A Time-Sensitive Invitation to Protect New Mexico from Smart Meters’ Fire Hazards
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PNM, New Mexico’s largest utility, has proposed a Grid Modernizing project that would install smart meters on ratepayers’ homes and businesses. Smart meters are digital, transmitting electronic devices that measure and record energy use. Like any electronic equipment, smart meters will eventually fail (stop working). To ensure that equipment fails safely, the Engineering and Surveying Practices Act requires that PNM employ a New Mexico-licensed professional engineer (PE) to evaluate proposed projects and certify that all hazards have been mitigated.
A Time-Sensitive Invitation to Protect New Mexico from Smart Meters’ Fire Hazards
A Time-Sensitive Invitation to Protect New…
A Time-Sensitive Invitation to Protect New Mexico from Smart Meters’ Fire Hazards
PNM, New Mexico’s largest utility, has proposed a Grid Modernizing project that would install smart meters on ratepayers’ homes and businesses. Smart meters are digital, transmitting electronic devices that measure and record energy use. Like any electronic equipment, smart meters will eventually fail (stop working). To ensure that equipment fails safely, the Engineering and Surveying Practices Act requires that PNM employ a New Mexico-licensed professional engineer (PE) to evaluate proposed projects and certify that all hazards have been mitigated.