that's where a generac standby generator comes in.t protects your home against power outages every second of every day, all year long. it stands guard, ready to automatically supply power to your home within seconds of an outage, whether you're home or away. because it runs on either natural gas or l.p., you won't have to wait in a line to buy gasoline-- ever. you won't have to worry about fuel going bad or have to scramble during an emergency to hook up a portable generator. when the power goes out, you can rest assured knowing that your generac generator will automatically take care of everything, allowing life to go on without interruption. >> with the portable generators, there's a lotta opportunity to do it wrong. >> you have to run extension cords, uh, either outside the home or inside the home. you have to purchase gas tanks, go out and find a gas station that's got power. >> when people have the portable generators and they have to try and get the gasoline that day, that's not the time. >> with the automatic generator, you hav

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but take a look at the shares of generac since the 2003 blackout. they have soared 235%.nd backup generators also saw a massive jump after hurricane sandy left millions in the dark last year. joining us once again on "street signs" is the ceo, aaron jagdfeld. great to have you on the show once again. are these backup or stand-by generators becoming like central air, an absolute must-have thing in the home these days? >> yeah, we've heard people talk about these things as the must-have appliance for homes, and just like central air conditioning, as you pointed out, it started out as a very small percentage of homes that have them. today, it's still small. it's really less than 3% today. it's growing very quickly. >> how much have sales improved, or how much has demand jumped since hurricane sandy alone? >> i mean, sandy alone, obviously, is a massive event. 8.5 million people without power. that created awareness for the category, that helps us drive penetration. but it's been growing, as you mentioned, over the last ten years. we've been seeing a lot of growth in backup p

a home standby generator from generac. [♪...] >> when this last storm came through, i think it was sandyfor seven or eight days and we were the only ones with power. when the power goes out, there's probably about a six- or eight-second delay and then we get a staged recovery. it takes less than a minute, but everything's on within a minute. the furnace is running, the lights are on, the tv's on, the washer, the dryer, the oven, everything. to me, this generator has paid for itself several times. if i lost power right now,

a home standby generator from generac. [♪...] >> when this last storm came through, i think it was sandy were out for seven or eight days and we were the only ones with power. when the power goes out, there's probably about a six- or eight-second delay and then we get a staged recovery. it takes less than a minute, but everything's on within a minute. the furnace is running, the lights are on, the tv's on, the washer, the dryer, the oven, everything. to me, this generator has paid for itself several times. if i lost power right now, these pipes could very easily freeze in probably a day or two and that would cause significant damage, and maybe insurance would cover it once, but i really don't wanna go through having my walls torn out and the pipes replaced. my family's gonna be safe and secure in my house because of this generator. that gives you that feeling of security that, to me,