The Detroit News
YPSILANTI, Michigan — Electricians are booked and busy with customers waiting months to get standby electric generators installed on their properties as manufacturers face parts shortages and installation companies are in need of journeymen. Still, customers are willing to shell out thousands of dollars for the equipment that offers power from natural gas, propane or diesel when the electrical grid doesn’t. Remote work, virtual learning and summer storms that knocked out power for days have caused a surge in demand in southeast Michigan and across the country. There’s no sign of slowing down a…