Well, probably not. The smart meters are cost effective devices that collect billing data and feed it to billing computers.
You are not required to use electricity. But if you do, you must have such a meter if the power company uses them. That is the ultimate decision. Do I have electricity or not?
I have one and the main good I see is that the neighbors dogs don’t go into an uproar when the meter reader doesn’t come
You are wrong. The whole idea of smart meters is to dole out electricity (say during a heat wave) as America’s generation capacity gets degraded due to green fanatics making coal plants close down. Not right now, but eventually residential customers will be charged differently going by the time of day and day of the week they draw electricity. Thus you will have an incentive to charge your electric car from 12 midnight to 3AM
That the meters can be read over a network is only half the story. Yes the utilities can lay off meter readers and run leaner...After the bill they sheeple $500 for the smart meter