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coned just installed on my building, main purpose i suppose is not to do any more "Estimated" billings, they will all be actual readings, i believe they can also shut service off or on remotely too.
only time will tell if it is an improvement or a high tech rip off on the consumer.
coned just installed on my building, main purpose i suppose is not to do any more "Estimated" billings, they will all be actual readings, i believe they can also shut service off or on remotely too.
only time will tell if it is an improvement or a high tech rip off on the consumer.
Yes, that is part of the "benefits" of having new smart meter. Con Edison boasted that customers would no longer have to wait for them to send someone out to connect new service or reconnect one that was disconnected. Bit down they also stated service could be disconnected remotely as well, which puts an end to service not being turned off when it should because Con Edison couldn't get access to meter.
Once fully rolled out of course this means Con Edison won't need meter readers any longer, so guess those people will be reassigned elsewhere in company.
Yes, that is part of the "benefits" of having new smart meter. Con Edison boasted that customers would no longer have to wait for them to send someone out to connect new service or reconnect one that was disconnected. Bit down they also stated service could be disconnected remotely as well, which puts an end to service not being turned off when it should because Con Edison couldn't get access to meter.
Once fully rolled out of course this means Con Edison won't need meter readers any longer, so guess those people will be reassigned elsewhere in company.
Wouldn’t natural gas from Con Ed still have to be shut off manually since it’s a physical knob/handle? A few years ago my neighbor wasn’t paying their bill and not allowing Con Ed inside so Con Ed was going to dig up my sidewalk to turn off their gas. Really kind of primitive if they have to do that to turn off service. The neighbor eventually paid before they did that. I went over and told them Con Ed was serious about turning it off and had even put a sawhorse on my sidewalk in anticipation of digging.
Wouldn’t natural gas from Con Ed still have to be shut off manually since it’s a physical knob/handle? A few years ago my neighbor wasn’t paying their bill and not allowing Con Ed inside so Con Ed was going to dig up my sidewalk to turn off their gas. Really kind of primitive if they have to do that to turn off service. The neighbor eventually paid before they did that. I went over and told them Con Ed was serious about turning it off and had even put a sawhorse on my sidewalk in anticipation of digging.
Dunno about natural gas, only electric meters.
Yes, have seen it on Staten Island where if property owner didn't pay and (then) Brooklyn Union Gas couldn't get access, they would come and dig up at curb to get at pipe for shutting off. Once this is done that valve remains installed so all BUG (or whoever) had to do in future was come out with a special tool to start or turn off service.
Not sure but *think* whatever gas utility will also turn off things at street if building is being demolished, and or there are issues inside structure.
Out on SI electric meters are on outside of homes, so ConEd just had to come out and turn things off, place a lock on meter and that was that. People would sometimes tamper with meter to get lock off, then things got nasty.
Of course if ConEd couldn't get inside yard or whatever (such as vicious dogs on property), then they couldn't turn off juice at meter either. Not sure what happened in those instances, I presume ConEd or whoever sent a truck out eventually and cut things off at the pole.
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