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 |
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.