Power outages cost U.S. businesses $150 billion annually, disrupting operations, damaging equipment, and causing lost revenue. For homeowners, outages can mean spoiled food, unsafe conditions, and ...

Heavy snowfall and winter storms pose a threat of power outages in our region.

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 ...

Robbie and Jillian Lee have seen firsthand how Louisianans’ increasing reliance on a new breed of powerful home generators can go horribly wrong. Advertised as rock-solid protection against the ...

While problems with the power grid aren’t new, electric whole-home backup systems are. Having emergency power on hand is a great idea, but power banks are also expensive, hard to move, and get in the ...

Emergency medical responders in Los Angeles County, Calif., are shepherding deployment of new real-time monitoring and messaging technology that provides early warning of possible failures of backup ...

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 ...