Storm Resiliency & Response Services
Severe weather can plunge your facility into darkness in an instant. For hospitals, government buildings, data centers, and other critical facilities, losing power can be more than a mere inconvenience. Due to the devastating effects power loss can have for many organizations, backup power for storms is a must. With a microgrid at your facility and a response team ready to serve all your backup power needs, you can achieve storm resiliency, continue to fulfill your mission, and prevent catastrophic losses.
As a leader in providing microgrids and other energy services, PowerSecure gives you the peace of mind and power system resilience you need. Our backup generators and resilient control systems create a microgrid that can keep you connected to power even in the event of an outage to the main electrical grid. When you have our microgrids and storm response services in your corner, you can implement an effective storm response strategy and ensure your facility is always prepared, no matter the weather.
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Why Storm Resiliency Matters
Hurricanes, tornadoes, and even strong summer thunderstorms can wreak havoc on the infrastructure in your area. Having a storm response for severe weather and energy restoration to your facility is crucial. Part of this plan should include the installation of an independent power generation source (i.e., a microgrid) featuring energy storage capabilities. Proper service and maintenance of this microgrid will allow you to restore crucial services and prevent the worst-case scenario the moment power is cut to your building.
We provide energy monitoring services that keep an eye out for interruptions the instant they occur. This enables our independent power generation solutions, such as diesel and natural gas generators as well as backup batteries, to take over until regular service can be restored. We also have a nationwide service network that can provide emergency response services wherever you are. Our crews will be dispatched to assist in the recovery process whenever storms impact your power supply or existing systems.
PowerSecure Storm Response: How We Served Customers During Hurricane Irma
As a company, we’re proud of how our energy monitoring services can help our customers respond to effects on the grid caused by severe weather events or earthquakes. Our fast storm response allows us to deal with interruptions quickly and keep them to a minimum, even during catastrophic events.
For example, Hurricane Irma hit Florida in September 2017, leaving 16 million people without power. Our power system monitoring was there to keep a watchful eye over critical infrastructure. Below, you can learn more about how we helped PowerSecure customers keep the lights on through the storm:
- Hurricane backup power preparation: Even before Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, our teams began to mobilize. As our team prepared our customers’ microgrids for the storm, we tested customer engines and topped off tanks to make certain our customers were prepared for the worst.
- Continuous monitoring: After the hurricane touched down in Florida, we carefully monitored our customers’ utility feeds to ensure they continued to benefit from reliable energy delivery.
- Remote hurricane backup generator activations: Because of the intensity of the storm, many millions of Floridians suddenly lost power. As grid failures worsened, we remotely triggered our customers’ generators to provide continuous, uninterrupted power — even as their neighbors sat in the dark.
- Quick response to emergencies: Our emergency monitoring and maintenance solutions also allowed disaster response teams, medical personnel, and healthcare facilities to provide life-saving care in the wake of the devastating storm.
Our thorough preparation, comprehensive monitoring, and quick response time during Hurricane Irma played a critical role in our customers’ business continuity plans, with many companies needing 24/7, reliable access to power just to function. From supermarkets to schools to government agencies, we helped more than 800 Floridian facilities keep their lights on — some for as long as 11 days. With our track record of installing and maintaining microgrids, we’re confident we can help any organization achieve power system resilience during storms.
Although Hurricane Irma was incredibly destructive, the frequency and intensity of weather-related events will worsen as the climate continues to change. As such, grid failures will likely become increasingly common, directly impacting every home, business and community moving forward.
Additionally, the entire energy grid is quickly becoming more unpredictable and harder to manage as intermittent renewable energy sources — such as solar and wind power — come online.
Be prepared with PowerSecure.
