Disasters don’t ask for permission to strike. They just happen. In most cases, having a backup generator makes a difference in helping protect your goods and mitigating the damage. Here are the top reasons you should consider a backup generator for your business: 

Uninterrupted Operations: 

Your attention is set on managing your daily operations as a business owner: meeting customers’ needs, keeping employees happy, and focusing on your bottom line. By having a backup power source, you ensure that business goes on as usual should an outage occur. 

This is crucial for businesses that rely heavily on electronic systems, data processing, and administers patients.

Preventing Data Loss: 

If your business relies heavily on computers and servers, then you run the risk of potential data loss and corruption if the power goes out. Having a backup generator in place ensures you have temporary power supply until the local power authority can get things back up running. 

Preserving Inventory: 

Businesses that deal with perishable goods such as restaurants, grocery stores, and pharmacies must always have electricity. Otherwise, they can run the risk of experiencing spoilage and incur large financial losses should a power outage occur. Therefore, having a backup source of power is a necessity.

Safety and Security:

The safety of your staff, employees, and patrons are critical to the outcome of your business. To prevent loss productivity, or worse injuries, it’s important to ensure the work environment is always compliant and pleasant.

One of the best ways to avoid experiencing the issues mentioned above is by installing a standby generator, which can be a significant investment depending on the size of your business, and the kilowatts necessary to keep operations running during an outage. Business owners should perform a cost analysis to take the following factors in consideration:

• Are there any significant safety risks?
• How disruptive will a power outage be to business operations?
• What are the direct costs associated with loss of productivity, loss of critical processes, or goods? 
• What is the average duration of power outage in the area?
• What is the cost to obtain, install, and maintain a standby generator?

By taking the above set of questions into consideration, business owners can mitigate risks. Risk mitigation is taking the steps to ensure your business has a reliable backup power source, which leads to peace of mind.  As a result, your focus will instead be set on day-to-day operations without constant concern about power-related disruptions.

If you are considering a standby generator for your business, contact us and we will guide you to the process from start to finish. Call us today at 866-330-4277.