Today’s electrical grid delivers reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses. However, electrical failures that affect large geographic areas do happen on a recurring basis due to ...

The power just went out—again. As you dig around for candles and wonder whether your laptop is fully charged, you think, “I’m finally going to get a generator.” Let’s say you want a generator that can ...

A home standby generator is a luxury, and for some people a necessity. Also known as whole-house generators or stationary generators, these units cost about $2,000 to $5,000. And the professional ...

As a culture, we often place our eggs in the wrong basket of technology. We’re confident the most contemporary Doppler radar systems can tell us the details of the next thunderstorm, heat wave, or ...

Customers of Portland General Electric are lending their standby generators to the utility for 200 hours a year in a unique distributed generation program. The utility is not buying power from ...

An automatic backup generator is a backup electrical system that operates whether you are home or away. Within seconds of a power outage, it automatically supplies power directly to your home’s ...

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