As a business owner or disaster recovery planner, you probably have provisions in your disaster recovery plan for natural disasters or the loss of your data infrastructure because you expect those types of interruptions to cost you a lot of money. But what about when the power goes out?

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, power outages cost businesses $100 billion a year.

Here are some tips on what to do before, during and after a power outage to prepare your employees and reduce downtime.