“You are correct. All these meters do is allow the utility company to read your meter without coming onto your property.”
They also can and do dunn you with warnings that you are using more energy in the last three months than you used a year ago at this time. I know it for a fact because l have received several letters from PG&E stating that fact. Because of a back operation l was at home recuperating instead of doing the normal stuff l did before.
They always have known how much electricity you use every month, it’s right there on your bill. The new meters are just easier and quicker for them to read. They don’t have to come into our back yard anymore and take a chance of letting our dogs out to get killed in the street. I am in favor of them for that reason alone.
Threads like this make us look stupid.