Many companies that have facilities of basically any size, surely know how brutal the summer months can be with power outages & rolling blackouts. At Worldwide Power Products (http://www.wpowerproducts.com), we specialize in power generation equipment including new and used engines and generator sets. Call us at 1-713-434-2300.

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Are Your Generators Ready For
Summer, High Temperatures And
Rolling Blackouts?

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Many companies, or other organizations that have facilities of
basically any size, surely know how brutal the summer months
can be with power outages and rolling blackouts. Just as the
same issues during the winter were fading from your
memory, now you have to worry about the high temperatures
and sweltering heat of summer causing power problems for your
facility.
Such power issues typically occur in the form of blackouts or
brownouts, and are presented when there is a dramatic influx in
power usage by residents located on a particular power grid. As
you can imagine, when it is ridiculously hot outside, many
people flock indoors — cranking up the A/C and putting fans on
full blast.
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During summer, people need to cool off indoors, or by any
means possible.
Unfortunately, when everyone does so at the same time, it puts
serious stress on the power grids, which is when outages occur.
To prevent such from happening, or to at least reduce the effect
that a summer power outage has, there are a couple things that
can be done.
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If you feel like hoping up on your soapbox, then try to get
people to use less energy during the hottest parts of the day.
While this can work, and people should generally conserve the
energy they use during peak usage hours of the day, more
often than not, the need to cool-off from hot weather trumps
the urge to conserve electricity.
With that said, measures such as Demand Response have
helped communities become more aware of their power usage
during these vulnerable times.
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The other option is to buy a backup power generator for your
facility in preparation for a summer power outage. In
actuality, you should probably do this regardless of whether
you take on the first option, as it is always best to be prepared
for a blackout.
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As mentioned, Demand Response protocol can be used to
effectively reduce electricity usage during peak hours. Doing so
will allow your facility to conserve energy when it counts, and if
all else fails, hopefully you will have a backup generator to
shield the burden of not having an active power grid to support
your facility.
At Worldwide Power Products, we encourage all of our current
and prospective clients to have generators, portable if
possible, in case the local power grid fails during the summer.
Additionally, we also tell people to encourage their local
community facilities, like hospitals and churches, to also
have generators, diesel, or any kind for that matter, ready in
case of a summer power outage.
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When it comes to powering a facility that is vital to the needs of
a community, relying on backup power generators and a
Demand Response system is essential. There really is no better
way to support large facilities within a community in such a way.
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Conclusion
While the preventative measures of a Demand Response program
can reduce the likelihood of blackouts through conservative
energy usage when it counts the most, after it is too late and a
power grid becomes overwhelmed, the best remedy is to have a
backup generator ready to go.
It is always recommended to take the necessary steps to ensure
your facility is prepared with a backup generator at all
times, instead of wishing you had in the middle of a heat wave.
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9. At Worldwide Power Products, we specialize in power
generation equipment including over 100 new and used engines
and generator sets for the industrial, marine, and petroleum
industries.
Call us: +1-713-434-2300
www.wpowerproducts.com
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