[Uram-rejections] Smart meters and EMC

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> From: roger at hayter.org (Roger Hayter)
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> Subject: Re: Smart meters and EMC
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 19:25:04 +0000
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> Pete Crosland <g6jns at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> > I am not a mug! However, ultimately the consumer will pay because we 
> > already pay for an army of meter readers. Despite all the theoretical
> > security issues it is hard to see how any miscreants might actually 
> > benefit from this. Whilst I agree the whole scheme is a shambles many of
> > the objections seem to have no base in reality.
> 
> Perhaps that's true. But as soon as a reasonable market penetration of
> smart meters  (why do we have to use American? - "smart" should refer to
> their appearance) has been reached they can use them for peak demand
> pricing or rolling power cuts.  As someone said, we need this because we
> have insufficient generating capacity and this situation will last at
> least a few years.  But neither idea appeals to me as a customer.   And
> they have no advantages to the customer except to those incapable of
> simple mental arithmetic.  They only read my meter every two or three
> years, so I can't see them saving much on meter reading.
> 
> 
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> Roger Hayter
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