Generating electricity violates Shabbat in a number of ways, among them: burning fuel and boiling water to drive turbines.
Even if the power plant is fully automated, human intervention is at least occasionally needed when things go awry.
In this class, we will survey the opinions of the principal poskim regarding the use of electricity generated by Jewish workers and electricity generated by non-Jewish workers.
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.