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400,000 reasons to get a standby generator

Power outages may be inconvenient to you, but a long one would be catastrophic for Scott Spencer. His business, Houston Wine Merchant, stocks over $400,000 worth of wine from around the world. Getting a standby power generator made business sense for two important reasons. “We need to keep our temperature about seventy degrees,” Spencer says. […]

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Seeing is believing: watch a proper install

Spend five minutes with anyone from Generator Power Systems and you’ll hear how important proper installation of a standby power generator is to making sure it runs reliably—not to mention your family’s safety. Watch this video from HomeShow Radio with Tom Tynan. See an actual Generator Power Systems installation. Learn the process of getting a […]

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Taking high pressure out of standby power

Getting a standby generator is a high-pressure journey into the unknown for most people. It was for Richard Gonzales. After deciding to get his standby generator, he set off to find a company from whom he could buy it. That’s where he discovered the high pressure of standby power. “I called several dealers and kept […]

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Does cheap power equal rolling blackouts?

Generating power is as much about making a profit as it is about providing a service. That’s the bottom-line result of deregulation. So, what happens when making power doesn’t generate enough profit to pay for new power plants? Rolling blackouts. Get ready, there are more to come.

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Cold and in the dark? You’re not alone.

Nearly three-quarters of a million Houstonians were in the dark due to Groundhog Day 2011 blackouts without a hurricane in sight. The culprit, cold weather, drove power demand to levels the system could simply not meet.

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