An electrical grid electric grid or power grid is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers. In general it consists of generating stations that produce electric power electrical substations for stepping electrical voltage up for transmission or down for distribution high voltage transmission lines that carry power from distant sources to demand-centers and distribution lines that connect individual customers In this concern electrical grids vary in size from covering a single building through national grids (which cover whole countries) to transnational grids (which can cross continents).