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.
She already had a meter...had one for years.
The article says you could have a meter that had to be read for a fee...she had that...Charger her the fee abd be done.
Instead they had to pull this crap.
Not buying it.
Exactly and my point as well. The terms of her service are clearly spelled out. Fulfill them or alter them contractually. The only argument she has is that government has granted a monopoly on the supply and delivery. Those lines to her house have, for the most part been depreciated to zero decades ago.
At my house I paid for the meter, fittings, and lines from the pole to my house. They are mine. The electricity or in other cases gas/water are not. If I built a closed water loop system I’d be exempt from sewer and water charges from my municipality.
At the heart of the problem is government.