Dive Summary:

• Florida Power & Light (FPL) has already installed smart meters at 25 percent of Port Orange’s residences, but city officials are looking into the possibility of forcing the utility to obtain a consent form from customers granting smart meter installation approval.
• Currently, FPL customers can opt out of having a smart meter, but this new consent form policy would make the customers’ decisions preemptive as opposed to reactive.
• Despite FPL’s goal to have all of Port Orange hooked up with smart meters by October, they won’t be activated until March; a vote on the consent form resolution is expected next week.

From the article:

Electric company "smart meters" are viewed as either super technology or a super threat.

And after hearing both sides of the argument, city leaders are looking into requiring Florida Power & Light to obtain the consent from individual electric customers in Port Orange before installing one of the controversial meters at their place. ...