New Cafe - Esb planned outage

Terven

Hi I opened a Cafe 6 weeks ago. I got a notice today that the ESB are planning a whole day outage on Friday of next week.
We run entirely on electricity which means I would have no choice but to close.
Is there anything I can do? Any compensation available or anything?

tks

readytosnap

Hate to say it but if you are expecting compo you are in for a shock !!

ted1

No, but at least you got notice. Is their any painting or other work that needs to be done ?

punisher5112

Rent a generator

Terven

yeah i wasnt really expecting it, but is there any flexibility to work with them to reduce the outage or anything? Ive no experience and only managed to speak to a muppet in a call centre so far who suggested to "talk to an electrician about getting a generator"

Stoogie

Terven wrote: »

Hi I opened a Cafe 6 weeks ago. I got a notice today that the ESB are planning a whole day outage on Friday of next week.
We run entirely on electricity which means I would have no choice but to close.
Is there anything I can do? Any compensation available or anything?

tks

rent a genny you'll need an electrician to show you how to hook up the lights

punisher5112

If it's off for that amount it's most likely a seriously badly needed replacement or upgrade.

Generator best option loads of companies supply and hook up.

.G.

Renting a Genny might not be an option either. Depends on how much electricity the OP uses. If it's heavy use they'll need a big genny which also means bigger cost. Might not be worth it.

Walter2016

ESB send these notices out and give a wide time spread to cover themselves.

Usually its for a very short period if everything goes to plan.

Have notices ready, have candles ready, create your plan for the day for different scenarios - sometimes you may find the electriclty will go without any notice, so use this as an opportunity to plan for the times you won't have notice.

You will probably find that it will be out for 30 - 60 minutes at some stage and possibly two outages overall.

Gmaximum

As poster said above it's likely that it won't be for a full day.

If you are going to close or think you might have to during the day make sure you notify customers in advance. You're new and building up custom, nothing worse for someone who's just starting dropping in for their regular coffee or sambo to find you closed one day, A simple sign stating the reasons in advance will do the trick

Hanley

...and if your credit card machine ever breaks, stick a sign on the window OUTSIDE too.

There's nothing worse than queuing for ages only to be told when you order its cash only (random comment I know, but it happened me yesterday in my regular coffee shop and I'll be taking a break for a few days from there as a result)

tabby aspreme

Contact the esb and tell them your situation, they may supply you with a generator