“There have been some challenges, however, as 700 customers have sent installers away, declining to accept the new digital meters.”
“In the meantime, Councilman Robert Fieseler said the city is keeping and cataloging all the wired meters being removed from houses and businesses, “just in case,” the judge rules against the city.” [The "wired" meters refer to the Non-Wireless Meter Alternative, NWMA, that requires with a $68 initial fee and a $24.75 monthly fee to have a meter read it. The meter is a digital smart meter that is not wireless, requires a manual read and records electric usage minute-by-minute.]
“Ashrafi, however, said the city’s plan always has been to keep the meters for an undisclosed time “in case any issues arise.”
“Once the undisclosed date passes, Ashrafi said the city will seek to sell the old wired meters. If a buyer is not found, he said, they will be disposed of or recycled.”
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