The coop never had meter readers, you used to have to read your own meter. Now they are automagic and report back to the mother ship over the wires.
John On 5/25/2012 3:24 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Friday, May 25, 2012 04:16:35 PM John Thornton did opine: > >> It's two miles away up on the highway. The cost would be enormous to get >> 3 phase out here in the woods. Just guessing based on other information >> I've gathered about bringing 3 phase to a shop about 50k or so to bring >> 3 phase to my shop. Heck they wanted 15k to connect up my other brother >> John's shop and the 3 phase is hanging on the pole 50' from his shop. >> Plus they have a minimum monthly charge that would buy a phase perfect >> rather fast. >> >> John >> > Sounds like somebody wants to gouge because today, they have only meter > readers and have to farm out the construction. I've heard of 25k/mile > before, but it was never done for the obvious reason. The latter sounds > like a variation of demand billing. And that is an old old practice they > don't mention in the fine print. If you have 2 transmitters, it will cost > quite a bit to test one into a dummy load while the other is on the air. > Unforch, the commission demands the backup be tested and verified weekly. > > But I did have to ask... > > Cheers, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
