Thinking about a backup generator for your home? Here's what you need to know about costs, fuel types, installation and more.

Standby generators have systems that monitor power supplied by a utility and start automatically in the event of an outage. Portable generators, sometimes called backup generators, are used to ...

Standby generators have systems that monitor power supplied by a utility and start automatically in the event of an outage. Since they’re not portable or easily moved, we didn’t include any here.