[Boatanchors] "Smart" Electric Meters

[Glen Zook]

It depends on what frequency they are using.  When I
was with TXU (electric company for almost half the
State of Texas) they were using their 896 MHz trunking
system to read the meters.  This caused no problems.

By the way, these remote meters actually save the
utility company money in the long run since they can
do away with meter readers and so forth.  It sounds
like your utility company is using it as an excuse to
raise your rates.

Glen, K9STH


--- RKofler at aol.com wrote:

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"?










Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


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