When a sudden power outage leaves your entire neighborhood in darkness, you know you're not the only one scrambling to find flashlights, but what if you never had to experience that inconvenience? At ...

When a power outage hits, getting left in the dark is just one of the concerns. An extended blackout is an inconvenience, but being without air conditioning, heating or necessary medical equipment is ...

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Thinking of installing a home generator, but unsure about how exactly to connect it to your home? We get it: There’s a lot that goes into finding and setting one of these babies up, and you want to ...

Many homeowners are surprised to learn that most solar systems stop working during an outage — even on sunny days. That’s why many people add a backup generator (or solar batteries) to make sure their ...

After Hurricane Ike knocked out electricity to most of Houston in 2008, my 83-year-old father fired up his portable generator, running extension cords through an open kitchen window to a handful of ...

If you're in need of a generator, and you don't want to buy one, Home Depot offers rental. Options remain consistent but ...

As the cold and windy weather takes over, power outages can become a concern. If you don’t want to be left in the dark, there are some benefits that come along with whole home generators. This is not ...

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Last month’s derecho knocked out power to Richard Holmes’ Memorial neighborhood for seven days — but for less than a minute at his 13,200 square-foot home. While hundreds of thousands of CenterPoint ...

Homes traditionally run on power grids, but it isn't 100% reliable. Technical problems can happen at any time, high consumer demand leads to blackouts, and there's the occasional weather disturbance ...