Letter: New meters and unreliable renewable power could lead to rolling blackouts
Like many utilities, Lake City is switching to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) metering. We just had our meter changed out and you apparently can’t keep your old meter. They are thinking you could “possibly” do this if you pay an additional $50 or so fee per month to keep it ($600 a year in addition to your annual electric charges)!
In good old Minnesota, we are going full on “green” with wind and solar. There’s a couple of ramifications to this and these AMI meters are just one of them.
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