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DC Smart Meter Choice

8 Apr

A simple solution would be for PEPCO to allow customers to opt-out of having a wireless meter.
If you would like to support this effort please feel free to sign this petition:  http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/allow-washington-dc-pepco-customers-to-opt-out-of-havi/signatures.html
The ACLU Chapters of Vermont and Hawaii support the right of customers to opt-out for free.  
If PEPCO and other Electric customers around the country want to keep their analog meter what is wrong with that?  
http://whyfry.org/family-with-young-children-forced-to-live-in-the-cold-and-without-power-for-refusing-a-smart-meter/

Some other billing concerns related to PEPCO and other electric utilities:

http://marylandsmartmeterawareness.org/smart-meter-news/former-director-of-dc-psc-silver-spring-md-resident-shocked-by-pepco-bill-this-month-pepco-estimated-bill-at-double-bc-smart-meter-not-turned-on-yet/

Video:  http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7424533  PALO ALTO, CA (KGO) — The experiment of some doctoral students at Stanford is raising questions about the accuracy of PG&E’s new SmartMeters. People all over the state have been complaining about them.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/05/03/not-so-smart-meters-overbilling-californians/  More on Landis+Gyr Meters.  One of the two “smart” meter brands used by PEPCO.

http://www.defectivemeter.com/  “An independent consulting firm recently issued a report that confirmed many Smart Meters manufactured by Landis+Gyr are defective and causing improper overbilling for electricity usage.”

Also how much does it cost to run a “smart” meter each month?  Who pays to run them?  The consumer or PEPCO?

Chris Turner, Esq.
DC Smart Meter Choice