From our Powerco
https://www.comed.com/SmartEnergy/SmartMeterSmartGrid/Pages/FAQs.aspx
"Will smart meters make it easier to turn electricity on and off when
customers move?
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Smart meters for residential customers will have remote switching
capabilities that can be used when a customer closes an account,
then reconnects when the customer starts a new account.
One of the benefits of this remote switching capability is that
ComEd can provide electrical service to customers more quickly,
after the customer has contacted ComEd to initiate service. ComEd
can also expedite the transfer of electrical service when a customer
moves from one location to another within the ComEd service territory.
"
I read into that as 'we can turn you off for non-payment' as well.
On 1/2/2017 11:29 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I have not heard of shutting off the whole house or using it for
disconnects.
The only thing I have hear is shedding A/C loads in a rolling manner
for 15 minutes at a time.
-----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 10:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smartmeter Security question
Supposedly some of the Smartmeters have the ability to turn power on/off
based on grid demand/supply constraints. I don't understand how that
would imply the possibility of an explosion unless the contacts are
seriously undersized. And maybe there are no contacts, perhaps they are
SSRs?
bp
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On 1/2/2017 8:12 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
I've been reading in the news about the susceptibility of the
smartgrid and related smartmeters. They talk about how a compromised
smartmeter can be made to explode or catch fire on the side of a
house. I'm just wondering how this would be accomplished. Isn't
there basically just a relay and a current monitor in it. Do they
switch the relay on and off rapidly until it overheats? It seems
like eventually the contacts would heat up and fuse if that was the
case. Or are they built like a Dr Doofenshmirtz innator with a self
destruct option included.
