Dive Summary:
- DTE Energy’s proposal to the Michigan Public Service Commission asks for customers who don’t want their smart meters turned on to pay an initial $87 fee plus an additional $15 per month.
- Some smart meter customers fear that anyone with access to the data collected by smart meters can create an energy usage profile that can be sold to third parties.
- DTE has thus far received 125 opt-out requests out of 1.8 million smart meter customers.
From the article:
Some people fear utilities or anyone with access to their data are using new smart electricity meters to peer into your home and create a usage profile that can be sold.
DTE Energy and other utilities say privacy concerns are overblown and that they like the cost savings that come with automated billing because smart meters can transmit usage remotely over radio waves. ...
