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John Smith · November 13th 10, 06:54 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 11/12/2010 4:00 PM, wrote:
65,000 digital electric meters are to be installed on homes, businesses,
in central Mississippi by April 2011.Just watch my electric bill go UP
when they put one on my house!
cuhulin

Actually, you would be surprised at how many people learned they could
buy a seal on the black market for their meter. So, they cut the
original seal on the meter and turned the screw towards the + (positive
-- it is markets backwards, so you had to be careful) and suddenly their
meter read low.

So, you are correct, the new meter will, in a large number of homes,
"increase" (or, correctly tally) the cost of the electricity ...

Some people are going to be shocked. As, they will have moved into a
home/apartment/etc. after someone has tampered with the meter; They
won't have a clue what is coming their way.

How do I know this? Cousin used to work for PG&E, here, in Weird-a-fornia.

Regards,
JS