VALUE OF SMART METERS WILL COME OUT IN THE WASH

Re: Numbers on electricity theft by pot growers don't add up, Stephen
Hume, July 7

It is interesting to note that the closer we get to the "forced down
our throat without public consultation" socalled smart meter
installations by BC Hydro, the higher the guesstimated annual cost of
the alleged energy theft becomes -from a mere $12 million in 2004 to
$100 million in only seven years.

We have also been told many times that illegal marijuana growing
operations found ways to steal the electricity before it went through
the meter to avoid being detected or billed for excessive consumption.

Those new smart meters must be very good if they can detect energy
theft before they have a chance to record it.

What's next? Will our lights start flickering to warn us when the
washing machine moves from a low-cost to a high-cost time zone or
will the new meter simply emit a stern voice warning?

Konstantin Bernaschek

Coquitlam