What Is It? AB 2511 became law September 29, 2022, requiring California’s Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to be compliant with updated backup power rules by January 1, 2024. Rules extend the requirement for on-site backup power available fuel supply from withstanding a 6-hour outage to a minimum of 96 hours (4 days). Emergency backup […]
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In the aftermath of recent natural disasters, it’s become clear that power outages threaten facilities across California, including fire departments. The South Placer Fire District in Granite Bay, CA, recognized the risk and concluded that all of their fire facilities needed backup generators to ensure their readiness. That is where CD & Power was asked […]
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Did you know that we are our own customer? Because we have an extensive fleet of portable generators available to rent, our technicians can get pretty busy installing, servicing, and fueling our own equipment. In 2017 things were extra hectic because we brought on 12 (yes TWELVE) new portable generators ranging from 50KW to 1MW. […]
read moreJust like you, we have been watching the unfolding emergencies caused by Irma and Harvey and the wildfires in Oregon and Montana. Luckily, we are in a position to help so are providing generators as requested to support impacted areas. Rest assured that our relief commitments have not inhibited our ability to supply generators to our Northern California […]
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Putting employees first earns CD & Power a spot on Bay Area News Group small business Top Workplaces list for 3rd year in a row. Martinez, CA – June 27, 2017 – Headquartered in the competitive labor market of the San Francisco Bay Area, CD & Power seems to have cracked the code for attracting […]
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What is a Brownout? According to Wikipedia, a brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in an emergency. The reduction lasts for minutes or hours, as opposed to short-term voltage sag (or dip). The term brownout comes from the […]
read moreCD & Power President, Jill Collaro, and I departed SFO on a Saturday afternoon not sure what we would be encountering at our first EGSA Conference. We had looked through the schedule and determined our divide-and-conquer strategy for getting the most we could in three short days. Our first networking event on Sunday evening was […]
read moreLast week, Martha Stewart published a video about her experience having a generator installed on her farm in Bedford, New York. Her home there has been called more like a small village, set on 153 acres of farmland. It takes a somewhat large parcel of land for a generator — especially in California where many […]
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This photo of CD & Power Technician George Enos’s son got me thinking about the future and generators and all the possibilities held by our precious children. Yeah, I know, kind of esoteric for a Thursday. But it’s July and lots of folks around here are on vacation!! Anyway, I have always been fascinated with […]
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