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BGE to begin smart meter installation in May
The Baltimore Sun ^ | March 18, 2012 | Hanah Cho

Posted on 03/18/2012 3:01:05 PM PDT by RedMDer

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To: RedMDer
The article indicates that the smart meters do not control use. The meters just make it easier to collect useage data, i.e., a meter reader doesn't have to come and misread the analog meter attached to your house.

People using a lot of grow lamps in their basements for herb production should probably be concerned. The smart reader is also harder to bypass.

41 posted on 03/19/2012 4:42:47 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Near term Obamacare 'Unit")
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To: RedMDer

Why would one want to opt out? There will be big cost savings by eliminating all the meter readers,their vehicles and the personnel needed to manually process the data.

I have such a meter and it poses no threat, neither real nor imagined


42 posted on 03/19/2012 4:50:33 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: RedMDer

Don’t you have a hand held radio transmitter called a cell phone? The system is essentially a cell phone that transmits preprogrammed data.


43 posted on 03/19/2012 4:55:09 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: bert

The meter doesn’t pose a threat, just as turning in our guns poses no threat, just as relinquishing control of anything you use poos no threat.

The threat will come later when the masses are impotent to resist the controlling authority.

FWIW, I agree there are cost savings associated with remote meter reading, but coupled with motion detector switches and timer switches, which also may be monitored by others, the privacy of each citizen is being stalked.

It is now feasible to identify the exact location of every person on military bases simply by controlling their energy management systems. Great intel tool if one were an adversary of the Constitution.

Since the motives to install these are economic, why aren’t the costs to install also included in their economic analyses?

Why perform $200-$2000 in materials and labor while inviting huge public relations liabilities to save no more than $2-20 in power?

Why interrupt the normal utility cycles with higher dynamic transients in demand metrics when larger utility systems are more reliable with slower changing systems?

There are more significant arguments against their distribution and use than supporting them. Additionally, they empower centralized control and allow communication of previously private information.

No more hiding places for Anne Franks.


44 posted on 03/19/2012 5:25:48 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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Life is for living, not for fearing


45 posted on 03/19/2012 5:28:38 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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Exactly. Great argument for not installing such invasive technology.


46 posted on 03/19/2012 5:39:23 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: EggsAckley

So you do not see it as the way for the utility to limit your use? Or perhaps you enjoy the idea of outside control of your home and your own ability to ‘control’ your energy usage?

Out here in the boonies of east TN, when we want to control our energy use, we use those little wall thingies, I think you might call them ‘switches’ or somesuch.

Perhaps you will also welcome a mandated engine governor for your vehicle that can be monitored and adjusted to give you the very best milage while you drive?

What does it look like down there under all that sand?


47 posted on 03/19/2012 9:59:22 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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