"Planned" Power Outage Tonight (Ontario, CA) 6pm-5am??? WTF?????

I'm so pissed right now I can't see straight. What's up with the "planned power outage" in Ontario, CA tonight at 6pm all the way until 5am???? Anybody here live out there? Is this part of the norm????

My dad is 86 years old and has lived by himself in Ontario, CA for over 25 years. It just so happens that I have finally convinced him to move here to Tucson and he'll be here for good on the 31th of April. Thank God because California is out of it's fucking mind. I called Southern California Edison Customer Service just now and demanded to know WHY this was happening. The Rep's reply was that they are putting in new poles. So, I asked the logical questions:

Why do it at night? Can't they change poles during the day? Why put people in a completely vulnerable situation...in pitch blackness from 6pm to 5am?? And why only give people 3 days notice - by sticking a flyer on the door no less!!! It's not on the news or internet..nothing. And what about the people who have to work Monday?? Couldn't Cal Edison, at the very least, done it Saturday DAY??

Guess how each question was answered?? With absolute silence and then, like a robot, "Sorry, this is the scheduled outage" over and over after each question. I finally hung up on him.

Mind you, my dad isn't upset at all. To him, it's just California being fucked up as usual (and he won't feed into my conspiracy theories - I tried) so he's ready to just deal with it. But I threw a fit because I think it's ludicrous and SUSPICIOUS. To time it like this appears to me as if they are deliberately creating anxiety...vulnerability...a frigging DRILL for when they REALLY pull the plug.

Anyway, I told my dad to charge the cell and load the Glock just in case. Am I making a big deal out of nothing or is this as completely fucked up as I think it is???