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Get your essentials together, spot the gaps and make a practical plan before the next outage.
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Learn a skill. Build your plan.Canning, food and water storage, outage essentials, solar and battery backup—with free tools you can use at home.
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Make a plan everyone knows.
Put your contacts, responsibilities and backup arrangements in one place before you need them.
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Decide what needs to stay on.
Turn a general interest in backup power into a clear conversation about your home.
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Learn to can food: a safe place to start
A practical learning path for your first batch, from choosing a tested recipe to finding a local class.
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Outage planning
Your blackout checklist: start with what you have
Get your essentials together, spot the gaps and make a practical plan before the next outage.
Outage planning
A household outage plan everyone can use
Put your contacts, responsibilities and backup arrangements in one place before you need them.
Battery backup
What do you want to keep running during an outage?
Turn a general interest in backup power into a clear conversation about your home.
Food preservation
Learn to can food: a safe place to start
A practical learning path for your first batch, from choosing a tested recipe to finding a local class.
Food & water
Build an emergency pantry you will actually use
Start with familiar meals, choose useful package sizes and make rotation part of your normal grocery routine.
Food & water
Make a water plan before you need one
Work out how much to store, where to keep it and what to do when officials say tap water is unsafe.
Food & water
Plan meals for a power outage, safely
Build a no-cook menu first, then work out whether you have a safe outdoor cooking option.
Outage planning
Blackout supplies that earn their place
A practical way to choose lighting, charging and information tools without buying a pile of gadgets.
Practical skills
Start a small food garden you can manage
Learn with a few containers, a realistic watering plan and crops suited to your space and season.
Safety & readiness
Stocking ammunition responsibly: storage and readiness gear
A practical guide to secure storage, a useful inventory and gear that supports responsible sporting use and household preparedness.
Solar explained
How solar panels work: a homeowner’s guide
A clear look at what happens on your roof, where the electricity goes, and why a sunny day and a lower bill are two different calculations.
Battery backup
Home batteries explained: backup power, capacity, and everyday benefits
Understand backup, everyday energy use, and the differences that matter when comparing Tesla and Enphase systems.
AI & your home
AI node hosting: the new guaranteed monthly payments, explained
Core, Plus, and Max now offer a guaranteed monthly base from Vendor. Here is what you get, when payments start, and how to evaluate the full home-energy plan.
Clean energy
Solar, storage, and what clean energy means for your home
Start with the energy you need, understand where it comes from, and look beyond the label on the equipment.
The bigger picture
Can distributed AI reduce the need for giant data centers?
Communities have real questions about power, water, and development. Home-hosted computing offers a different model, but its effects need evidence.