A new,high-tech utility meter is inflaming passions around the Bay Area.Now PG&E Corp.is trying to tamp down growing regional opposition to its$2.2 billion meter upgrade—but is failing to mollify many local critics.
PG&E,through its Pacific Gas&Electric Co.unit,plans to install 9.3 million digital electric and gas meters—otherwise known as"smart"meters—by 2012 as part of a statewide effort to modernize the electric grid and give consumers better tools to control energy use.
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