I've lost power here in Maryland several times over the course of just a few years (usually during thunderstorms). And I happen to know that Pepco (our power company) basically has a "let hardware fail before we fix it" policy. A couple years ago we had a problem where plugging in a vacuum or turning on the disposal dimmed the lights in the whole house. We hired a master electrician to take a look and he concluded it was pepco's box outside. We reported it to pepco and they did nothing. 1 year later the box failed and we completely lost power until pepco came out and replaced something in their box.

So yeah, I seriously doubt many states could hold up to this level of scrutiny.