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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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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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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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Watts up with matching a standby generator with your demand

There isn’t a resource we take more for granted than electricity—until it’s gone. But, with standby generator, when the power goes off, your life goes on–if you’re generator matches your demand.

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