Sierra Vista Herald Review
Progress can prove to be a bumpy road.
At least that is the case in Bisbee where the city council has responded to community concerns about the installation of “smart meters” for customers of Arizona Public Service, the primary electric utility in Bisbee.
Smart meters record a customer’s power consumption, then transmit that information — usually over a wireless network — to the utility, which monitors that usage for billing purposes.
The system saves APS — and other utilities that employ smart meters — the cost of hiring people to gather that information.
