August 18, 2003—Caterpillar Inc. and its independently owned dealers have recently provided more than 400 megawatts of back up and primary power to businesses, and utility companies impacted by the massive power outages in the northeastern United States and Canada.
Caterpillar is transporting more power modules to the impacted areas to meet customer demands in major cities like New York, Toronto, Ottawa, Cleveland and Detroit. The company expects to provide additional power solutions in the coming days as utility companies strive to bring stability to the electricity grid. The combined electric energy of the company’s rental units helping to alleviate the current power crisis is enough to power 500,000 American homes annually.
The power outages also highlight the irreplaceable value of back up power generators in critical functions like hospitals, air traffic control centers and computer data centers. Caterpillar is the largest supplier of these clean diesel units in the northeast—including the financial centers of New York, major airports and providing back up power to the electricity grid itself.
Caterpillar has grown to be the third largest supplier of electric power generation in the world.
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