SJ Merc: PG&E details technical problems with SmartMeters

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Paul Saffo <paul () saffo com>
> Date: April 27, 2010 10:46:56 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: SJ Merc: PG&E details technical problems with SmartMeters

> Surprise, surprise, surprise...
>
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_14963541
>
>
> PG&E details technical problems with SmartMeters
> By Dana Hull
>
> dhull () mercurynews com
>
> Posted: 04/26/2010 06:07:07 PM PDT
>
> After months of denying any technical problems with its SmartMeter program, PG&E publicly detailed a range of 
> glitches Monday affecting tens of thousands of the digital meters.
>
> But the San Francisco-based utility said it had found just eight meters that inaccurately reported a customer's 
> energy use, despite thousands of complaints from customers who say the new meters have overcharged them. The utility 
> would not say how many of the 5.5 million meters installed so far have been tested for accuracy after installation.
>
> PG&E detailed 43,376 cases in which the meters were involved in other kinds of problems. It said 23,000 meters were 
> installed improperly, 11,376 failed to retain consumer usage information
>
> (snip)



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