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Strange, I live in Texas and have never heard of a large contingent of Texans trying to get them removed. And my electric service gave me notification of the new meters almost a year ago. They also provided documentation that states that the tin-hat crew that claim fr energy hazards is just BS, the signals are sent back over the line, not through the airwaves.
As for a way to charge people more, I can say that's pretty much BS too. My provider (TVEC) is a co-op and I save hundreds of dollars a month on my bill compared to other electric providers in the area. Not to mention that you don't have to pay a meter person door to door to read the meters, which saves them labor dollars and fuel.
As far as your quote about government controlled companies, I don't know of any government entity that owns or controls an electric company in the U.S. They are under government guidelines as to pricing and customer services, but they are not run by the government, they are privately owned unless they're a co-op like I use.
The only thing that concerns me is their statement about privacy issues. They say "At this time there is no way for them to determine what your using your electricity on", which leaves "In the Future" wide open.
They can never tell you what you use your electricity on as long as it's legal, but I would detest the idea that they could tell if your watching tv and such, that's a privacy issue.
As far as the gov't wasting electricity, well I can honestly say that gov't buildings all have energy saving technology like automatic lights, and/or energy saving programs that are not only in place, but monitored. I worked for the federal gov't for over 20 years.
Civilians are far more wasteful when it comes to electric use. Leaving all the lights on in the house, or not turning them off when leaving a room, leaving the tv on 24 hours a day whether it's being watched or not, taking those 15 to 20 minute hot showers, etc etc etc.
One thing I can say about working for the gov't, I have been taught to be very conscious of energy savings and practice this every day. Everything from LED lights to only having the light on in the room that I'm using. Even in the hottest summers, my electric bill for my 4 bdrm home has always been under $200 a month, and that's with keeping it reasonably cool to cold inside. Everyone can drastically lower their electric bills if they would just take the time and effort to ensuring energy saving practices are used in their homes....
