There are at least 3 separate entities involved in getting power to your rice cooker. The power generation group, the transmission group and the distribution group (Noreco). This has been explained ad nauseum.
Some people just don't understand how power gets to their house. It could be willful ignorance or they are thick as a brick.
It gets tiring hearing about other countries seldom having brown outs. In other countries there are usually multiple sources for power. When one source is being serviced the feed can come from elsewhere.