5- to 7-Year Life Expectancy for Smart Meters

As usual, industry is being careful with our money. DTE smart meters have a depreciable life of 20 years. DTE analog meters have a depreciable life of 43 years! Depreciable life means they get to claim tax write-offs for it. Many analog meters have been on homes for over 43 years.

In Congressional testimony, a utility industry experted stated that smart meters have a 5- to 7-year lifedue to necessary or desired software upgrades. Industry expert states: “These devices are now computers, and so they have to be maintained. They don’t have the life of an existing meter which is 20 to 30 years [actually more like 50-80 years]. These devices have a life of between 5 to 7 years. And so the challenge that the industry has is making sure they maintain their smart grid environment, not neglect it.”

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http://smartgridawareness.org/2015/10/29/smart-meters-have-life-of-5-to-7-years/