Another short sighted approach to the problem.

Just because people can't move their $hitboxes, the government should step in and provide money for generators for a gas station????

What about the food stores? Should the government provide generators sufficiently large enough for all the refrigeration requirements? Now thay you have gas in the $hitbox, the $hitbox will travel for food.

What about the banks? Should the government provide generator for all the banks in the area? You have a fueled $hitbox that can get food from a grocery store with a generator............but no money to buy any of it...........have to have generators for all the banks..........right?

The bottom line is the fact that commercial establishments are responsible for their own well being. If these establishments want to provide goods and services without being dependent on the power company, then they have the capability to do this.

If you were to check around, I'd bet that you would find quite a few establishments, and possibly some gas stations, that do have a generator setup. With the case of a gas station, the size of the generator would not need to be all that great to run the fuel pump.