Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-07 Thread SOLARPRO
William: Many non-net-metered folk I know claim that their bills and consumption have increased dramatically after the arrival of their Smart Meter and have asked me for advice. For the most part I beg offI'm not really in the business of testing Smart Meters. The weather has been so

Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-07 Thread Joel Davidson
PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters William, We have run into issues with smart meters. We had a customer in one of the pilot neighborhoods. What we saw was the meter registered his production as consumption. Effectively doubling his consumption per the meter. After some

Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-07 Thread William Miller
Joel: It is my understanding that Smart meters will prevent unauthorized (guerilla) grid-tie installations from reducing energy costs. You can still defray your costs as long as you don't try to run the meter backwards. If you do, the amount you sell is accounted for as consumption. Is

Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-07 Thread Exeltech
, with options for time-of-use billing, etc. .. which we don't yet have .. but I can foresee it coming. Dan --- On Mon, 3/7/11, William Miller will...@millersolar.com wrote: From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-07 Thread Joel Davidson
. --- On Mon, 3/7/11, William Miller will...@millersolar.com wrote: From: William Miller will...@millersolar.com Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Monday, March 7, 2011, 10:10 AM Joel: It is my understanding that Smart meters

Re: [RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-06 Thread Carl Adams
William, We have run into issues with smart meters. We had a customer in one of the pilot neighborhoods. What we saw was the meter registered his production as consumption. Effectively doubling his consumption per the meter. After some research it was determined that while the new smart meters

[RE-wrenches] Smart Utility meters

2011-03-05 Thread William Miller
Friends: Our local utility (PGE) is installing smart meters. These will not apply to interconnected customers because the meter apparently is not capable of two way metering. There has been a lot of controversy about smart meters regarding safety, accuracy and many other issues. Do any of