Customers of Portland General Electric are lending their standby generators to the utility for 200 hours a year in a unique distributed generation program. The utility is not buying power from ...

The hands-off nature of today’s most powerful, durable, and quiet standby generator means homeowners don’t really need to think about the inner workings of the machine. Still, understanding the basics ...

Every time a major storm knocks out power, the same dangerous myth resurfaces: that you can safely run a generator in the ...

Weather is unpredictable. Strong winds or storms can wreak havoc on power lines, resulting in outages that may last hours or ...

Days on end without power...many of us got good use out of those generators after Hurricane Beryl. You may have discovered there are things you don’t know about keeping it running. KPRC 2′s Amy Davis ...

Ryobi is removing its RY903622VNM portable generator from the market after Consumer Reports found a problem with the carbon monoxide (CO) shutoff modules on two tested units, which prevented them from ...

HOUSTON – KPRC 2′s newsroom has been inundated with calls and emails from Houston area viewers reporting the generators meant to power their entire homes did not work during Hurricane Beryl. MORE: ...

Ideally, you don’t use your portable generator often. But you don’t want this key piece of emergency equipment to let you down when you need it. How can you make sure your generator is always ready to ...

Dealing with the expense and bother of setting up a home generator can seem like overkill until the power is out and you're unable to charge your phone, the food in your fridge is spoiling, your ...

San Antonio Water System is moving forward with plans to spend more than $150 million on installing backup generators at the city’s pump stations, the result of state legislation that followed the ...