Dive Summary:
- Smart meter critics in Naperville, Ill., have called for Commonwealth Edison to suspend installations of its digital meters after reports emerged of fires due to overheating.
- City Manager Doug Krieger acknowledged that the city was aware of the fires, though none have occurred yet in Naperville, where a $22 million smart grid initiative that includes 57,000 smart meter installations is being implemented.
- ComEd indicated that the Chicago-area meter fires were "related to fitting and connection issues with an older-model socket that had a poor connection at the point where the customer’s wires and ComEd’s wires meet.”
From the article:
Reports of smart meters catching fire in the Chicago area have some Naperville Smart Grid opponents calling for a halt to the installation of the meters in the city. ...
