When the Grid Fails Texas, Texans Power Themselves. Serving McKinney and the surrounding Texas communities with fair, transparent nonprofit pricing.
McKinney sits about 249 miles from Houston, far enough out that it is served on its own utility circuits. That independence cuts both ways: metro outages may miss you entirely, but when your lines go down the repair queue is shorter on customers and longer on miles.
Winter Storm Uri left 4.5 million Texas homes dark in 2021, and ERCOT's summer conservation alerts haven't stopped since. Between hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, derechos in Houston, and a grid that stands alone, Texas homeowners are installing backup power faster than any state in America. For McKinney households that means outages arrive with the weather, and restoration on ERCOT-grid utilities like Oncor and CenterPoint lines follows a queue you do not control. A home standby generator takes your address out of that queue: it detects the outage, starts itself within seconds, and carries the house on natural gas or propane for as long as the grid stays down, whether anyone is home or not.
Most McKinney projects land between $9,000 and $16,000 fully installed. The equipment is the larger share, quoted factory-direct across all eight brands we carry, and the balance covers installation by an independent licensed Texas contractor: concrete pad, gas line, automatic transfer switch, electrical work, permits, and commissioning. What moves your number up or down locally is gas line distance, panel condition, and how much of the house you want covered. Because Power Up Generator Solutions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, there is no sales commission inside that price, which typically runs $2,000 to $4,000 under commissioned dealers on comparable equipment.
Not every McKinney home needs every circuit covered. An essentials build (refrigeration, heat, sump or well pump, lighting, medical devices) starts smaller and cheaper, while load management lets a mid-size unit deliver whole-home coverage by letting big appliances take turns. We price both so you can see the gap before deciding.
Same pricing, same eight brands, same licensed-installer model across the region:
Single-brand dealers quote the one brand on their sign. We are factory-direct authorized for eight, so your McKinney quote compares them side by side and the right machine wins on the numbers:
Most McKinney installations run $9,000 to $16,000 fully installed: factory-direct equipment plus installation by an independent licensed Texas contractor covering the pad, gas line, transfer switch, and permits. Our 501(c)(3) nonprofit pricing carries no sales commission, which typically saves $2,000 to $4,000 against for-profit dealers.
Most homes here land in the 22 to 26kW class for whole-home coverage including central air, or 14kW for essentials only. Sizing is free: text POWER and your zip to 816-785-1268.
We supply the equipment factory-direct across all eight major brands and coordinate your project. The installation itself is performed by independent, third-party licensed contractors working in McKinney and the surrounding Texas communities, who pull the permits and carry the workmanship warranty.
Routine interruptions on ERCOT-grid utilities like Oncor and CenterPoint run a few hours, but hurricanes, derechos, and winter grid failures have produced multi-day outages across Texas. A standby generator restores power automatically within seconds and runs as long as the outage does.
Spread the project across monthly payments through Synchrony. We earn no commission on financing, and our nonprofit pricing means less principal to finance in the first place.
We connect McKinney homeowners with factory-trained licensed technicians for annual maintenance, repair, and no-start emergencies, on all major brands and regardless of who originally sold the unit. Annual service plans run about $250 to $450 and cover oil and filter, spark plugs, battery load test, transfer switch test, and a full diagnostic. During active outages, phone response is typically within 15 minutes and no-start calls take priority. Most outage failures trace to a dead battery or skipped oil service, and both are same-visit fixes.
Three fields, then a real person calls or texts you back, usually the same business day. Free load sizing in McKinney, factory-direct pricing, no commissions.
Free load sizing from your electric bill, an itemized factory-direct quote, and installation by licensed Texas contractors. Se habla español.
Or text POWER to 816-785-1268. Real reply from a real person, usually within the hour.
