Consumer Advocates Warn households on "Smart Meters" are being cut off
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Another conspiracy theory becomes fact.
FYI, I know about this one. I have my electric company changed out my smart meter. The electric cost immediately dropped by 1/4 of the price. Not sure why smart meter used more energy.
Bring back the meter readers
A meter that doesn't need to be "read" doesn't make it a "smart" meter. I have a new meter that is read from a vehicle that drives through the neighborhood, the electric company can not control it.
reading with binocular or drive by is still reading. I am talking about the one where they use the cell technology and send the reading over every hour.
You know right? They have to come out and actually read.
Just another way to steal Americans money.
sorry. They do that in UK too.
Yup! They said it was a legal thing required by NJ for the gas. When they replaced it, the bill was $900. I filed a complaint and they tested the meter and I got a credit.
I wrote a letter to the electrical company telling them that they need to replace it because of EMP and health.
They said to replace, they need $50 bucks and every month, 20 for meter reading. I said fine.
The bill dropped by 1/4 to 1/2 every month.
tThey don’t cut power at the meter normally you do it at the step down transformer. Because if you cut it at the meter the person can just bypass the meter. You can buy your own meter on eBay and swap it. Or just use two chunks of large gauge wire.
Sorry. I used to work for electric company. They do send out people to cut it at the meter. You were correct though, someone who knows could (and I have seen) them bypass the meter.