• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mechanical meters are terrible for tracking real time consumption and managing the grid efficiently. They also pay for themselves because they can catch tampering and don’t require utilities to pay people to bumble around homes to read stupid meters.

    Mechanical meters make no sense. They’re a waste of money and not great for a grid that requires intelligence to help get off fossil fuels.

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      1 year ago

      Also, I’m very happy with our smart meter because I haven’t gotten a single wildly-inaccurate “estimated bill” since it was installed.

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        1 year ago

        Oh, I have. The meter stopped transmitting and they just started making stuff up. They did it for months and refused to admit the meter was broken.