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title: "Does Business Interruption Cover Utilities?"
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# Does Business Interruption Cover Utilities?

Sometimes—continuing utility bills may be part of a covered income loss; an outage that causes the shutdown may require a service-interruption endorsement with physical-damage terms and distance limits.

Sometimes. Continuing utility bills may be part of a covered income loss; an outage that causes the shutdown may require a service-interruption endorsement with physical-damage terms and distance limits. But an outage that itself stops operations raises a separate trigger question. NAIC guidance says service-interruption clauses may cover direct physical damage to utility services and transmission equipment, often with distance limits and peril exclusions. Those provisions may be optional or endorsement-based.

Check whether the policy requires damage at your premises or extends to a utility supplier’s property. Review covered services, distance radius, causes of loss, waiting period, and any separate income or extra-expense sublimit. Ask whether the utility must be named and whether a power interruption without physical damage qualifies.

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## Related Coverage

- [Commercial property](https://spot.insure/coverage/commercial-property)

## Sources

1. [Business Interruption and Business Owner Policy](https://content.naic.org/insurance-topics/business-interruption-and-business-owner-policy). National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Background; Commercial property; Business interruption; Contingent business interruption. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [FAQ on business interruption insurance and other issues affecting California small businesses](https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/140-catastrophes/FAQ-on-Business-Interruption-Insurance.cfm). California Department of Insurance; Business interruption trigger; COVID-19 income loss; policy exclusions; civil authority. Accessed 2026-09-25.
3. [What Business Income Loss Coverages Are Out There? Learn the Endorsements That Can Help with Lost Business Income](https://content.naic.org/article/small-business-insight-what-business-income-loss-coverages-are-out-there-learn-endorsements-can-help-lost-business-income). National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Top Considerations; Things You Should Know: business income, extra expense, service interruption, contingent business interruption, civil authority. Accessed 2026-09-25.

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