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Electri?cationintheearly20thcenturydramaticallyimprovedproductivityandincreasedthewell–beingoftheindustrializedworld.Nolongeraluxury—nowanecessity—electricitypowersthemachinery,thecomputers,thehealth–caresystems,andtheentertainmentofmodernsociety.Givenitsbene?ts,electricityisinexpensive,anditspricecontinuestoslowlydecline(afteradjustingforin?ation—seeFigure1.1).

Electricpowerdistributionistheportionofthepowerdeliveryinfrastruc–turethattakestheelectricityfromthehighly