@neauoire This sounds like a not-too-distant future of what the private utilities are doing in rural California. They call them "planned public safety power shutoffs." The utility company doesn't want to be sued for their faulty equipment that's caused numerous fires, so they mitigate their liability by shutting down a different town every few days. Folks have a hard time finding affordable ways to cope as it's more their homes than their workplaces that are effected.