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Top 9 Things You Didn't Know About America's Power Grid

Test your knowledge on how electricity gets to your home with these top power grid facts.

Energy.gov

November 20, 2014
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Electrical transmission lines cross a snow-covered field in Dalles Dam, Oregon. | Energy Department photo.

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