Boomer23
Well-known member
SCE came out today and installed my new meter to enable me to change to a Time of Use (TOU) rate schedule.
I called it a "smart meter", but the installer said that it is really an "interval meter" ("an IDR"). It reads power usage or generation in 15 minute increments throughout the day. Unlike my previous digital meter that was read remotely by a street-walking meter reader, this one will need to be read directly by a meter reader in my back yard, and reset each month.
The big news is that SCE is rolling out actual smart meters sequentially throughout the region, with completion in about a year. These smart meters will be able to be read remotely by radio and we'll be able to monitor our usage/generation on a web site! Cool.
I'll be switching from a domestic tiered rate to the domestic TOU rate as soon as possible, then switching to their EV TOU rate when I get the Leaf. With today's meter change, I'll be set for an easier and faster transition to an EV TOU rate plan.
I called it a "smart meter", but the installer said that it is really an "interval meter" ("an IDR"). It reads power usage or generation in 15 minute increments throughout the day. Unlike my previous digital meter that was read remotely by a street-walking meter reader, this one will need to be read directly by a meter reader in my back yard, and reset each month.
The big news is that SCE is rolling out actual smart meters sequentially throughout the region, with completion in about a year. These smart meters will be able to be read remotely by radio and we'll be able to monitor our usage/generation on a web site! Cool.
I'll be switching from a domestic tiered rate to the domestic TOU rate as soon as possible, then switching to their EV TOU rate when I get the Leaf. With today's meter change, I'll be set for an easier and faster transition to an EV TOU rate plan.