What if Electric power grids had gone differently?

Central stations and distribution lines make cheap power available on tap.

If it had gone differently: Factories stay chained to their own steam plants; there is no clean power in the home and no electronics to come.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on Electric power grids. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1906Radio broadcasting. Without it, Mass culture and mass politics keep moving at the speed of print; no living-room broadcast, ever.
2. 1913The moving assembly line. Without it, Cars, appliances and machines stay hand-built and expensive; there is no mass consumer economy.
3. 1936Television broadcasting. Without it, Mass culture stays a matter of radio and print; the living-room screen that reshapes politics and leisure never arrives.
4. 1947The transistor. Without it, Computers stay room-sized, rare and institutional; there is no personal, portable, cheap electronics.