I just received a phone call from AEP power stating that it is necessary to have an emergency power outage scheduled for today within the next hour. I can’t find any info or if this is true or spam. Has anyone heard of these “Emergency Test Outages?”
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My whole house tri-fuel generator always starts with 60 seconds of a power stoppage. Propane, LNG and diesel ...
How many KW???
15kw
Power to spare for a typical home-I know a bit about generators-worked for a rental company and rebuilt a 125KW tow behind...long ago :)
Call your local power company and verify
I have AEP as my electric company also and we had a power outage for about an hour. I usually get emails from them and nothing about the "Emergency Test Outages" but I did get an email saying there was a power outage in my area, then an email saying power has been restored.
I received an email from my power company yesterday. It said the following:
This is the first email I have ever received like this.
I currently have two different internet providers. Starlink and a local WISP. Both have been shitty all day today. Normally they're both solid