Ontario's New Democrats and Conservatives are saying “we told you so” after Hydro One revealed it has to manually read about 36,000 smart meters in the province.
The opposition parties say it's no surprise that the meters -- mainly in rural areas -- can't get a strong enough Wi-Fi connection to transmit usage data.
That means service people have to physically show up to read those meters, and the customers can't take advantage of time-of-use pricing.
Progressive Conservative energy critic John Yakabuski says the government was warned there would be problems getting a Wi-Fi signal in some rural areas with lots of hills.
(TBT News)
