They have been doing it for years in San Diego county, SDGE is a little more nimble in covering their asses. The outages are about liability not safety since many back country homes need well pumps running to knock down small blazes & stop larger fires from starting. I suggested they do an interest free program to allow people without lots of money to install generators - no interest on the Utilities part.
They love the punishment element of the program. Not speculation I was an employee years ago when they implemented program - told not to express my opinion after the first time.
In fairness to them improving fire safety has been their top priority for over 10 years now, of course at the expense of very high rates.
