Power Station vs Generator: Real Cost per kWh and Runtime
A gasoline inverter generator delivers electricity at roughly 67 cents to just over a dollar per kilowatt-hour at September 2026 pump prices, from its own spec sheet. A battery power station delivers grid electricity at about 22 cents, plus a hardware cost that ranges from 20 cents to eight dollars per kilowatt-hour depending on how often you actually use it. Here is that math, a three-day outage runtime table, the noise and carbon monoxide numbers from the makers and the CPSC, what each one needs in maintenance, when the generator still wins, and how many miles either one can put into an EV.