Hydro Smart Meter

13.11.19: Ontario Hydro Smart Meters

This is in addition to five other related blog items:

1. Online Home Thermostat Control Mgmt. Nov 20132. How does your home compare? April 2013
3. Up-to-the-minute Hydro Usage. Dec 2012
4. Hydro - Time-of-Use Pricing. Oct 2010
5. PowerStream PeakSaver. Jan 2009

Smart meters are now installed in most homes. Have questions?

What is the purpose of a smart meter:

• They support the implementation of time-of-use prices. By time-stamping your consumption data, local distribution companies will be able to determine how much electricity was used during off-peak times and how much was consumed during on-peak periods. This capability allows homeowners to find electricity savings by shifting their electricity use.
• They help LDCs to identify power theft and respond to meter failures and outages more quickly.
• They provide greater operational efficiencies in local distribution system management.

Does this appear to be smoke-and-mirrors to you?
The purpose is not to save us $s but to provide up-to-the-minute household electricity use to the govt. 
Home hardware installations probably caused the Nov 1st price increases...

Always good to check your usage (electricity and water) and compare to others in your area (as outlined in How does your home compare).