Fall 1882, Shamokin, Pennsylvania – the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Shamokin was established.
July 4, 1883, Sunbury, Pennsylvania – the opening of the central station for the first three-wire (DC) Edison incandescent electric light (village system), which was attended by Edison himself.
November 17, 1883, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania – the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Mount Carmel was founded. This was the first isolated electrical plant in the world (i.e., Mt. Carmel was the first town lighted exclusively by electricity); 38 arc lamps and 50 incandescent light bulbs were erected in the downtown business district. It was also the fifth electrical plant constructed upon the Edison system.
The electric age began in 1882 when the Edison Illuminating Company sent power over wires to 59 customers in lower Manhattan from its Pearl Street Generating Station. Edison was America’s first investor-owned electric utility — a company that generated electricity, moved it over transmission lines and delivered it to individual customers.
Incorporated in 1864, the city was home to some of inventor ThomasEdison’s earliest work on the electric lightbulb, which included the lighting of St ... In 1881, Thomas Edison had made his home in the area and built his first Electrical Illuminating Company ... called “IlluminationStation” in the heart of downtown Shamokin.
Putting up decorations an exercise in frustration — but worth every minute ...Johnson, vice president of ThomasEdison’s electric company. In 1882, he was the first to illuminate an at-home Christmas tree with electric lights ... In the past, the highlight of the evening was an illuminated tree on a small barge floating in a lagoon ... .
... … [with] an entity associated with an individual who subsequently was appointed to a full-time role as an Ohio government official directly involved in regulating the [Illuminating, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison] companies, including with respect to distribution rates.”.
Skelton’s broad experience at various levels at MinnesotaPower is complemented by his finance and governance experience with community and industry organizations, including the Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalBoard and the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.