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It can also be that repair crews are deenergizing a section with down wires to work on them.  This will temporarily take down power in that section for people who are still working.  Happens up here in the NE all the time after ice storms.  They will deenergize a section to work on the down wires and when they are repaired, reenergize the whole section again. We have a municipal electric company.  They will post on FB that they are taking down a section of the town to work on down wires in that section and give an estimate for how long it will be down.  Cuts down the on new reports of outages and also reassures residents who suddenly lose power after the storm is finished on why it happened.

As you drive around look for poles that have a double set of insulators on top with a bar going across them.  Attached to the bar is a long pole going most of the way down the pole.  That is how they deenergize a section.   It's a crude blade switch.