No lights? No television? No cold refrigerator to keep your food from spoiling? No big deal — if you have a backup power supply. Many of us remember what it was like to have no electrical power for an ...

With severe winter weather events happening regularly this season, we recently updated this guide, including the addition the ...

Portable generators have become fairly common and their popularity will likely increase as extreme weather events become a more regular part of daily life. Anyone who lives in a suburban area often ...

Our editor-tested and researched portable and whole-home options keep appliances and other essentials running during an ...

When the power goes out because of a hurricane, a storm, or a problem with the electrical grid, portable generators and whole-house generators will do the same important task: provide electricity ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As the cold finally settles in, Virginians are preparing for winter power outages. One common way to get electricity during an outage is with a portable generator, but the tool ...

The first major snowstorm to hit New Jersey this year is beginning to wind down on Thursday morning. While there were not widespread power outage, the peak was 14,000 customers around 9:30 p.m.

Do you need a generator? That all depends and only you can really answer that question. Does anyone in your household use a medical device requiring electricity? Without air conditioning, the elderly ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Before you hit “buy,” consider what you’ll be powering. During a camping trip, you might not need a ton ...

The time to prep for a power outage is before the storm hits. It gets cold and dark when the power goes out. It’s a great ...

Hurricane Ian has left large swaths of Florida underwater and in darkness, with some 2.6 million homes and businesses out of power as of midday Thursday. Three-fourths of those outages are ...

Outside Christopher Glenn's house in the small Oregon community of Melrose, a white metal box sits next to the garage. The home standby generator was installed after a long outage in 2019. "We had a ...