BC Hydro/Fortis BC Smart Meters

[NAB]

This is a question that hasn't been addressed yet that I am aware of..... how is it that apparently smart meters cost 240% more in BC than in other jurisdictions that implemented them?

Nab

[twobits]

This is a question that hasn't been addressed yet that I am aware of..... how is it that apparently smart meters cost 240% more in BC than in other jurisdictions that implemented them?

Nab

Must be because our houses are spaced so much farther apart Nab. Either that or a friend got the contract.

[NAB]

Looks like we are going to have to wait another year before we get to excercise some control over when we use power and "save" some money.

Smart meter deadline extension

by The Canadian Press - Story: 85121
Dec 28, 2012 / 7:17 am




VICTORIA - BC Hydro has been given another year to finish installing smart meters in homes and businesses across the province.

Hydro has installed 93 per cent, or 1.73 million of the devices, but needs more time to complete the work, so the provincial government has extended the deadline for installation from the end of this year to the end of 2013.

The government says Hydro wasn't able to do all the work before the original deadline because of labour and equipment shortages, plus concerns raised by customers.

Some people have refused to have smart meters installed over worries about the possible danger of high frequency radio waves, which the meters use to wirelessly transmit data to Hydro computers.

Hydro says smart meters will save money, help people conserve power and automatically report power outages, but many people who've already had the meters installed say they've been billed incorrectly for their power usage.

There was no automatic reporting of outages when a snowstorm hit Metro Vancouver last week, but a Hydro spokeswoman said that won't happen until the entire smart meter network is up and running.

[kibbs]

This is a scam the only way they save money is less meter readers. shouldn't they have some eyes on all this stuff any way .
Switzerland had a referendum an said no.smart people.