This paper deals with the application of fractional derivatives in the modeling of electrical circuits RC, RL, RLC, power electronic devices and nonlinear loads, the equations are obtained by replacing the time derivative by fractional derivatives of type Riemann-Liouville, Grfinwald-Letnikov, Liouville-Caputo and the fractional definition recently introduced by Caputo and Fabrizio. The fractional equations in the time domain considers derivatives in the range of alpha is an element of (0; 1], analytical and numerical results are presented considering different source terms introduced in the fractional equation. The resulting solutions modified the capacitance, inductance, also, the resistance exhibits fluctuations or fractality of time in different scales. Furthermore, the results showed the existence of heterogeneities in the electrical components causing irreversible dissipative effects. The classical models are recovered when the order of the fractional derivatives are equal to 1. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.