Power Outage Alerts

I received this helpful article via email from Cummins and would like to share it with our valuable customers.

It is important to keep up with power outages. If you notice power outages in your area, it is only a matter of time before your power goes out.

If you want the security of not having to worry about power outages, you should call us for a free site assessment, 214-207-0506.

Power Outage Alerts

Driven by aging electrical grids, severe weather and simple human error, power outages are increasing both in number and severity. Last year, more than 36 million people experienced power outages in the U.S. It is no surprise that power outages are the biggest driver of demand for home standby generators, making it critical to know about severe weather before it occurs to best serve and market to your customers.

We have listed below several sources for monitoring power outages, as well as threats for your local area.

Local Utility Company: The utility company in your area is a good resource for power outage information. Check your local utility company’s website to see if they offer severe weather alerts. We also suggest following their social media accounts; turn on post notifications for their accounts to ensure you receive the latest weather and outage alerts.

PowerOutage.us: This online tracker pulls near real-time data from local utility companies across the country. We recently added this tracker to our homegenerators.cummins.com website (here). Severe weather is the leading cause of power outages. It is important to track severe weather before it hits to ensure you’re prepared to connect with customers when the frustration of losing power is still fresh in their minds.

AccuWeather Alerts:AccuWeather will email daily forecasts, as well as severe weather watches and warnings directly to you. These weather alerts provide you with a map detailing the area(s) likely to be affected, as well as details on the timing and impact of the weather. Clickhereto sign up.

Eaton Power Outage Tracker: The Eaton Power Outage Tracker is a good source for historical power outage data across the U.S. It also provides the causes and impacts for each power outage. This tracker has not been updated this year, but allows you to see power outages since February 2008, so you can educate yourself on historical outages in your area. Clickhereto use the Eaton Blackout Tracker.

The Weather Channel:Weather.comprovides information on lighting strikes, thunderstorms, hurricanes and other severe weather events. Like AccuWeather, it also allows you to sign up for severe weather alerts and updated information on weather conditions. Clickhereto learn more.

I hope you learned a lot about power outages. In Dallas, we have lots of different storms that affect our electricity. I hope you will consider getting a standby home generator so we can better protect your home and your family. Call us today at, 214-207-0506.