How to power your home during an outage

After Hurricane Beryl, over 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Houston area lost power, with some residents going a week without it. Readers were invited to a live virtual event with Energy and Power Grid reporter Claire Hao, as she interviewed Paul Hope, the Deputy Home Editor at Consumer Reports, and America Garcia, the Texas Program Director for Solar United Neighbors, on how to power your home during an outage.
Our expert guests covered finding the right generator or solar panels for your situation, generator safety, recommendations and more