Smart Meter Opt Out Legislation Would Eliminate DTE's Proposed Fees
DTE Energy offers customers an opportunity to decline the new wireless meters, but plans to charge one-time and monthly fees.
A Michigan lawmaker has introduced legislation to stop a proposed DTE Energy plan to charge customers who don't want new wireless "smart meters". The Oakland Press reported Thursday that state Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) has introduced legislation that would allow DTE customers to opt out of the new meters without paying a proposed $87 one-time fee and $15 monthly fee. “I have spoken with residents of our communities who say they have had serious health issues caused by smart meters, and I believe these apprehensions are legitimate," McMillin told the newspaper, adding he believes the meters also raise "privacy concerns." DTE is installing 825,000 smart meters, also known as AMI meters, in southeast Michigan as part of an $83.8…
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Hugh McDiarmid, Jr.
6:49 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Art...I'm in complete agreement with you. People should be able to opt out, as long as they pay the costs of using the old technology. Rep. McMillin's legislation would prohibit their being charged those costs. (IE, the rest of us would absorb it.) Although I don't see where politics entered into my previous comment? more ›