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Utilities tell committee most customers accept AMI; opt-outs are rare but raise manual‑read and cost questions
Summary
Electric utilities and municipal representatives described advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployments, low current opt‑out rates and the operational and cost implications of manual reads; utilities said opt‑out cost recovery should be allowable and cybersecurity requirements and PUC oversight apply to vendors.
Several utilities and municipal utility representatives testified on Feb. 4 about advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), opt-out policies and cybersecurity.
Andrea Cohen (identified in the hearing) and other utility representatives described established AMI systems (power-line carrier and emerging RF mesh systems), the benefits (remote reads, outage detection, two‑way information) and the operational challenges when a customer opts out. One cooperative said it has nearly 41,000 meters and only 62 opt-outs (less than 0.1%); another utility reported 32 opt-outs in a smaller service territory; the town of Stowe reported 18…
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