[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

You have a good point, about the monitoring & the privacy issues. One of the benefits of smart meters mentioned in B.C., is that it will be easier to spot where the power is being pirated (for marijuana grow-ops, mostly).

[Chickensoup]

Yes, pirated or paid for by marijuana growers, but with the totalitarian pressures over farm animals and registration you wont be able to hatch a batch of chicks without the government knowing.