In California, PG&E connected our smart meters to our Comcast cable, AT&T cable, or what ever cable you had.
Their cover story was they needed a ground.
Yeah sure ground our electric line into a cable connecting to our tv, computers, phones and routers. Don’t think so.
One of our conservative neighbors made fun of me when I disconnected it from our Comcast incoming cable.
I told him to ask his two SILs, both EE engineers.
He did and they helped him to disconnect his smart meter from their Comcast cable. Then, they went to their homes disconnect their smart meters from their Comcast cables.
The plus side of the smart meters is we have fewer power outages, and they are confined to smaller geographical areas.
How is the smart meter connected to the cable?