08-30-2022, 07:20 PM
(08-30-2022, 05:57 PM)Obie Wrote: I have had a smart meter in Ohio since 2008. The power company routinely turns off my electric water heater remotely.
If I had central air they could shut that off too.
I've never had a rolling outage.
I didn't have a smart meter but they put a gizmo on my water heater in Alaska that would cause it to not turn on for a period of time if the power went out after it was restored. I guess it made it easier to unroll the blackout if there were less water heaters immediately kicking on. I don't remember what it was exactly but I got a credit on my bill every month for allowing it that totally made it worth it.