[Boatanchors] "Smart" Electric Meters

[RKofler at aol.com]

I read yesterday in a newspaper article that my  local electric utility 
company, Portland General Electric Co., is raising the  rates to pay for installing 
so called "smart electric meters". The article did  not go into any technical 
detail, but it said these meters would be able to be  read remotely and 
eventually they would have a situation where they could  remotely regulate some 
aspects of customers power usage during peak hours. My  concern is that these 
meters will be a source of RF interference similar to BPL.  Anybody have 
experience with these "smart meters"?

Thanks 
Roger K7DDG   




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