Use three-pronged grounded plugs only in three-prong outlets; never cut the third prong off a plug. (Photo illustration courtesy clipart.com)
Ron D'Amato works to restore power on a telephone pole Monday, July 24, 2006, in St. Louis. Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week's devastating thunderstorms. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)
A group of 260-feet tall wind towers are silhoutted against a bright orange sky at the Elk River Wind farm near Beaumont, Kan. The spinning blades atop 200-foot towers might appear to the naked eye as … well … spinning blades. But to Doppler radar, wind farms appear as a splatter of green, yellow, orange and red _ much like a violent storm or even a tornado. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
In this Nov. 15, 2009 photo released by General Electric via Business Wire, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, right center, and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) President Lin Zuoming, shake hands at an announcement in Beijing, China. General Electric's aviation unit is teaming with AVIC to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus. (AP Photo/General Electric via Business Wire) NO SALES
In this Nov. 15, 2009 photo released by General Electric via Business Wire, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, right center, and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) President Lin Zuoming, shake hands at an announcement in Beijing, China. General Electric's aviation unit is teaming with AVIC to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus. (AP Photo/General Electric via Business Wire) NO SALES
In this Nov. 15, 2009 photo released by General Electric via Business Wire, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, right center, and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) President Lin Zuoming, shake hands at an announcement in Beijing, China. General Electric's aviation unit is teaming with AVIC to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus. (AP Photo/General Electric via Business Wire) NO SALES
Shown is the front grille of an electric powered Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Elk Horn, Iowa. Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any electric vehicles that venture through western Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Mike Howard holds an electric-car charger outside his service station, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Elk Horn, Iowa. Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any electric vehicles that venture through western Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Shown is an electric-car charger before being installed at a service station, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Elk Horn, Iowa. Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any electric vehicles that venture through western Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Afternoon light highlights power lines beneath a wind farm near Arlington. The need for more electrical transmission in the West was identified as the region's No. 1 energy issue by participants in the Western States Energy and Environment Symposium. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Mike Howard, left, talks with Troy Segebart in front of an electric powered Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck outside his service station, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Elk Horn, Iowa. Elk Horn, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any electric vehicles that venture through western Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
A wind turbine is raised using a cable and gin pole during a ceremony on Wednesday near Midwest. (Courtesy, Casper College)
Jim Nations, public relations manager for RMOTC, describes basic wind-power concepts to seventh-graders from Midwest School prior to the commissioning of a wind turbine on Wednesday. (Courtesy, Casper College)
This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows an electric chair. Larry Bill Elliott is scheduled to be executed by choice of electrocution Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)
This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows an electric chair. Larry Bill Elliott is scheduled to be executed by choice of electrocution Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)
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