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The double-punch of the surprise May derecho and Hurricane Beryl spurred many Houstonians to consider backup power options. Even before this year’s natural disasters, one in four households in the ...

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The risk of grid blackouts is rising, and the Department of Energy said weather-related power outages due to extreme weather rose by 80% in the United States from 2011 through 2023. With the U.S. grid ...