Smart Meters

macman

I rather suspect that IDS based that on something he first read in the Daily Mail, so it's a self-perpetuating myth.

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Dolor said:

Whilst consumers might be concerned about their individual supply being disconnected, the mass disconnection of 000s of smart meters could cause considerable damage to the Grid.

I'd expect mass disconnection of load to cause almost no difficulty at all to the grid.  Its reconnection on the other hand could be interesting.  If I was feeling malicious, I'd disconnect a big enough chunk of load to cause the grid frequency to rise enough that power stations begin to trip off, and then connect it all back again to cause a blackout when stations couldn't be brought back on fast enough.