More Americans Produce Their Own Power supply

Energy independence!

"More Americans are producing their own power.

As the American electric grid becomes less dependable, a growing number of businesses and homeowners are buying their own power systems to protect themselves from being left in the dark. Twenty years ago, only 0.57% of U.S. homes worth $150,000 or more had installed backup generators, mainly along hurricane-prone coastlines, according to backup-power provider Generac Holdings, a 10-fold increase. Many entrepreneurs now consider secondary power systems to be a necessary cost of doing business. Reliability isn’t the only driver of the power-independence trend. The cost of renewables has fallen enough that some companies are adding on-site renewable energy to reduce their use of power from the electric grid or to meet corporate sustainability goals."

Wary of Being Left in the Dark, Americans Produce Their Own Power - WSJ