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Utilities Telecom Council: No Threat From Smart Meters PUC of Texas: Report on Health and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields From Advanced MetersĪmerican Cancer Society Says Actual Risk of Harm From Advanced Meters Is Extremely LowĮEI Key Issues Perspective, Smart Meters and Your HealthĮEI Key Issues Perspective, Smart Meters and Data PrivacyĮEI Key Issues Perspective, Smart Meters and Data Accuracy State of Maine PUC: Smart Meters are Safe Each of these studies has determined that advanced meters are safe and secure.Īrizona DHS Gives Smart Meters Blear Bill of Health Several industry and consumer organizations have conducted studies on advanced meter safety, security and accuracy. This number will increase as you use electricity. The large number to the right will be your kilowatt-hour reading. Just wait for the screen that displays 004 in the left-hand corner. When you look at the digital face of your meter, you'll see several screens flashing. I know that the smart meter makes my usage data available online and through the DTE Insight app, but I still want to read it. Smart meters do not impact the wiring of your home. Will advanced meters impose a burden on my wiring?

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The smart meter won't impact your generator at all. Will the smart meter impact the way I connect to and use a generator? Smart meters help us identify and respond to outages faster and more effectively, but by contacting DTE to report your outage, we will be able to give you a restoration time estimate. Will I still need to contact DTE if I have a power outage? Otherwise, the meter will send us an outage notification and we may unnecessarily dispatch a crew to your location.

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Please call 800.477.4747 at least one day before you begin any renovations or service upgrade work that could include disruption of electric metering. 2015).ĭo I need to notify DTE if I'm having home renovations or service upgrade work done that requires my electrician to temporarily interrupt electric metering? Therefore, the Fourth Amendment does not apply to actions taken by DTE. DTE is an investor-owned, for profit corporation. In addition, the Fourth Amendment only applies to actions taken by the state or federal government, or someone acting on its behalf. Smart meters do not record or store any personal information and are not surveillance devices. 2015).ĭoes the installation of a smart meter violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. See Michigan Public Service Commission Rule 460.3102(g) and Detroit Edison Co. The Michigan Court of Appeals has found that the smart meters utilized by DTE are 'meters' allowable under the law. A meter is defined as a device that measures and registers electrical usage and our smart meters do just that. Is the smart meter a 'meter' as defined by the Michigan Public Service Commission? Doing so poses a serious safety hazard to you and occupants on your premises, and constitutes a felony under Michigan law (MCL 750.383a). Please do not tamper with our meter or try to remove it yourself. A $9.82 meter reading charge will be billed to your account each month.ĭTE owns the existing meter at your home or business, as well as the new smart meter.

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If you are new enrollee in our opt-out program, your account will incur a $40.69 one-time fee to install a digital meter without radio components.Don’t hesitate to contact us at if you have questions about this exchange.Ĭustomers who enroll in the opt-out program are required to pay the following fees for each site enrolled in the program: The exchanges will occur between April and December 2019. 20, 2018, we reached an agreement with the MPSC to exchange meters associated with customer accounts opted out of DTE’s smart meter (AMI) program with digital meters without radio components at no cost. The customer of record must call our Customer Service line at 800.477.4747 to request program enrollment. This approval allows residential customers of record the option of having a non-transmitting smart meter installed. On May 15, 2013, DTE Electric received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to implement an opt-out program for residential electric customers who do not wish to participate in our smart meter program.

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