Dive Summary:

• Three of ComEd’s new digital smart meters have overheated and caused fires in customers’ Chicago homes over the last three years.
• ComEd said the problem was with the way the meters were connected to the customers’ wiring, not with the smart meters themselves.
• This announcement comes two weeks after a Philadelphia utility under ComEd ownership had similar issues with 14 overheated meters, one of which set fire to a home.

From the article:

The announcement comes two weeks after a Philadelphia utility under the same ownership as ComEd stopped installing smart meters after one of them set fire to a home and 14 other devices overheated.

ComEd said the problem in Chicago is not with the smart meters, but in the way they were connected to the customer’s wiring. ...