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Humanity can accurately measure electrical consumption, right? Instead of limiting peak loads, why not limit daily use? Hell, you can have prepaid electricity.
by rrobukef 5y ago
Humanity can accurately measure electrical consumption, right? Instead of limiting peak loads, why not limit daily use? Hell, you can have prepaid electricity. Charge up a card and put it in the limiter. I know there's a deactivated one in my basement, its more than a decade old.
It's more fair, let the family go right up to the edge of what they can pay, and when everything is 'solved' deactivation costs next to nothing compared to removal.
- gruez 5y agoMaybe this is because the utility has installed smart meters that can measure usage but not do remote cut-offs? Making every smart meter cut-off capable will increase costs in a hard to politically justify way (ie. "I pay my bills on time. why am I paying for this just so some delinquent can have an easier time?"), as well as massively expose attack surface (imagine if attackers can remotely shut down all electricity to households).
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