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Ah, okay. Thank you very much for that explanation, I was searching for an answer online but no one seemed to mention this part. :)

I'm not sure if you're saying that a circuit is formed between my house and the power station. It would make a lot more sense if my house was the "load" and if the electrons traveled back in the circuit towards the power station.

This makes perfect sense, but what I don't understand is how a closed circuit is formed. The electricity from the power plant is traveling to my house, if the electrons do not travel back, how is a closed circuit formed?

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