Ice storms often make for pleasant scenery, but they also can bring costly and dangerous power outages. Natural Gas standby generators give customers an opportunity to continue their normal, daily activities during the occasional electric utility outage. Natural gas generators used as a backup to your home's primary electric source can resume your home's power in 10 to 15 seconds. Your home security system, water pump, and garage door opener are a few basic home devices that would not work during a power interruption.