power outage

Record summer highs prompt rolling blackouts

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Record-setting summer heat drives more of us inside for air-conditioned relief. All that demand is more than the electrical power grid can provide. As a result, it’s likely we will soon face the return of rolling blackouts. “The power grid can only supply so much power,” says Master Electrician Jim Fish with Generator Power Systems. […]

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A bad driver could put you in the dark

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Two drivers racing on the Gulf Freeway’s feeder road couldn’t have known how expensive their fun would be to people they’d never meet. As their vehicles raced at high-speed, swapping lanes for fun, one of them lost control, rolled over and took out a power pole. Instantly, over 10,000 homes and businesses were in the […]

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Three steps to be hurricane ready

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Summer weather means storm season, and as anyone who lives on the Gulf Coast knows, summer storms can pack a powerful punch. Atmospheric changes can spawn severe thunder and lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and other extreme weather – often without warning. June is the official start of hurricane season. Before the month winds to a […]

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How salt and dust may leave you in the dark

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Hurricane season preparations may distract you from even greater threats to your daily power service: daily wear and an aging power grid. Major gulf coast hurricanes bring vivid memories for anyone who’s lived through one. Perhaps the fact we get major storms so infrequently is one reason we remember them and prepare for future ones. […]

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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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