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BF69
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

reply to w4ncr

Re: Good luck on this one

said by w4ncr:

Utility companies love these meters most of them are designed to take more customers money for the companies to use big money behind them .

That's bullshit. Sorry but utility meters are regulated and any utility caught rigging meters would get sued out of existence. Why in this day an age would you need to send out a guy that reads a meter? There's where you get your errors. And have a big dog or a meter in a hard to get to place? Guess what you get the good old guesstamation.

big_e

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He could be referring to time of use and critical peak demand pricing that smart meters will be able implement. During a heat wave, the utility could declare a critical peak event and raise your rates to 50+ cents per kwh at a time when you need electricity the most. Instead of increasing generation capacity utilities will simply jack up their rates to exorbitant levels to effectively ration out electricity. This is good for the greenies and the utilities, but terrible for everyone else.



nonamesleft

join:2011-11-07
Manitowoc, WI
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said by big_e:

He could be referring to time of use and critical peak demand pricing that smart meters will be able implement. During a heat wave, the utility could declare a critical peak event and raise your rates to 50+ cents per kwh at a time when you need electricity the most. Instead of increasing generation capacity utilities will simply jack up their rates to exorbitant levels to effectively ration out electricity. This is good for the greenies and the utilities, but terrible for everyone else.

Absolutely, right on the money. It's really annoying how some will drink up the smart meter koolaid. It's like a enron scheme all over again.

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