Why it matters, infrastructure system
Electricity system
Generation, transmission and distribution of electric power to households and industry.
- Depends on
- 1
- Depended on by
- 3
- Metrics
- 1
Neighbourhood: what depends on it (left), what it depends on (right)
- Candidate
- Hypothesized
- Mechanism supported
- Causally supported
- Established relation
Systems that would feel a shortage
Downstream: what depends on it
Electricity system enables Economic output2 evidenceHypothesized
Economic output depends on Electricity system.
Mechanism
Stated, not yet evidenced here: electricity access allows productive uses (lighting, machinery, refrigeration, communications) that raise output per person. The catalog carries both series; no causal study is attached.
Evidence
- metricelectricity-access
- metricgdp-per-person
- Status
- hypothesized
- Reviewer confidence
- 0.60
- Stated strength
- not stated
- Lag
- not stated
- Version
- curated_seed_v1
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
Confidence and strength are curated judgements recorded with the edge, not measured quantities.
Electricity system enables Human health and longevity2 evidenceHypothesized
Human health and longevity depends on Electricity system.
Mechanism
Stated, not yet evidenced here: electricity access allows refrigeration of vaccines and food, lighting in clinics, water pumping and a shift away from solid cooking fuels, all of which bear on mortality. The catalog carries both series; no study is attached.
Evidence
- metricelectricity-access
- metriclife-expectancy
- Status
- hypothesized
- Reviewer confidence
- 0.60
- Stated strength
- not stated
- Lag
- not stated
- Version
- curated_seed_v1
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
Confidence and strength are curated judgements recorded with the edge, not measured quantities.
Semiconductor fabrication plant requires input Electricity system2 evidenceEstablished relation
Semiconductor fabrication plant depends on Electricity system.
Mechanism
Fabs run cleanrooms, tools and chillers continuously and are among the most electricity-intensive industrial facilities.
Evidence
- documentU.S. DOE, energy-intensive industriesenergy.govElectricity and process energy intensity of manufacturing sectors.checked 2026-09-07
- documentNIST, CHIPS for Americanist.govFab construction, supply chain and workforce programme.checked 2026-09-07
- Status
- established_identity_or_engineering_relation
- Reviewer confidence
- 0.98
- Stated strength
- 0.90
- Lag
- not stated
- Version
- curated_seed_v1
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
Confidence and strength are curated judgements recorded with the edge, not measured quantities.
Inputs it cannot do without
Upstream: what it depends on
Electricity system requires input Transmission and distribution grid3 evidenceEstablished relation
Electricity system depends on Transmission and distribution grid.
Mechanism
Electricity is generated in one place and used in another. Delivering it to homes and industry physically requires transmission lines, substations and distribution networks; access statistics count connections to that network.
Evidence
- documentIEA, Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions (2023)iea.orgGrid expansion, connection queues and transformer and cable supply chains.checked 2026-09-07
- documentEIA, Electricity explained: how electricity is delivered to consumerseia.govTransmission at high voltage, step-up and step-down transformers, distribution.checked 2026-09-07
- metricelectricity-accessShare of population with a grid connection.
- Status
- established_identity_or_engineering_relation
- Reviewer confidence
- 0.99
- Stated strength
- 1.00
- Lag
- not stated
- Version
- curated_seed_v1
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
Confidence and strength are curated judgements recorded with the edge, not measured quantities.
Measured, from the catalog
Linked metrics
measures WLD
91.93percent of populationperiod 2024
Named on the edges that depend on it
Substitutes
No substitute is named for this entity on any stored edge.
Derived from curated edges
Bottleneck centrality
- Score
- 4.60
- Downstream entities
- 6
- Direct dependents
- 3
Sum over every entity downstream (within six hops) of the strongest path weight to it, where each edge weighs its stated strength divided by one plus its named substitutes. A graph statistic over curated edges, not an observation. Computed 2026-09-07 22:42 UTC.
Curated paths this entity is part of
Chains
Names that resolve to this node
Aliases
- electric power system
- electricity
- electricity supply
- power sector
slug electricity-system, updated 2026-09-07 22:42 UTC