Would you allow Eskom to manage how much electricity you use through a smart meter, or is there nothing smart about Eskom and its meters?
Eskom wants to put smart meters in every household in South Africa over the next four years.Eskom's plan to install a smart meter that could monitor and manage how much power you use has sparked debate.
“Normally, electricity suppliers install geyser controls in consumers’ houses, but instead of doing that we would rather say to you this is 60kWh you are supposed to get, I am load-limiting you to 10Mk/Wh ... I’m supposed to load-shed you but I will not. Instead, switch off [appliances] because if you don’t switch off your geyser, for example, it’s going to cut you off anyway.
While some backed the idea, saying it was better than rolling blackouts, others predicted Eskom would mess up the rollout. smart metering was a good idea but often flawed in execution.
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