Getting Through a Power Outage

6/13/2017 (Permalink)

Only use flashlights for emergency lighting, candles can cause fires.

According to Inside Energy Investigations, "the five-year annual average of [power] outages doubled every five years...: For 2000 to 2004, there were an average of 44 reported grid outages per year. From 2005 to 2009, there were an average of 100 reported grid outages per year. From 2010 to 2013 (a four year period), there were an average of 200 reported grid outages per year."

The following link will lead you to the source of information: http://insideenergy.org/2014/08/18/power-outages-on-the-rise-across-the-u-s/

Diesel Service and Supply names a few potential reasons for these outages:

• America's Aging Power Grid. In 2014, our electric grid was losing power more often than any other developing nation.
• Severe weather. Research suggests that 70-percent of power outages are caused by bad weather or natural disasters.
• Air-conditioning. The rising temperatures are not what cause the power outages. It is the number of people in the region running their air-conditions and fans, overloading the power grid, causing temporary or long-term blackouts.
• Wildlife. Animals interfering with electrical equipment accounts for about 11-percent of America's outages. 

A sure way to avoid a blackout entirely is to purchase a quality generator. With the right kind of backup generator and routine maintenance, a power outage doesn’t have to mean lost business.

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