I had the same notice a few months back and they never shut us off, I think because we had a new transformer installed a few years back, glad to hear you are up and running.
I have the Honda Generator and they are very nice to have when the power does go out. We had a Lightning strike the pole in my back yard a few years back and the wires melted off the pole and it only affected 6 houses down one side of the street, Honda powered the tank for 2 full days. Fast forward a few years to a 600 gallon system that I would never admit to what I have rapped up in it and I did go with a whole house generator. Generac 20kw will run the whole house including 2 Air conditioners. This was more for piece of mind when I am out of town as even a short power outage can be a problem when you have a ton of fish. My power has gone out 4 times this year and the generator automatically transfers over after just 15 seconds. It came on at 10pm and ran until 830 the next morning when I was at Macna and I told the kids to not answer the door if the police came because the one downfall is the model i got is kind of loud. Like a Lawnmower running all night, never herd from the neighbors, thought that was weird. Anyway I bought the generator on line, pulled the permit myself, and had a friend do the electrical work and it cost close to $8000 with everything including poured slab. It does allow me not to worry as much when I am out of town even though it was a big expense. I can say I had 2 quotes of over $15,000 to put in the same generator so DIY can save money.