Last December in our ice storm it was very common here for meters to be pulled either to prevent backfeed or hook-up generators. The power company did not bat an eye, they understood this was a CRISIS.
Scooter, meters get pulled for emergency's, yes - But the puller & resetter has to know a few things or risk wrecking their own meterbox or possibly burning the house down after power is restored. 99% of homeowners will not know what they're getting into. My opinion, a few hour power outage [like we started with here] is not a catastrophic emergency. Spend the money, buy the right switch, protect your family & everybody else's too.