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    A power room of one’s own

    Apr 11, 2018 4 minutes

    When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One’s Own in 1929, emancipation of women was some time off. It could be said their dependence on men back then is replicated by a similar, suppliant attitude that businesses have today towards electricity supply – essential infrastructure supplied by ‘electricity authorities’ on whom they have to depend.

    Yet in the present climate there are good reasons for freeing business from the control – the absolute control, that is – of electricity suppliers. Here, we explore some specifics of power supply for your business that you can rely on when disruption occurs.

    Let’s start with oft-heard statements. ‘My business is too small to investment in expensive standby gear’ or ‘there is no reason for

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