I just got a "Smart Meter." Anyone else have one?

[Auggie]

Local electric utility (PG&E/S.F. Bay Area) just hooked it up -- same meters that were giving people all over California fits with potentially fraudulent readings.

Complaints grow about PG&E SmartMeters

SILCONVALLEY.COM, 11-16-09

Just as happened in the Central Valley months earlier, PG&E's rollout of Smart- Meters in the Bay Area has generated a flurry of complaints from consumers of unusual spikes in bills and concern that the meters are malfunctioning and over-reading electricity usage.

PG&E is installing 10 million SmartMeters on homes and businesses throughout California. This summer, hundreds of consumers in Bakersfield complained of skyrocketing electricity bills after SmartMeters were installed.

Now, as the rollout of SmartMeters gets under way in the Bay Area, similar concerns are being reported; more than 30 consumers contacted the Mercury News after a report on the rollout appeared last week.

Jorg Aadahl of San Mateo says his September bill showed a 24 percent spike in kilowatt-hours used compared with the same month last year. And in October, his usage was 14 percent higher than average when compared with Octobers over the previous decade.

LINK: http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_13801866

[NV Whino]

1. So far they've only threatened to install up in the Napa Valley

I'm not looking forward to them.

[Auggie]

3. Well, they're here

My hood in Napa got them today. Electric and gas.

:scared:

[Gormy Cuss]

2. I got the notice about the upcoming installation on the same day there was a giant news article

with customer complaints.

I'm really looking forward to monitoring my bill every month. Ugh.

[valerief]

4. As reliable as electronic voting. nt

[gmoney]

5. So, how smart are you?

It's cool that they can finally measure that...