The amount of work required to bring a single positive charge from an infinite distance to a point in an electric field is called the electric potential at that point in the electric field . Suppose the voltage V at any point in the electric field . Thus , the action taken to bring a positive charge from that infinite distance to that point = V. Therefore, the action taken to bring the q amount of charge to that point from infinite distance , W = V × q , that is , the performed action = potential × charge, this action stores the charge as electrical static energy. Therefore , the electric potential = the potential িত the power acquired by a conductor after electrocution to conduct electricity to another object or to receive electricity from another object is called its electric potential .