PG&E has started installing Smart meters in many locations
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. These industry
standard gas and electric meters measure a customer’s energy
use. Electric meters read power consumption hourly, while
gas meters record information daily. Both types periodically
transmit your energy use information over a secure wireless
network back to PG&E or your local utility company.
A wireless smart meter controversy has arisen stating that
the meters are not accurate and customers are being
overcharged. Hackers may be able to hack into your meter and
there are concerns about wireless RF radiation. PG&E
counters by saying that a rate increase occurred during the
smart meter rollout. Third-party labs need to test the meter
to verify accuracy. At the end of May, 2010 PGE finally
responded with a report. In early May 2011, PG&E finally
admitted that some meters got to hot when internal
temperatures past 100°, and misread electrical usage.
Customers were overcharged due to this bug.
Health Effects
A small minority of people complain about headaches,
insomnia, ringing in their ears, and other symptoms once
SmartMeters were installed. This is a deeply disputed area
though. PG&E has offered non-transmitting meters to these
folks, but they content that the power switching device
within these digital meters also causes symptoms. There will
be a $75 one-time fee to switch to a non-SmartMeter plus a
$10 monthly fee. The monthly fee would help pay for utility
workers that manually read the meter’s numbers every month.
About 15 million customers Nationwide have these Smart
meters, with more added daily.
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