SMART METERS
Hi all
This is my 3rd go at posting this message (a tech wiz you understand).
I read an article in The Age Sat 31st Jan 09 about smart meters (i tried to attach it and failed at that also - boo hoo).
How much we pay using these new meters can be adjusted every half hour or so with the suggestion that it could cost up to $178.00 per day to run an air conditioner.
There has been no mention of cost protection for the frail old, low income earners, or pensioners; just how much the government can save by not spending on infrastructure.
I will be writing to my local state polly to ask what specific provisions will be implemented to protect those who can't reasonably get by without and air conditioner and that can't afford to pay such exhorbitant bills.
I encourage all to make your own enquiries and if I am reading it correctly write to your local state polly also.
They can vary how much we pay, connect and disconnect from their head office; just imagine the consequences for the most vulnerable.
This is the first "cause" I have involved myself in but I don't think I can afford not to.
regards
Keith
What is a smart meter? Who instals it? What does it do? Where is it being installed? A lot of questions, but if it means that the frail aged, or the disabled are going to be charged huge fees, we need to know.