Below is a short video regarding the Naperville City Council Budget Workshop held on March 23, 2015. There is discussion regarding:
- A proposed $150,000 rate study;
- The status of the Lowfoot project where 100 City customers tested a new e-portal type product (after the failure of the Calico contract which resulted in no usable product).
Noteworthy quotes:
- “The smart metering provides just an insurmountable amount of information.” Well, if that is the case, why continue to collect it?
- “The residents really enjoyed tracking the ‘weekly’ usage,” yet only 4 people showed up to talk about the project at an “open house,” and 33 responded to an online survey about their experience. Yes, it sounds like people were really excited.
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Relevant Links for Archival Purposes
“Naperville OKs free test of electric management system,” at http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140507/news/140508786/
“Naperville to collect $675,000 in smart meter settlement,” at http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-smart-meter-lawsuit-naperville-tl-1030-20141022-story.html
Smart Grid Awareness 
Just more wasted money by a bunch of incompetents and padding their buddies with more of our tax dollars now called electric rate increases.