{"id":5080,"date":"2014-12-23T22:10:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5080"},"modified":"2015-01-05T22:10:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T05:10:45","slug":"hydro-quebec-worker-breaks-into-house-to-install-optional-smart-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5080","title":{"rendered":"Hydro-Quebec worker breaks into house to install optional smart meter"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>11:02 am, December 23rd, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5081\" alt=\"hydroq\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hydroq.png\" width=\"446\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hydroq.png 930w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hydroq-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Credits: FILE PHOTO\/QMI AGENCY<\/p>\n<p>SAINT-AGATHE-DES-MONTS, Que. &#8211; A Hydro-Quebec worker appears to have missed the memo that said the new smart meters are optional.<\/p>\n<p>The worker faces disciplinary measures for breaking into a home north of Montreal to install a new digital counter.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowner Lucie Racicot caught the installer climbing through the window of her veranda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She had the smart meter in her hands and she was ready to change it without my permission,&#8221; Racicot told QMI Agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I confronted her she said: &#8216;Miss, we can be bold at Hydro when we have to be.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The worker then left through the same window.<\/p>\n<p>Hydro-Quebec confirmed the story to QMI Agency and has apologized to Racicot by phone and by letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The employee&#8217;s behaviour is completely unacceptable,&#8221; spokesman Patrice Lavoie told QMI.<\/p>\n<p>He insists Hydro-Quebec isn&#8217;t pressuring workers to install smart meters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Racicot wants compensation and says she&#8217;s keeping her old meter at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <i>With files from Olivier Bourque<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnewsnetwork.ca\/sunnews\/canada\/archives\/2014\/12\/20141223-110210.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.sunnewsnetwork.ca\/sunnews\/canada\/archives\/2014\/12\/20141223-110210.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11:02 am, December 23rd, 2014 \u00a0 Credits: FILE PHOTO\/QMI AGENCY SAINT-AGATHE-DES-MONTS, Que. &#8211; A Hydro-Quebec worker appears to have missed the memo that said the new smart meters are optional. The worker faces disciplinary measures for breaking into a home north of Montreal to install a new digital counter. Homeowner Lucie Racicot caught the installer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,103,125,169,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-break-in","category-canada","category-damage","category-quebec","category-smart-meter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5082,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions\/5082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}