[IronJack]

I’m currently working a contract with a power company. Believe me, smart metering is the wave of the future.

[backwoods-engineer]

Oh, it sure is. Both General Electric and Elster have stopped making electromechanical meters. I think several of the companies that used to refurbish them have gotten out of the business.

People can caterwaul all they want, but if they want to contract with the utility for electric power (and that's what it is, a contract, not a constitutional right), they they have to accept the smart meter.