For a business in New Providence, an outage is not an inconvenience — it is lost revenue, spoiled stock and customers walking out. A restaurant loses a freezer of inventory; a shop loses its point-of-sale and card terminals; an office loses a day of work. A properly sized commercial standby generator turns every BPL outage into a non-event.
Who needs commercial backup power
- Restaurants and food service. Refrigeration and freezers cannot go dark — spoiled inventory dwarfs the cost of a generator.
- Retail stores. Point-of-sale, card terminals, lighting and A/C keep customers shopping instead of leaving.
- Offices and professional services. Servers, networks and climate control keep staff working through the outage.
- Clinics, pharmacies and cold storage. Temperature-sensitive stock and equipment demand uninterrupted power.
Commercial sizing
Commercial sizing is more demanding than residential: motor starting loads, refrigeration compressors, kitchen equipment and A/C all surge, and some loads must never drop. We assess your critical circuits, calculate simultaneous starting and running load, and recommend a unit — often diesel for larger sites — with headroom for growth. The same starting-vs-running-watts principle from our sizing guide applies, scaled up.
What matters for a commercial install
| Consideration | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Automatic transfer | Power restores in seconds with no staff action |
| Load prioritisation | Critical circuits stay up; non-essentials shed |
| Compliance & inspection | Installed to code and inspected for insurance |
| Fuel autonomy | Sized fuel for multi-day outages and storms |
| Maintenance contract | Scheduled service so it starts every time |
Diesel generators in the Bahamas
For most commercial sites in the Bahamas, diesel is the right answer. Diesel generators run cooler under sustained load, take on fuel from a delivery truck during multi-day outages, and carry the heavy starting currents of refrigeration and A/C compressors that strain smaller LPG units. We supply, install and service diesel generators from roughly 20 kVA for a small store up to three-phase units for restaurants, cold storage and office buildings — including fuel tank sizing so you hold enough autonomy for a storm week, not just an afternoon outage.
Compliance and inspection
Commercial electrical work must be installed to code and inspected. We handle permitting and coordinate inspection so your transfer switch, bonding and load management are signed off — protecting your insurance position and your liability. Improvised commercial hookups are a serious risk.
Maintenance contracts
Downtime is unacceptable for a business, so commercial units run on a scheduled maintenance contract with priority response. Regular service — oil, filters, battery, coolant and load testing — is doubly important in salt air; see our repair and maintenance page. We keep a documented service history so your system is always audit- and storm-ready.
Need temporary power instead?
For events, job sites and repair gaps we also offer generator rental across New Providence — delivered, connected and fueled.