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Do as you are told GOY. You know, they were making this "optional" for the last few years. Now they are saying "allow it or we turn off your power". I thought commie states like CO made it illegal to turn peoples power/water/etc off...

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>Xcel Energy customers have faced the dilemma of accepting a smart meter they do not want or having their power shut off. Aaron Duran, an Xcel customer in unincorporated Adams County, said he had opted out of having a smart meter installed at his home when a worker came to his door in 2022. Last week, a utility worker came by to install a smart meter. “Unfortunately, letters have been sent out. If we can’t get to that meter today, you guys risk losing power,” the utility worker said in the visit, recorded on a doorbell camera. Duran said he called Xcel and a customer service agent confirmed he had opted out in person.

Do as you are told GOY. You know, they were making this "optional" for the last few years. Now they are saying "allow it or we turn off your power". I thought commie states like CO made it illegal to turn peoples power/water/etc off... Archive: https://archive.today/kJezH From the post: >>Xcel Energy customers have faced the dilemma of accepting a smart meter they do not want or having their power shut off. Aaron Duran, an Xcel customer in unincorporated Adams County, said he had opted out of having a smart meter installed at his home when a worker came to his door in 2022. Last week, a utility worker came by to install a smart meter. “Unfortunately, letters have been sent out. If we can’t get to that meter today, you guys risk losing power,” the utility worker said in the visit, recorded on a doorbell camera. Duran said he called Xcel and a customer service agent confirmed he had opted out in person.
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Somewhere, someone must have made a guide on how to hack these.

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You know that The Terminator movie was a documentary, right?

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I've recorded daily power consumption for close to 10 years now in anticipation of the inevitable smart meter, so I can at least guess at any wrong countage. At least the first generations had weird behavior with switched loads, IIRC.

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I was reading about people in the Denver Metro that when they had the "smart meter" installed their power bill jumped like 400% for no reason at all and they were able to prove their power usage did not change. I am fairly sure a bunch of people sued Xcel over it.

Oh, they also rolled out Usage/Time based billing that really fucked people that work from home or don't have the "typical" usage patterns. At least there is a (slightly higher) flat rate you can sign up for (you have to call them to have it set to flat rate and they tried really hard to not advertise it). Flat rate is far cheaper depending on how you use power.