Tag Archives: Advanced Metering Infrastructure

AusNet Services hits customers on manually read meters with quarterly fee

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

It appears that AusNet Services, which is one of the five Victorian power distributors, has lost its moral compass.  According to a letter which it mailed to customers, changes to its manual reading process will result in customers with a … Continue reading →

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Victoria’s Minister for Water evades questions about smart water meters

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Stop Smart Meters Australia (SSMA) raised concerns last year about the rollout of smart water meters in Victoria in a letter to the Hon Lisa Neville, Minister for Water.  SSMA also posed a number of questions, on behalf of members … Continue reading →

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Victorians beware: New push to install smart meters!

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

It has come to SSMA’s attention that Victorian power distributors are once again targeting residences that refused a smart meter during the 2009-2014 state-mandated rollout of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Despite the Victorian government’s 2014 Order in Council stating, in … Continue reading →

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News Flash – At last, major utility admits “No rational basis” for smart meters.

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

In a written submittal filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Northeast Utilities, a major U.S electricity and gas company, is highly critical of a proposed state plan that would require utilization of “advanced metering” or smart meters within … Continue reading →

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Meters are coming, it’s a matter of when – Wodonga & North East – The Border Mail

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

ELECTRICITY supplier SP AusNet is still unable to say when it will roll out more digital smart meters in Wodonga and the North East. About 1200 meters have been installed at Wodonga, Beechworth, Bright, Mount Beauty, Towong and Rutherglen. An … Continue reading →

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