They'll decide you may be using your furnace too much - and they CAN, thru' the Smart meter, Limit you.
It's is NOT about power usage - it's about control. If it were for usage, only, they can get that from your monthly bill.
If you don't want it- you need to send a certified letter to your company demanding "NO". Even then you need to be vigilant. nail a notice by you meter - "NO smart meter".
If they still install, you have recourse to have it removed, citing your previous demand.
they tried to sneak one in on me - but luckily I spotted him coming across the yard with it under his arm. I said:"Can I help you?"
"I'm here to put your Smart Meter on"?
"No, you're not."
(confused look) "Yes, it's right here" and took steps to continue.
Excuse me. You are NOT going to put that on my house...." (interrupting me "Yes, that's what I'm here for."
"You haven't been hearing me. Take your Smart Meter and yourself and LEAVE- NOW."
"But why?"
"Because I said so."
He left.
So they impose a $15 monthly fine on me for not having it. (I make separate checks, one for the bill and one for the $15, marked 'for fine."
They objected and said it's a fee, not a fine."
I said. "No, a fee is something you pay for something you get. this is a fine."
All that said, it's the radiation signature that I am the mot adamant against. It radiates in a 6'area around it- kills plants etc, and my head, when sleeping, is one foot away from the meter on the outside wall. Research YouTube for Smart Meter radiation...
If you DO have a Smart meter - you can deflect some of the radiation danger with a copper screen- but I'd put on the Inside of your house opposite the meter - to deflect the radiation from the back side...
I said. “No, a fee is something you pay for something you get. this is a fine.”