It all started with such promise, aided by $3.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for "advanced electricity-grid technology," but there wasn’t even a honeymoon for some residential customers in Texas and California who saw their newly-installed smart meters result in higher electricity bills. They reacted with suspicion, hostility and lawsuits, and now utilities regulators in both states have launched reviews. As Katherine Ling… Continue Reading
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