SubscribeWill we be “pre-paying” for energy in the very near future?
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Imagine being able to check to see if you turned the stove off from anywhere in the world. How about being able to remotely turn the air conditioning on in your home an hour before you arrive? How about managing your home’s energy uses in “real time”? If your utility company upgrades your residence with a smart meter, you will be able to do all those things.
In California, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is already getting ready to replace 1.4 million old electric meters with new digital “smart meters.” The roll out will continue until 2011.
According to an article appearing in The North Country Times, “TECH: ‘Smart meters’ coming to Escondido,” customers with smart meters will be able to “hook up their appliances in a local network and control them through the Internet.”
But there is a downfall and potential for abuse. According to the article and to smart meter advocate Michael Shames, executive director of the San Diego-based Utility Consumers’ Action Network,…
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