Tšebeliso ea likhoele tsa motlakase e qalile lilemo tse fetang lekholo. Ka 1879, moqapi oa Moamerika TA Edison o ile a phuthela jute ho pota molamu oa koporo, a e kenya ka har'a phala ea tšepe, 'me ae tlatsa ka motsoako oa asphalt ho etsa mohala. O kentse thapo ena New York, a bula maliboho ho tsamaisa motlakase ka sekhukhu. Selemong se latelang, moqapi oa Lebrithani ea bitsoang Callender o ile a qapa asphalt-ea pampiri e kentsoeng{7}}thapo ea motlakase e kentsoeng. Ka 1889, moqapi oa Lebrithani ea bitsoang SZ Ferranti o ile a kenya oli ea 10 kV{13}}ea pampiri e kentsoeng{14}}kapa pakeng tsa London le Deptford. Ka 1908, UK e ile ea qeta marang-rang a 20 kV. Lithapo tsa motlakase li ile tsa ata haholo. Ka 1911, Jeremane e ile ea kenya lithapo tsa 60 kV tse phahameng- tse bontšang qalo ea ho ntlafatsoa ha{23}lithapo tsa motlakase tse phahameng. Ka 1913, moqapi oa Lejeremane M. Hochstedt o ile a qapa lithapo-tse sirelelitsoeng, tse ileng tsa ntlafatsa kabo ea sebaka sa motlakase ka har'a thapo le ho felisa khatello ea maikutlo holim'a sekontiri, e leng se ileng sa tšoaea ketsahalo ea bohlokoa ntlafatsong ea lithapo tsa motlakase. Ka 1952, Sweden e ile ea kenya lithapo tsa 380 kV ultra{31}}high voltage voltage plant setsing sa eona sa motlakase se ka leboea, e leng se tšoaeang tšebeliso ea pele ea lithapo tsa motlakase tse phahameng haholo-. Ka bo-1980, lithapo tsa motlakase tsa 1100 kV le 1200 kV ultra{37}li ne li se li entsoe.
