06/09/2026
POWERING MSME PRODUCTIVITY
What Does One Hour Without Power Cost Your Business? We often measure power failure by time.
“The light was out for one hour.”
But for a business, that hour isn’t just time. It has a financial value.
~ If production stops, employees may still be on the clock.
~ If equipment shuts down, restarting may take additional time.
~ If a customer cannot be served, the sale may be lost.
~ If an order is delayed, the business may incur additional costs.
~ And if a generator is switched on, fuel begins to add another expense.
So the real cost of an outage can be thought about differently:
Lost Production + Idle Labour + Lost Sales + Alternative Power Cost + Recovery Cost = Cost of Downtime
Don’t just count your hours without power.
Calculate what those hours cost your business.