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Smart Meter protesters
[Image Source: Naperville Smart Meter Awareness]






Smart Meter
[Image Source: Naperville Smart Meter Awareness/Elster]



Sources: Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald [Naperville]

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Other methods to install Smart Meters...
By euclidean on 1/24/2013 4:46:15 PM , Rating: 2
Consumers Energy in Michigan started doing this. However, they offered people the opportunity to keep their current "Dumb" meters with an increased service cost...

Why not do that? Allow the "paranoid" to keep their current setup and those of us who don't mind/care have them. Besides, the service up to and including the Meter is theirs, not yours...

A thought I just had, what if they allowed you to log into your "Energy Account" and turn the power on/off to certain areas of your house? Or setup timers for certain outlets for items like Christmas lights? And what about the concept of paying less Off-Peak and more during Peak hours as was mentioned on how Ontario installed them - if that was the case, and EVs continued their growth in our market, you could time the power on/off based on Peak/Off-Peak to only charge your car during Off-Peak.

I don't know, I just have a lot of thoughts/ideas on the possibilities that Technology could bring to this area. I do, however, agree there needs to be some talk in regards to the negative effects of Technology - specifically the ability to gain access to the grid...However, if I recall correctly, that access is already available as there have been manufactured threats and conspiracies of China and/or Iran getting into them...

