About Emergency Power Services

"There are no emergencies for those who are prepared." ---James Talmage Stevens

It is not our intention to send unwarranted fear out to our customers. However, there is nothing like being prepared. When events like Katrina happen you can't help anyone else if you yourself are in need.

If backup power is your only goal, a backup generator is the best choice. If you are interested in renewable power such as a solar or wind system they can be installed to allow some backup power through a battery bank as an added bonus. Please see Residential Services and Resources for more information.

Let's assume you will have a simple backup generator. We will ask you, do you need to run everything in your home during an outage? This is possible, however it often requires a very large generator. Assuming you believe the outage will be temporary (2days or less), people can usually get by on certain circuits being operable which keeps the size and price of the generator down.

So the next question is which circuits? Obvious items are your furnace, deep freeze, refrigerator, microwave (instead of the oven), water well pump (if you live in the country), and a few lights which are good as an emotional booster in an outage.

You also need to consider the not so obvious. Does someone in your home need medical equipment running, do you have fish tanks, what about the electric garage doors?

We are glad to help you ask and answer these questions. Which will allow us to help you choose the right size and type of generator to fulfill your goals.