The Wall Street Journal gives an excellent overview of how most everything we use from the vehicles we drive to the homes and 
businesses we heat will be powered by electricity as the era of fossil fuels ends.
A main thrust of the article is: “The electrification of (almost) everything is coming, and we’re just not ready for it.”
We have to build a secure and reliable infrastructure to accommodate the increased demand for electricity, but if we pull it off, the environment and all of us will be better off.