Switching off RTS energy meter system to be delayed, says Government - The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said ...

No – smart meters are not mandatory. Bill payers can refuse to have the devices installed, and you can do this indefinitely. However, energy companies can force customers to replace their ...

THOUSANDS of households are at risk of being left without heating and hot water in weeks due to a shortage of smart meter ...

No word on how much it'll cost to keep tabs ... Google has its PowerMeter, Microsoft has its Hohm and Obama has his "smart meters." Got it? Good. Around two years after UK taxpayers began footing ...

On Friday, regulators came up with a compromise that left no one happy. Customers who don't want wireless "smart" meters will have to pay for the privilege: a $50 fee and $5 a month. But the ...

Residents are fed-up with the problems they encounter with the smart meters, and the municipality is quiet about the matter.

(No layoffs are planned, by the way. Staff will be reassigned, utility officials say.) Information from the smart meters will enable National Grid to adjust voltages to reduce losses on the system ...

If a customer changes his or her mind later, the utility said it will install smart meters at no cost. If you are a Con Ed customer, and don't want a smart meter, here's what you can do ...

Negreann, also known as my Uncle Rick, has no smart meter on his home. He realized this after seeing another story about an Xcel customer who was without a meter on her home for a short time last ...

“The industry is moving towards more smart meters,” he said ... Rieske told The Star that the new meters collect and transmit data no differently than the older ones — they just do ...

has said in a blog post that no smart meters will need replacing. However, a device called a communications hub, which is installed in every home alongside the smart meter, will need changing.

The company says there is no upfront cost for the new smart meters and that any cost associated with their implementation will be spread across the its customer base over many years. The new smart ...