Joseph Meehan wrote:

What you do with the wires inside your house is none of their business.

... please don't make such irresponsible remarks.

No thanks. I'll repeat my responsible remark:

What you do with the wires inside your house is none of their business.

As long as your wires are connected to their system they certainly do
have a right to control what you do with those wires.

With an open breaker, they are not connected.

Nick