Nicholas Johansen – Dec 16, 2016 / 5:00 am As the temperature continues to drop into negative double digits, several people in the Okanagan and Kootenays are without electricity in their homes, after refusing smart meters. While FortisBC wouldn’t provide an exact number, the utility company says “fewer than 10” electricity customers have had their power turned […]
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By: Dale Bass January 8, 2015 BC Hydro won’t reconnect a Kamloops family that had its power cut off last month unless the utility is allowed to install a smart meter that can have the radio turned off, for which there is a monthly charge. When the family called BC Hydro, the Crown corporation said that, because […]
10/11/2012 By: John Matarese Duke’s rollout of smart electric meters across the Cincinnati area has run into a potential snag: one local woman who doesn’t want one, and is now in the dark as a result. You might not think that would be an issue. But it is, because Duke is now beginning to […]
