I didn¡¯t get an option to opt out. They just came and changed out the meters.
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On Jan 28, 2024, at 11:00?AM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:
Hi all,
A ways back, LG&E offered 'advanced' [1] electric meters. I declined, thinking that this was just part of the stampede to 'smart' technology.
This week I got a snailmail letter saying that we all have to join the stampede, or pay $17/month extra ($12 on electric, $5 on gas). I went to the meter website to see what it said, and LG&E claims up and down that the network will be secure.
Am I a fool, or does putting all the meters on a big network just make it easier for bad actors to make a mess of the utilities and cost them more than driving around reading the meters? I certainly don't feel a need to pull out my phone to see what my hourly electricity usage happens to be.
Bill
thinking we're moving to a level of complexity that makes everything frail
[1] Uses the network! Will break sooner!
