Blackout Fears Power Generator Sales in California

Blackout Fears Power Generator Sales in California
A firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, Calif., on July 24, 2021. Noah Berger/AP
Vanessa Serna
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Californians are rushing to buy generators as worries of potential blackouts—triggered by heat waves and forest fires—linger.

“The grid is getting worse and worse every year,” Lupaenne Campos, co-owner of Elite Generators in Canoga Park, told The Epoch Times. “The infrastructure and the repair work are slow, so there’s a lot of outages going on now. ... Edison is shutting down power if there’s a slight wind or it gets too hot.”