power outage

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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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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Could a standby generator have been the MVP in Sunday’s Cowboys-Giants game?

Power outages happen to the best of them. It happened to the NFL when the lights went out twice during a Cowboys-Giants game earlier this season. Lights atop the $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium went dark twice within 11 minutes during the third quarter. Just like your house, the lights went out and life came […]

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