Just a random thing I remembered about smart meters. A engineer who saw their development noted that they were getting readings that were always 10%-20% off from the actual value when compared to the manual readers.
He was in court trying to stop them from being allowed to go to market. He failed and I suspect a huge reason why the meters went forward was due to electric companies being able to send out new tech that made consumers pay more even if their actual electricity was less then before.
Just a random thing I remembered about smart meters. A engineer who saw their development noted that they were getting readings that were always 10%-20% off from the actual value when compared to the manual readers.
He was in court trying to stop them from being allowed to go to market. He failed and I suspect a huge reason why the meters went forward was due to electric companies being able to send out new tech that made consumers pay more even if their actual electricity was less then before.
I've heard complaints about metered billing changing drastically when a rotating meter was removed. I didn't experience that, fortunately.
I've heard complaints about metered billing changing drastically when a rotating meter was removed. I didn't experience that, fortunately.
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