Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The controversial digital meter is now being installed in your neighborhood.
If you aren't home when a meter technician with Grid One Solutions, a BGE contractor, knocks at your door, you will be left with a smart meter installed on the outside of your home. The technicians are deployed in Severna Park this week to install digital smart meters, which replace the current analog electric meter. If you choose to answer the door, you may give the nod on the installation or pass, and it will be postponed. To date, there have been only several homeowners who have declined the installation since its start in May, A Grid One Solutions technician said. The technicians have completed installations in Millersville and are continuing now in Severna Park and Pasadena. The installation takes five to eight minutes and once …
Friday, May 25, 2012
For now, Marylanders may request that utility companies defer installing smart meters.
Pending a final decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC), customers may opt out of receiving smart meters. In a small score for those against the installation of smart meters in their homes, the PSC decided Thursday that Marylanders may request utility companies defer the installation of smart meter devices in their homes or businesses. Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) had previously announced plans to start installing the smart meters in Anne Arundel County, starting in Pasadena. "The [PSC]’s order is effective immediately and affects customers in the Baltimore Gas & Electric, Potomac Electric Power Company [Pepco] and Delmarva Power service territories," according to a PSC statement. "Also, customers who already have smart …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
New technology will bring changes to monthly bills and the way meters are read.
In another industry transition to digital technology, BGE will soon phase in new equipment to replace its home and business electric and gas meters. Starting in late April, in Pasadena, BGE will begin switching from analog to digital technology to operate its gas and electric system with the installation of smart meters. It will take three years to complete the project. Pasadena was chosen as a central location in the county to start, according to BGE. In total, 1.3 million analog electric meters will be replaced with digital ones, and 700,000 gas meters will be upgraded by the end of 2014. Once installed and operating as expected, there won't be a need for meter readers. According to BGE's website, those employees will be retrained for …
Traci M. Radice
3:15 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012
Public Service Commission called an emergency hearing on Tues., Aug. 28th at 2pm to hear from the utilities as to their smart meter devices and their malfunctions, power surges, and fires. Any concerned citizen should plan to attend: William Donald Schaefer Tower 6 St. Paul St., 16th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 File a dispute (410) 767-8000 MD Toll Free: 1-800-492-0474 TTY Users call via Maryland … more ›