Man, you sure got your money's worth out of them!
I know what you mean about the electronic meters. They'll probably get better, but I'm a little leary about them still. I had one of the meter manufacturers tell me, "Sure, electronic meters are more accurate and have morre features.....but face it. You'll be lucky to get 15 years out of one."
Considering they already cost 3 to 4 times as much, that's not very comforting.
But here's why you'll see them. Deregulation
(or "Re-regulation" as we call it here in Texas) is raising another part of its ugly head. The U.S. Energy Act of 2005 is trying to force everyone to offer TOU (time of use)metering or some equivalent form to all customers within the next two years.
Unfortunately, you just can't get that kind of data from the older disk meters.
[This message has been edited by WFO (edited 12-27-2005).]
