ElecComm Power Services Blog

Planned power outages are bad enough when you are running a business or a city. But power outages that are unexpected due to storm or fire are even worse. During power outages businesses and local utility companies can trust ElecComm Power Services to assist with emergency power backup.

During unexpected power outages, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, businesses and public transit can all be affected, as a result commerce can be disrupted. In the case of hospitals and care facilities systems that are life dependant need emergency power.
 
For emergency power restoration, business and utility companies should use commercial generator rentals. ElecComm Power can help you with emergency power contingency plans for your business and they can help utility companies coordinate with cities.  EPS can handle or help you coordinate outage logistics, manpower, and fuel. We can assist you on the rental generators you need and where to stage them in order to keep your business or city operational, contact us.

Boston firefighters have been battling a smoky, electrical transformer fire in a utility building in Boston's Back Bay, that led to a huge power outage in the downtown area.

Emergency officials said Tuesday night there were no reports of injuries, but one person was taken to a hospital for minor respiratory problems. Fire officials said the smoke wasn't toxic, but people were advised to avoid it.

A local utility spokesman Mike Duran said a problem in one electrical substation spread to a second one. He said the power outage was affecting the Back Bay, Chinatown, the theater district, Kenmore Square and parts of the South End. He said once the damage is assessed the company will begin working to restore power with large generators.

Two hotels and nearby businesses were evacuated. Streets were closed in the area, and subway trains weren't stopping at stations there.

A local utility placed a call to ElecComm Power Services for emergency support.   ElecComm is currently loading in over 30 megawatts of emergency generated power into downtown Boston through miles of cable and many transformers. This is the largest emergency generator powered job in the city’s history . This event is so large a normally busy street that’s clogged with bumper-to-bumper morning traffic “Commonwealth  Avenue” is being used as an EPS equipment staging area. Stay tuned for updates.

Business owners, hospitals and power companies rent emergency generators for emergency electric power outages. ElecComm Power is a supplier of emergency commercial generators for New England and New York. Often times, it is not only commercial generator rentals that you need in an emergency situation. If you need other electrical equipment, such as load banks, fuel tanks, transformers and other power cable and distribution panels and accessories contact us.

There are multiple situations where EPSS rentals are needed: when commercial electricity is unavailable, when commercial electricity is difficult to supply, when a facility's emergency generator is offline and most frequently, to meet a short lived rise in energy demand. In any of these situations, ElecComm Power is available for companies and organizations that need emergency power supply services. 

A perfect example of the need for emergency power readiness has been this October winter storm we have experienced in the Northeast.  The combination of a bizarre snow storm combined with the weight of the leaves on the trees made for a “perfect storm” for power loss. Broken trees and limbs downed power lines all over Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island.

Connecticut has almost 800,000 people without power and Governor Malloy says it’s the biggest power outage the state has ever had. Neighboring Massachusetts has 621,000 people without power and both states are expecting colder than usual temperatures for this time of year.

Schools, hospitals, shelters, assisted living facilities all need emergency power support, especially during this time of year when it gets so cold.

Shelters across Connecticut and Massachusetts are open around the clock and are offering a warm place to sleep and hot meals . Most of CT and MA look like the aftermath of a major bombing with the number of trees down. Roads are obstructed and the down power lines are dangerous.

This is an unprecedented storm for October and it’s broken records for October snowfall in many places in the North East.

Contact ElecComm Power Services to get your emergency power plans into place before the next big storm.

Generators for rental power applications are now available in sizes from 20kW to 2MW. These generators have many benefits that include:

• Easy to operate. Allowing quick voltage changes for maximum flexibility and minimal setup.
• Engines, generators and monitoring control systems are all preintegrated.
• Built and designed for relocation and regular constant use.
• Reliable operation in all climates, up to 105F.
• Environmentally conscious.

As in the scenario that presented itself this weekend in New England and New York where natural events come our way and we have notice of potential power failure, ElecComm Power Services can provide a wide range of EPSS equipment to meet the needs of a wide variety of businesses.

When we are aware of and ready for potential natural disasters, keep your business up and running and be pre-emptive. Contact ElecComm Power for an emergency generator before the loss of power. Commerce is severely disrupted when the power is lost.

Hospitals and Power companies cannot afford a loss of power. It is imperative that a dependable and reliable emergency power back up plan is in effect. Contact ElecComm Power to see how we can help you prepare for the next event.

All electricity companies have planned shut downs of their electric supplies for routine maintenance or upgrades to their facilities. As an electric company call ElecComm Power for your scheduled shut downs, a name and company that many power companies in New England trust.

Newington Energy has this to say about ElecComm Power Services: 

ElecComm Power Services has been our supplier of choice for all our temporary power needs. We have used them to supply power when performing planned substation maintenance or during times of need for emergency power for repairs. Their staff of highly-motivated, intelligent Project Managers and support staff are second to none in the energy rentals business. During a recent planned maintenance period, we mobilized 2MW of temporary generation to support our work. ElecComm Power Services delivered the generators, performed the connections and provided 24/7 coverage of the generators until the work was completed. Their team is the best of the best when we require temporary generation.

But they are not the only company that calls us, NSTAR Electric called us during an emergency situation. We supplied their customer with emergency power until NSTAR was able to get then back on commercial power. 

A 25 foot section of wall collapsed in Dorchester Saturday morning.

The unexpected collapse took down electrical lines, knocking out power to the adjacent Venezia Restaurant.

The warehouse wall collapsed in the wrong direction during the demolition in the Port Norfolk section of Dorchester bringing down power lines but causing no injuries, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Venezia Waterfront Restaurant at 20 Ericsson St., is adjacent to the one-story wood warehouse being demolished.

NSTAR brought in an emergency generator to power up the restaurant which had a large function scheduled.  The rental generator was provided by ElecComm Power Services in Hyde Park.

An employee at Venezia Waterfront Restaurant said the restaurant power was restored by the rental generator and was open for business while NSTAR repaired the lines. Venezia was also able to host its three scheduled functions because of the emergency generator despite the surprise loss of power.

Hospital disaster plans include planning for power failures and energy emergencies.  It is important for hospitals and care facilities to planning for these kinds of internal disasters from both a patient treatment perspective as well as safety. With the loss of power in a hospital, there are power failure issues, beyond the obvious, that require attention. These include dealing with electrically locked doors, elevator and stairwell lighting, loss of critical care functioning, main computer system loss, and radiology equipment problems.

Here is an example of how Eleccomm Power helped New England Baptist Hospital

A Local hospital turned to Eleccomm Power Services during a power outage to keep the hospital running at full capacity. A rental generator unit was installed and on-line in less than 2 hours from the initial call.

ElecComm Power Services has provided NEBH with emergency generators during our most critical periods. Using EPS as our source for portable emergency power has allowed the hospital to remain fully operational during many challenging situations. Wes Warren - Director of Facilities & Clinical Engineering, NEBH

ElecComm Power Services rents generator sets to a wide array of businesses from gas stations and supermarkets, to office buildings, production facilities, and hospitals, all across New England. Even local Utility companies sub-contract generator set rentals when their own fleets are not large enough to supply the quantity of units needed during major natural disasters.

Flooding, tornados, and ice storms across New England have all seen ElecComm generator sets, producing anywhere from 15 or 20 kW, to 1,500 and 2,000 kW. Rental generators help numerous companies and many industries restore power and continue business as usual.

Emergency rental generators supply power under difficult conditions for any length of time, hours, days, or weeks, and they are very reliable.