Dive Summary:
- In a sample studied by United Telecom Council, regulators from Delaware, Michigan, and Oregon and utility representatives from California, Maine, and Maryland, say that fewer customers are asking to be left out of smart meter installation.
- Most of the utility representatives reported opt-out numbers that are barely one percent of the total installation number, but Pacific Gas & Electric’s Cliff Gleicher said that an opt-out program is still the “fairest playing field” for customers.
- The participating utilities all attempted to provide information regarding meter-related health concerns and said they would continue to look into the data privacy issue regardless of the declining opt-out figures.
From the article:
Preliminary numbers are in on the number of customers opting out of smart meters. They are few and getting fewer.
In a sample from a handful of utilities offered late last week in a United Telecom Council (UTC) webcast, "Smart Meter Opt-Out: The Policy and Impacts," the numbers appear quite modest and, in at least one case, are declining. ...
