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

There’s no point having backup power if it isn’t ready to go when you need it.

Store your generator in a clean, dry, and ventilated spot that you can access easily but is not attached to your house. Storing a generator in your home or too close to it is dangerous because vapors ...

One of the biggest mistakes one can make with a generator is to attempt to use it with a double male extension cord. These cords, also known as "widowmaker cords" or "suicide cords," are so named ...

Houston homeowners rely on standby generators more than ever — especially after repeated storms, extreme heat, and unexpected ...

Portable generators save food, power medical devices, and keep the lights on when the grid goes dark, but they also quietly kill people every year. The problem is not the machines themselves, it is ...

If you bought your first generator or propane heater, there are a couple of things you should know about safely operating ...

Shannon Henderson was happy to have made it to the store in time to purchase the last portable generator on the shelf as she was preparing for the predicted winter storm which is likely to arrive in ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie pushed to get power back at the city’s Opera House — where his daughter was performing the lead role in the Nutcracker ballet — as her dad’s constituents endured days ...

A fault on the lines connecting Yellowknife's diesel generators and the Jackfish Lake substation knocked out power to the N.W ...

Sending a mission to the solar gravitational lens (SGL) is the most effective way of actually directly imaging a potentially ...

Experts say discontinuing General Motors' all-electric pickups would be more complicated than it was for the other automakers. Where things stand.