Fog Blog New Brunswick Log: Smart Meters Coming~

IF ALL GOES AHEAD.....NB POWER WANTS TO DEPLOY SMART METERS THROUGHOUT NEW BRUNSWICK AS EARLY AS MARCH!.......NB Power's $92-million plan to buy and deploy smart meters in New Brunswick got a late endorsement Monday from a pair of consultants unconnected to the utility who had lobbed early criticisms at the project — a change in tone not lost on at least one Energy and Utilities Board member who will soon be deciding its fate."Both of you there just gave some compliments to NB Power on their business case. So you think this is a well-prepared business case?" asked EUB member Michael Costello during the testimony of Philip Diodomenico and Kathleen Kelly, consultants with Daymark Energy Advisors Inc. of Worcester, Mass.Diodomenico and Kelly were hired by public intervener Heather Black to independently review NB Power's smart meter plan and told Costello despite some shortcomings it is a much better proposal than they have dealt with elsewhere."Generally, the business case is a good business case," said Diodomenico.