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Samuel Insull

The Hungarian "ZBD" TeamKároly Zipernowsky, Ottó Bláthy, Miksa Déri

Nikola Tesla

Great Blizzard of 1888Many Separate DC Lines to Provide Appropriate Voltages Collapse

Westinghouse Alternating Current Power Plant at World's Fair, Chicago, 1893

In 1893, Westinghouse Wins Buffalo Contract Using Alternating Current Power Plantat Niagara Falls (System Operational by 1897)

“As early as 1901, Thomas Edison himself was devising ways to leverage distributed generation (DG) technologies in his home. Although in the end his plan was unsuccessful, a century later some distributed generation technologies have become not only cost effective options, but also offer an opportunity to increase system reliability by relocating load from the central station to the end-use location; and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.”Source: Consolidated Edison 2010 Long Range Electric System Plan

Back to the Future:Edison’s Vision of Locating Power at or Near its Point of Use Becomes Relevant

Back to the Future:Non-Synchronous AC-to-DC-AC Solutions are Being Perfected as Affordable

Alternatives to More Complex Synchronization of DG with the Utility Grid

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