[RFI] Smart Meter Lawsuit in Texas

[Charles Coldwell]

On Feb 26, 2012, at 5:12 PM, qrv at kd4e.com wrote:

> If someone can remotely turn an appliance on and off I am guessing
> it would be trivial to find a way to query the appliance for more
> data,

Suppose the appliance is a central air conditioner.  The utility could make a pretty good guess as to whether it is on or off by metering your power consumption.

Here in Mass there was some interest in "Combined Heat and Power" systems: use the waste heat from a natural gas generator to heat the home.  Then connect the CHP system to a smart grid so that the utility could turn on distributed generating capacity during periods of high demand.  Of course, high demand for electricity is likely to occur during the summer, when you don't want to heat your house ....

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Charles M. Coldwell, W1CMC
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