I would've happily absorbed the small increase in rates to keep those peeps employed.
Like 50% over five years?
BC Hydro is hurting. Their infrastructure is getting old and it would seem that they haven't been saving much to replace it. They need to cut costs where ever they can. Did they actually get a good deal on Smart Meters and will it make that much of a difference? I don't know. I have a feeling they are banking on busting all the grow ops with them and saving their stolen power. I bet they are losing quite a bit. I also bet the installer guys are going to have a hard time getting into some of these backwoods operations and switching out meters without running into trouble.
About the brain waves coming from these things, who cares. Everyone has wireless everything already. If it is such a big deal just pull out the antennas on whatever "smart appliances" you get, if those even exist yet.
The only concern that I have heard that might have some logistical truth to it is they could allow a big brother type of power company to cycle your smart furnace when it is best for them and most people probably wouldn't even know.
Smart meters will be very important I think in the effective use of in-home electric car charging stations.
can't get enough of that sodium benzoate…