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[quote=Anonymous]I am not worried about the safety aspect.
Smart meters collect a lot of information and that is where I have some concerns. This data is PEPCO's, not yours. The regulations covering this data are more lax than your current electric bill. Expect PEPCO to share customer data (individually or in aggregate) with it's "partners."

There does not appear to be an option to "opt out" of PEPCO collecting their data. Expect that a few years from now the news will report that PEPCO used the data improperly or a company insider access/sold the data improperly or somebody hacked into the system.

I think the benefits to the customer are minimal in the near term. Smart meters will allow time of day metering (different rates at different times) but if people don't shift their consumption, then there is no opportunity for net consumer savings. Field experience is that residential consumers don't shift their electricity use in a meaningful way (run your dryer at 3am!) and don't save money. In fact, consumers generally do not want time of day metering.  Smart meters mostly will help the utilities manage their system. [/quote]

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