This is ridiculous, but the scariest part is the violation of private property. She’s got no right to electricity and they’ve no right to hop her fence.
They sure wear sharp looking police uniforms out there.
That cop was the sharpest looking guy I have seen in a long time.
I never heard of a charge of Attempted eavesdropping, Must be a new one , but we have thousands of laws no American ever heard of I guess.
Personally I haven’t got a lot of animosity toward smart electric meters, as far as I can tell the main reason for them is so the meter reader doesn’t have to come once a month, but I am sure there are several other reasons that they could be suspect, such as cutting off your electricity remotely whenever they feel like it
She signed a contract (service agreement) with the utility company which means that the utility company and or it’s contractors shall have unfettered access to the meter and the service lines going to said meter.
In other words she does NOT own that meter or the line going from the pole or transformer box to her house
Same goes for gas, cable, and phone.