An Aurora Xcel Energy customer faced a power shutdown threat over smart meter installation, highlighting policy confusion.

Xcel maintains that the meters, which deliver readings every five to 15 minutes, do not control which appliances turn on and when. The company also touts "multiple layers of security" to protect ...

Smart meters allow Xcel to remotely read your meter. They also allow the company to charge you for your electricity usage based on the time of day that you used it. Negreann, also known as my ...

According to Xcel Energy the Smart meters have been installed on close to 80% of homes and businesses in the U.S. as of the end of 2022. Among the benefits of this technology is the ability for ...

Smart Meters, however, do not have to be read in person. ... We cannot perform this work on the customer’s side of the meter,” Xcel said. “I emailed Channel 9 because I have had it ...

Xcel energy installs the first smart meter in Amarillo Monday morning, the new electric meters are set to be installed throughout their entire Texas service area within two years.

Xcel Energy Inc. started sending out catch-up bills to customers last month -- mostly in the St. Cloud area -- after noticing that malfunctioning meters registered zero gas consumption for at ...

Xcel will begin installing “smart meters” in homes across the state. While I understand that this is a means of more closely “monitoring” energy usage, the key word is monitor.

Just as some patients who lose a limb continue to feel phantom pain, Xcel began charging me for phantom gas — estimated charges of up to $100 per month because it could no longer read the meter ...

Xcel Energy has implemented new smart meters to help give customers the opportunity to save money. ... Most Read. Body found on the side of Highway 50 . Inmate found dead at Colorado detention center.