B.C. Hydro gets one more year to install smart meters

They installed mine long ago, but just noticed that they only started using the power consumption data sometime in the last month(at least for me). Its cool how I can now see hourly usage and tie it to particular events like running the clothes dryer, oven, etc. Also makes it easier to see how much my power usage is tied to outside temp.

Don't unerstand why hey are going ahead with this when Ont. says it was the worst thing ever done in that province when it comes to hydro and in countries over seas they'rwe removing them and going back to the old meters. There is a lot of things more important that we need in this province than smart meters.

Particularly concerning here is the use of "smart meters" at all; there is extensive evidence that the use of these meters is inimical to people's health.

When you consider the tremendous numbers of these meters being used and their microwave transmissions; you get a lethal electromagnetic field which we are forced to exist in. Start monitoring for health related problems that will be caused by this.

Smart meters work well for nuclear, coal and gas sources of electrical energy. The only need for these meters in BC was the North American Energy Treaty which is intended to provide "energy security" for Mexico, US and Canada. By energy security they mean a "free" trade deal for exporting and importing electrical energy from one another.

The daily wheelin and dealin of electricity used to be a benefit for BC ratepayers, however since the signing of excessive deals with private power producers in BC those benefits no longer keep our rates down but feed the pockets of these private interests.

@Migsy
You said:

Its cool how I can now see hourly usage and tie it to particular events like running the clothes dryer, oven, etc.

Yea, it's cool how HYDRO can now see hourly ( or second by second, if it it chooses) useage and tie it to particular events like running the clothes dryer, oven, etc.

Now why would Hydro want to do that?

$$$$$$$$$$$

Consider your loss of privacy. That isn't so cool.

It is funny how people worry about the health problems associated with these meters when the same is supposedly true about cell phones, vehicle emissions, etc. but yet people still drive cars and talk on their cell phones. How will a 1-5 second signal emitted once or twice per day from these meters be any worse for you than the constant bombardment of 'microwaves, cell phone signals, wireless modem, internet signals' etc. that you are walking through every single second of your day? People are ridiculous, and we call ourselves an educated society bah....why not start worrying about important things. Like how we are the number one country in this world for most things to do with water consumption, garbage per household, not recycling, greenhouse gas emission, pretty much anything that is bad for us, we are tops on the list as a country for doing these.

I think it is about time people are held accountable for their blatant missuse of energy and resources. If you are a power hog, then you should be charged an arm and a leg for it. If your consumption shows you try to conserve or work around the high demand times, then you should be rewarded for it. We are considered an educated society but yet we act like a bunch of kindergarten kids with no regard for anything but ourselves and who will be the king of the hill!!!! I think these meters are great, they work amazing for people who are actually concerned with their environment and lives in general.

Now, if the Smart Meter was capable of buying back energy to feed the grid, a whole new movement would be started. Self-generated electricity on our homes with incentives to get us off of the grid.
Also, where is the capability to monitor these Smart Meters without going wireless?

We still have our analogue meter, something I protect due to health concerns. My only experience since family and friends have had the meters installed are within 2 weeks of installation one friend had an emergency pacemaker installed, a horse having one in her stall had to be put down, still can't figure why she declined in the months following and another with cancer. All could be said to be coincidence but I will protect or go without.

People are held accountable for energy misuse. They pay for the energy they use. Electricity is our least air polluting form of energy. It was created to be used, WASN'T IT? The cost of new meters, the wasted energies and impact to the environment by their very unnecessary creation is a total hypocrisy. Make work project? Maybe. As for the monies spent to do this my household and every other household in the province could have had free energy for a few years instead of new meters of questionable concerns. I pay my bill, now you want to tax when in my day I might require power. You want to come into my psyche and control when I use it, through penalties at certain times of day. Give me a wind generator for my money and I'll add to the grid at peak times. Perhaps we should just drop a few solar panels on every ones roof to replenish the over taxed system. So we can export it to the US and in turn they will default on paying for it. Which has already happened if I can believe the media I watch. For MK who thinks people's heath concerns are funny. First you seem to have enough health concerns of your own not to include your name. Should we just add anything of concern to our list of toxins without debate? Shouldn't there be a real purpose if we might be subjecting our selves to health risks. I think you probably get your paycheck from meter installations. Burned houses, possibilities of energy endangerment and the removal of these meters in other countries, which I have not yet researched, is worth looking at. Personally I'm getting a little tired of other people telling me how I should live in my house. How much water I use, really? More falls on my roof than I could ever use. I'd like to see my dollars go to research to make my home self supporting in every way. Then I'd be able to get MK's nose out of my business.