Texas

Generators need to be properly wired with isolation switches if you are going to connect them to premises wiring.

The old redneck trick of just using a double ended plug and plugging one end into the genie and the other into the wall is both stupid and dangerous.

You could end up killing a line worker if they think a line from your house is dead when it's not.

Or you could just start a fire or electrocute yourself.

Do it correctly.