­ing elec­tric­i­ty at 7,200 volts to more than 57,000 mem­bers on over 4,000 miles of ener­gized line.
   6. Elec­tri­cal volt­age is stepped down again by anoth­er trans­former so that it can be used to pow­er elec­tri­cal devices in your home. The stan­dard volt­age is 240.
   7. As you con­sume elec­tric­i­ty, YEC mea­sures the amount of ener­gy you use from a meter mount­ed out­side your home. The more you con­serve ener­gy, the more mon­ey you save on your pow­er bill.