Churning with voltage and resembling an explosion at the wire factory, the breaker panel exudes mystique. But it's just a big switch, filled with other smaller ­switches, which lead to the switches ...

Any time lights went out and a circuit blew in the Schmidt house in Emmaus, chaos would ensue. Someone would have to go down into one of the home’s two basements and jigger circuit breaker switches to ...

The transformation of the power landscape involves more than just generation. The distribution of electricity is being changed as well, with technology designed to make electrical systems safer, more ...