PG&E admits metering errors; PUC takes action as industry groups work on smart grid messaging

摘要

When utility industry executives talk about communicatingnthe benefits of smart grid plans to consumers, apologizing fornerrors is not something they want to address, but that is wherenPacific Gas and Electric found itself last week. nThe fallout from PG&E consumer backlash in Bakersfieldnand other parts of California, along with testing and questionsnabout advanced meter accuracy in Texas, is bringing morenattention to utility smart grid plans for the wrong reasons, onenindustry executive said. While plenty of utility consumers arenpleased with advanced meters and smart grid plans are sailingnalong unimpeded in other parts of the country, problems innTexas and California are making headlines, noted DannDelurey, executive director of the Demand Response SmartnGrid Coalition.