Greentech Media: PG&E’s Bakersfield Problem: Getting the Customer on Board

Posted by Derek on November 24, 2009
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What are the lessons to be learned from Pacific Gas & Electric’s unfortunate experience with customers who blame their new smart meters for jacking up their power bills?

Andrew Tang, the utility;s smart grid chief, waded into the controversy a bit at Thursday’s GreenBeat conference in San Mateo, Calif.

The issue has been a pervasive topic at this week’s conference, with worries that it could be the start of a public backlash against smart grid deployments (see Green Light post).

via Greentech Media: PG&E’s Bakersfield Problem: Getting the Customer on Board.

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