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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They aren't selling your data, and frankly it reflects poorly on the protesters that they make wild guesses like that without any information. Smart meters improve service by allowing them to better understand load, ID outages, and spot quality problems before you do.

It was only two weeks ago that people were complaining that they got calls saying their service was restored when it wasn't. Gee if only there was a device that could tell them exactly which homes were out.. Oh wait there is.

There are a lot of posters who just want PEPCO to suck.  In June you complain about tree pruning. In late June you complain about outages. In July you are complaining about smart meters.

And then in August, after you have refused any feasible approach to improvement you will deny them rate increases so thru can't spend more to be better. So I imagine in September you will wonder our loud why the wires aren't all underground. [/quote]

I don't think it would be a wise decision to put all the wires underground, although some key lines should be. I want them to be a regulated utility that is held accountable by a strong state regulator.

I want PEPCO to be required to allow more distributed generation in their system, to allow private wire sales within their territory and to actually use the smart grid technology that they are installing to actively manage their system and recover more quickly from weather events.  Yes, they are allowed to make a regulated profit from their operations and if they don't like it they should encourage a buyout to turn it into a state or county-owned municipal utility.[/quote]

The point about the smart grid is good.

But you can't sell wire within a territory unless you carve off an entire geography like Delmarva.

PEPCO is out of the generation business.  They buy from the market and so their generation is whatever they can buy at the best price.[/quote]

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