Forcing electrons to flow from atom to atom can create electricity. Most electricity used in Australia is produced at power plants. Various energy sources are used to turn turbines. The spinning turbine shafts turn electromagnets that are surrounded by heavy coils of copper wire inside generators. This creates a magnetic field, which causes the electrons in the copper wire to move from atom to atom.
Electricity leaves the power plant and is sent over high power transmission lines on tall towers.
The very strong electric current from a power plant must travel long distances to get where it is needed. When electricity gets closer to where it will be used, its voltage must be decreased. Electricity then travels on overhead or underground distribution wires to neighborhoods. When the distribution wires reach a home or business, another transformer reduces the electricity down to just the right voltage to be used in appliances, lights, and other things that run on electricity. A cable carries the electricity from the distribution wires to the house through a meter box.