State regulators are close to providing a way for San Diego-area utility customers to opt out of wireless “smart meters” that relay detailed information about home electricity use by radio frequency to the local power company.
Since 2008, San Diego Gas & Electric has gradually swapped out more 1.3 million dial-spinning analog electricity meters across San Diego and southern Orange counties with new digital equipment that intermittently transmits data to utility computer servers.
The utility’s network of wireless equipment does away with meter readers and holds out the promise of helping the public better understand how they are using electricity — and eventually how they might save power and money.
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