Not exactly answering your question, just clarifying something else for you:
Usually when a store goes out of business, the actual property owners keep the lights on to encourage people to take a look at the property in hopes that they will lease the space and make it profitable again. Also, to deter any vandals, squatters from breaking in and looting/making a mess of the emptiness.
Note that just because a store is closing, does not mean that the building goes with it. Most of the time the actual property owners, the ones receiving monthly payments from business owners to conduct business in their space, are the ones who are still responsible for it.
When an individual misses 2 power payments in a row the amount owed and the damages caused by cutting the power is usually too small to be taken to the courts. So the power company can bully the little guy by cutting off the power.
When a corporation does not pay its power bill, cutting the power off can lead to 10’s of thousands of dollars in damages and can end up in front of the courts. So power companies are more careful about cutting the power.
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