The total energy used by a customer is many times less than the amount of energy the utility measures and markets.

Historically and legally, no one except the utility is authorized to police, check, verify, measure, remeasure, calibrate, recalibrate or question the utility records. No local utility ever goes broke or makes marginal profits. Shortcomings and non-payments are redistributed to good, honest, rate paying customers. No one knows. No one questions. No one is authorized. No one is qualified. No one cares.

Utilities will have lots of long time explaining to do if accurate energy measurements are allowed. Go google go go go “utility police”

Why not locate the utility meter in constant view of each customer? Most customers can read numbers, subtract, and average if utility meters were within view.

Utilities will bargain for Smart Meters which only the utility can read. Utilities will agree to “automatically switch appliances off”, time-of-day charges, room temperature control by the utility rather than the customer – you get the point.

No utility will allow Google or any independent agency to accurately measure watt hour usage in real time with instrumentation traceable to the national bureau of standards. Utility PACs wrote legislation to prohibit utility police.

Good Luck Google!! Go Google Go Google Go Google Go May the rough waters ahead become smooth sailing with full customer support.