Readying for a Power Blackout

Readying for a Power Blackout
Family Farm & Home of Mason employees Dean Haynes (L) and Bobby Hollon (C) load a generator into Nathan Timm's (R) truck, Dec. 24, 2013. Timm was buying the generator for his parents, who were without electricity. Matthew Dae Smith/AP Photo/Lansing State Journal
Kent McDill
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Across the United States, power grid operators report concerns about maintaining the electrical power for the millions of customers who depend on that power. There can be times when the demand is greater than the available output.

In some areas, the grids are being converted to systems that get their power from cleaner energy sources. Whether it is from demand or from a concerted effort to create a safer and cleaner system, occasional blackouts may happen, especially in the warmer summer months.

Kent McDill
Kent McDill
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Kent McDill has been a professional writer his entire career, spending 20 years as a sportswriter in Chicago before transitioning to business writing. He has written specifically about personal finance since 2013. He has four children and resides in suburban Chicago.
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