woferry
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I am in the US and I'm sure there are lots of brands of meters out there, plus I don't know what the power factor of my house loads are (I do have very few actual motors and lots of electronics), but our utility replaced the mechanical meters with Smart Meters a long time ago (to make their lives easier, so they could read the meters remotely as well as making TOU easier), and it did not affect my bill at all, my reported monthly consumption for the last years on the analog meter were no different than my first years with the Smart Meter. There was lots of FUD going around at the time telling people to refuse the switch, that it was just a way for the utility to start fudging the numbers or the like, but I never saw any evidence of that personally, I've been able to account for any increases or decreases in my reported consumption by changes I've made in devices/appliances I use, personal habits, etc.
I realize that doesn't help with the issue you're seeing, just saying that it's not necessarily the simple fact that it's a Smart Meter (and I'd hope there would have been huge negative press if it actually was a ploy to increase what people pay).
I realize that doesn't help with the issue you're seeing, just saying that it's not necessarily the simple fact that it's a Smart Meter (and I'd hope there would have been huge negative press if it actually was a ploy to increase what people pay).