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Why would that be a blessing? If PG&E comes and puts in a digital meter for which their little gadget doesn't work, they're back to page 0.


PG&E is a big, slow, regulated utility unlikely to rush in executing anything. And even if PG&E did rush to digitize, that would only mean more pressure on other utilities (even in other markets) to adopt a cheap ready-to-go solution, and more opportunities for software innovations that can take the data from any source (digicam or utilityco meter).




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