According to Angi and HomeAdvisor, the typical cost of a whole-home generator is $1,524 to $8,658, with homeowners paying around $5,090 on average. While the best portable generators work for ...

(A transformer near my home would routinely fail because squirrels ... you probably don’t need a permanently installed whole-house generator, which can cost more than $10,000 to buy and install.

While problems with the power grid aren’t new, electric whole-home backup systems are. Having emergency power on hand is a great idea, but power banks are also expensive, hard to move, and get ...