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Report: BGE Pushes for Smart Meter Opt-Out Fee
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| August 06, 2013 at 12:11 PM
| Jenni Pompi
Posted on 08/07/2013 10:01:28 AM PDT by RedMDer
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To: SoFloFreeper
Sadly this had little effect on the election. The gusher of entitlements overwhelmed any fuel price backlash.
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posted on
08/07/2013 11:07:42 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: RedMDer
To: nascarnation
To: RedMDer
To: SoFloFreeper
And the MSM is silent about Obama’s war on any energy except for the fake ‘green’ kind that bankrupts our nation.
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posted on
08/07/2013 11:12:50 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: nascarnation
“Sadly this had little effect on the election. The gusher of entitlements overwhelmed any fuel price backlash.Sadly this had little effect on the election. The gusher of entitlements overwhelmed any fuel price backlash.”
Correct, when the taxpayers/ratepayers are covering your bill why should you care how high the rates go? Vote for more stuff!
I wonder who the gimmie, gimmie leaches will get to give them their freebies when they have killed the economy!
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posted on
08/07/2013 11:13:27 AM PDT
by
Wurlitzer
(Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
To: SoFloFreeper
Just *shared* that one :)
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posted on
08/07/2013 11:14:07 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: RedMDer
Gouge the senior citizens!
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posted on
08/07/2013 12:06:58 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: RedMDer
I do not understand why the power companies cannot install the smart meter away from the house, maybe out by the street, to appease those who do not want them installed? Charge a one-time fee to the user for this option.
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posted on
08/07/2013 12:10:14 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
I don't think any fee should be charged installed or not. I didn't pay for the installation of the current dumb meter on any house that I bought.
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posted on
08/07/2013 12:23:35 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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posted on
08/07/2013 12:34:35 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
To: rawhide
I didn't want a smart meter but unfortunately I have one. Yes, Delmarva was going to charge a monthly fee to come read the meter. It is on the backside of the detached garage and the meter reader used to park in the driveway, walk around the garage, read the meter, record it and go on to repeat the same thing at the next house.
While I don't like to see anyone lose their jobs (the meter readers), I can see a definite savings for the power company using them.
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posted on
08/07/2013 4:06:24 PM PDT
by
Abby4116
To: RedMDer; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
BGE says smart meters save money since they do not need to be read in person. They argue that the proposed fees for customers choosing to opt out are necessary to recoup the cost of sending technicians out to read meters, reports the Sun. Bull. We don't have a technician fee now.
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You can opt out, by moving out. I did.
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posted on
08/08/2013 1:24:14 PM PDT
by
Sensei Ern
(FUBO(I escaped Maryland a couple months ago. That place is a prison.))
To: Sensei Ern
I plan to opt out when job circumstances dictate, or when my mother passes away (which, hopefully, is way off yet), whichever comes first.
To: RedMDer
If you live in a home that predates 1960 you may have problems with the install itself. They went through five meters before they sent an installer who knew what he was doing. I also spent a considerable amount of money having my electrician come out and prove to them it was the meter not the electric inside the house. This went on for a week.
Some of the older meters have junction tabs that have to be lined up, and you can’t just knock the meter in place assuming it will work. The electricity would then arc and burn out the tabs that weren’t line up on the new meter, so I only had half the power coming into my home. Basically, the reg meter install guys, are not electricians and merely technicians... who really don’t know how to deal with older equipment.
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posted on
08/10/2013 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
Katya
(Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
To: Katya
I hope you got some rebate for the power not used. Was it BGE?
Our house was built in 1955 but it was rewired in the late 90s.
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posted on
08/10/2013 1:11:25 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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