Re: As a Californian, all I can sat is "Who cares?".
"Would you like to buy more? Additional credits are available at 3x market rate for electricity guzzlers such as yourself"
Are you talking "standard market rate" or the "variable according to demand" market rates which "so-called smart meters" are ultimately designed for:
When there's demand, the price goes up, priced by the second.
That's where it is going - and here in the UK we have a tax payer funded, government backed "smart meter roll out programme". Backed by most of the most competitive tariffs being restricted to having or accepting both a smart meter and payment via direct debit.
At least Dick Turpin made it clear he was going to rob you rather than claim was going to "save you money" (the central tenet of the marketing BS behind the UK roll-out).
Want to REALLY save money on your energy bill? Ues your eyes, read your own (standard non-smart ) meter and learn to SWITHCH THINGS OFF.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
