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[quote=Anonymous]Without smart meters: A storm hits the area and a tree knocks down a tree on my street, pulling down the wires and cutting power to a dozen houses. Maybe half of them call PEPCO which is fielding numerous calls from annoyed customers. PEPCO dispatches crews who work to mend the wires. PEPCO "clears" the reports and calls back the people who asked to be called. Now, if you get a call back and the repair didn't restore your power, then you need to call PEPCO and the cycle repeats. With smart meters, PEPCO will know almost immediately exactly which homes have lost power and when they have been restored. For now, identifying outages, reading your meter and cutting power remotely are the benefits (mostly to PEPCO).[/quote]
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