Coal fired power plants are a type of power plant that make use of  ignition of coal  to generate

electricity.
the disadvantages of this type is it produces large quantities of pollutants which reduces air
quality and contributes to climate change.
the advantage of this type is it can produces bigger ammount of electricity than other type of
powe plant.
Hydro Electric Power Plant is a special type of power plant that uses the energy of falling or
flowing water to generate electricity. 
the advantages of this type is , the hydropower can be converted to electricity with efficiencies
higher than 90%. And also the reservoir can conduct a new ecosystem to animal and the resident.
the disadavantages, this kind of power plant can only generate electricity in smaller ammonut
than the coal fired power plant. and also to build a hydropower plant, it require a big budget of
investment.
Natural Gas Power Plant generate electricity by burning natural gas as their fuel. 
The advantages of this type  are cheap and quick to build. They also have very
high thermodynamic efficiencies compared to other power plants.
On the other hand, natural gas plants have significantly higher emissions than a nuclear power
plant. As long as natural gas plants are used to produce electricity their emissions will continue
to warm the planet in dangerous ways
Wind power is the generation of electricity from wind. Wind power is converted to electrical
energy by wind turbines .the advantage of this type it produces no pollutant or zero emission.
the disadvantage of this type is the generation of electricity are determined by the wind speed.
the highe wind speed generate more power. The lower wind speed generate less power.
HOW ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED
In power plants that use a turbine as a prime mover,like power plants I mentioned above, As the
turbine begins to spin, then giant wire coils inside the generator are turning. This creates
electrical moving force between a coil and a magnet, and pushes electrons and starts the flow of
electricity.
WHAT HAPPENS IN SUBSTATION
Substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations
transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important
functions like supervision, maintenance and so on.
HOW ELECTRICITY IS TRANSMITED.
Before transmited, the electricty voltage are increased from low voltage to extra high voltage by
a step up transformer at Power plant substation. Each power plant, has their own substation.
Then the high voltage electricity sent through overhead or underground wires  from power plants
to substations.
HOW ELECTRICITY IS DISTRIBUTED
Before distributed the voltage are dicreased from high voltage to mid voltage by a step down
transformer. then the electricity distributed by distribution line from the substation to the
consument.
HOW ELECTRICITY REACHES CUSTOMERS
After the electricity going through the middle voltage, it discreased one more time from the mid
voltage to low voltage. and then it is distributed to electricity meter or kwh meter in any
consumen places.