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![]() PSE has already begun stealthily deploying AMI meters. Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is of particular concern as their territory takes over where SCL leaves off the entire eastside, north and south of Seattle. The WUTC regulates all for-profit or investor owned utilities (IOUs) Avista Corporation (Spokane area), Northwest Natural Gas Company, Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Pacific Power & Light Company, and Puget Sound Energy. Washington Utility & Transportation Commission (WUTC) DOCKET U-180525 Note: this problem is raised in the WUTC inquiries in the following news article. We further noted that it is not just the system wide problems, but that there is evidence that digital meters are not as accurate as claimed and that there is no way for an individual customer to verify or appeal measurements by the AMI meters. We thanked her for efforts to audit SCL regarding their problems in overbilling since the new system was implemented. We discussed the billing problems briefly as well. The City Council is already discussing Municipal Broadband, but we emphasized wired NOT wireless. Teresa was genuinely interested in the idea. ![]() Sonia reiterated those points and gave Teresa a copy of “ Re-Inventing Wires” by Dr. Regarding municipal fiber, Sonia testified in September that a municipal fiber network would alleviate the need for wireless electricity meters with the additional benefit of controlling net-neutrality and offering faster, safer Internet access than 5G. We also asked for net-metering customers be allowed to opt out and that the billing cycle fee be eliminated. We asked that this information be publicized on the SCL website as an official change to the AMI Meter Opt-Out Policy. She did mention that a new rate structure proposal was expected in the June 2019 time-frame and any fees would be reviewed then. We asked about the additional, billing cycle fee of $15.87, and Teresa said no. Regarding the analog meters, Teresa thought that analog meters would be retained for those customers who wanted them and that a statute had been put in place to eliminate the one time, administrative opt-out fee of $124.43. Secondarily, being solution oriented, we wanted to plant the seed for removing wireless meters with the next generation of meters – which we anticipate will need to occur within 10 years. The primary reason we wished to meet was because many of you had opted out and retained your analog meters, but were told that Seattle City Light (SCL) would reconsider after the deployment if customers would be able to keep them. Teresa agreed to meet with us on the spot. ![]() Sonia gave a 2 minute testimony to the committee in September 2018 asking to meet. We had been attempting to get a meeting since May 2018. Jordan Van Voast and Sonia Hoglander met with Ms. This committee was reformed in 2018 from the Energy and Environment Committee when Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the Chair. Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda is the new Committee Chair for the Housing, Health, Energy & Workers’ Rights Committee. Washington Utility & Transportation Commission (WUTC) DOCKET U-180525. Contents SUMA-NW Meeting with Teresa Mosqueda.
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