Importance Of Electricity

Electricity, being referred to as one of the primary agents of technological progress (Boylestad, 2002), plays a vital role in securing the stability and mobility of the modern civilization in which many societies exist. Through simple observation, one can clearly say that electricity, indeed, lies through almost every aspect of human life in the present-day era, and that it has, in many levels, constantly revolutionized the way things are in the world as people know it. According to World Bank, as of 2011, 78.2 percent of the world population or roughly 5.5 billion people have access to and depend their lives on electricity (2011)—without it, there would be nothing to suffice for the kind of lifestyle they have been accustomed to for most
In a recent survey conducted by the National Statistics Office, it was said that 87 percent of Filipinos or about 18.2 million households in the Philippines used electricity in their various daily tasks from March to August 2011—84.9 percent of them used electricity for lighting, 65.6 percent for space cooling, 45.5 percent for ironing, 40.5 percent for refrigeration, 29.4 percent for laundry, 20.1 percent for cooking or food preparation, 4.4 percent for water heating, and 3.4 percent for water pumping (2011). In addition, the residential sector comprised 33.3 percent of the total national energy consumption or roughly 18.7 thousand Gigawatt-hours during the same year (Department of Energy, 2011). From these, one could say that people, particularly the Filipinos, have greatly depended on electricity in terms of performing daily activities that are necessary in maintaining their respective qualities of
In the most recent census done by the Department of Energy, it was pointed out that 20.6 thousand Gigawatt-hours or roughly 33.6 percent of the total energy consumption of the country could be accounted for the industrial manufacturers; while 18.3 thousand Gigawatt-hours or roughly 29.7 percent could be accounted for the various commercial institutions that sell goods, services, and other economic elements (2013). These statistics imply that this much of the country’s economy and its stability lie in the hands of electricity, as it is necessary in maintaining the efficacy of majority of the operations of the industrial and commercial