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CPUC to Mull Letting Municipalities Opt Out of Smart Meters

By Riley Guerin | Feb. 8, 2012
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Feb. 8, 2012

CPUC to Mull Letting Municipalities Opt Out of Smart Meters

Municipal governments also won a small victory when the California Public Utilities Commission recently decided to allow individual PG&E customers to choose analog power meters instead of Smart Meters.

Municipal governments also won a small victory when the California Public Utilities Commission recently decided to allow individual PG&E customers to choose analog power meters instead of Smart Meters, the Daily Journal reports.

The commission also agreed to consider a new process by which local governments and other groups also could be allowed to opt out of the new Smart Meter, an issue it previously sidestepped.

Smart Meters digitally monitor customers' power usage and send the data to utilities via radio antennas.

PG&E started installing the new meters in 2006, but some customers complained that the gadgets could be causing health problems because of the radio antennas.

The CPUC decision allows individuals to opt out but pay additional fees to use analog meters. It's not yet clear how a communal opt-out would be paid for.

It's also not yet clear how to accommodate customers who wish to use Smart Meters in municipalities that opt out of them.
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Riley Guerin

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rguerin@journaltech.com

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