Living in Florida, which is often impacted by Tropical weather, we have a whole house, standby generator. It automatically starts itself every Sunday morning and runs for 15 minutes to charge it's battery. Every time it starts, it sends me an email. If it tries to start and is unable to do so, it sends me an email. There is no legitimate excuse for a standby generator not working when it's needed, unless the problem has cropped up during the past week. Incompetence, if you ask me.