w**d
发帖数: 440 | 1 有人讲，换过之后，电费增加了。
而且辐射厉害，还可能引起火灾！
真的假的？ | E***f
发帖数: 209 | 2 your right, 电费增加 a lot
【在 w**d 的大作中提到】
: 有人讲，换过之后，电费增加了。
: 而且辐射厉害，还可能引起火灾！
: 真的假的？
| x*****u
发帖数: 186 | 3 From: http://www.wtop.com/41/3189937/Pepco-customers-find-smart-meter-billing-abnormalities-
Pepco customers find smart meter billing abnormalities
Friday - 1/11/2013, 9:25pm ET
Max Smith, wtop.com
Questioning higher-than-usual power bills this month is paying off for some
Rockville, Md., residents, in the first billing cycle after new smart meters
were installed on their homes.
Patricia Driscoll says her family's bill is up 114% over the same time last
year. She's lived in the house in the North Farm area for 29 years.
Jo Brecher says her bill was $90 more than it should have been. After
talking to Pepco representatives, she says they are now giving her a credit.
Driscoll says her bill has been put on hold while Pepco works out the issue.
"They did get back to us right away, but I do feel that had I not asked to
speak to a supervisor, they would have just let it go," Driscoll says.
Montgomery County Director of Consumer Protection Eric Friedman says
homeowners should always check their bills.
"They should check them as promptly as possible, and if they think there's
an error, they should contact (their power company) as soon as possible."
"Consumers should probably compare their bills to their neighbors and
compare their bills to prior months and prior years," Friedman adds.
"The very first piece of advice is that anybody who has question about bill
should call us at 202-833-7500," Pepco Spokeswoman Myra Oppel says.
Smart meters should not change monthly bills other than eliminating the need
for estimated billing.
"We are exchanging over 800,000 meters in the Pepco Region, so on occasion
we may have an issue with a particular customer's account. If they notice
that, we definitely encourage them to give us a call," Pepco's Marcus Beal
says.
Beal says that Pepco takes photos of the old meters as they are removed, so
that the information can be referenced if there are any issues with a later
bill.
He says each billing issue is handled on a case-by-case basis.
Another thing that can throw homeowners' bill comparisons off is that not
all bills cover the same length of time.
"We can have some bills that vary from 25 days of usage on up to about 35
days of usage," Beal says.
Those large billing cycle variations are slated to disappear for homeowners
whose bills are tallied through a smart meter.
"We'll still have 21 billing days (each month), but we will have a
consistent amount of days, plus or minus a few days, but it should be a lot
more consistent than in the past," Beal says.
The smart meters also allow homeowners to see their detailed energy usage
online. | l********s
发帖数: 634 | 4 mine bill was almost doubled last month. Thanks for sharing this. I will
call them! | f**g
发帖数: 727 | 5 可以选择不装吗？pepco好像是问都没问就给我家装上了。 | j***a
发帖数: 10844 | 6 这个要到家里装的。。。
经常收到offer，还没顾得上装。。。那就再等等看吧。。。
【在 f**g 的大作中提到】
: 可以选择不装吗？pepco好像是问都没问就给我家装上了。
| l********s
发帖数: 634 | 7 it depends. if your old meter is outside, you dont need to be at home for
new installation.
【在 j***a 的大作中提到】
: 这个要到家里装的。。。
: 经常收到offer，还没顾得上装。。。那就再等等看吧。。。
| j***a
发帖数: 10844 | 8 Sorry。看错了，我以为是那个节能的thermostat呢。。。
电表最近刚换，那个没得选，家里没人造换。。。我follow了几天，感觉读数正常。。。
【在 l********s 的大作中提到】
: it depends. if your old meter is outside, you dont need to be at home for
: new installation.
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