Here are the steps that I had to take in Texas, it may vary by state:
1. Call whoever is in charge of the meters.. which may not be the same people you pay for your electricity. In my part of Texas it was Oncor.
2. Tell them you want the smart meter removed and you want to go back to a non-standard meter. They have change the language on us so a smart meter is now a standard or advance meter and a regular analog meter is now a non-standard meter.
3. They will send you a registered letter that you will have to sign for. You then need to sign the paperwork and include a cashier's check or money order with the payment to replace the meter. In my case it was a little over $200. You also have to pay a monthly fee extra if you have a non-standard meter. In my case it was around $26/month.
4. They called me on the phone to set up a time to replace the meter.
5. In a week or so we had the date set and a person from Oncor came out and installed the meter. The smart meter is just pulled out and the non-standard meter just clicks right in. I made sure to turn the electricity off in the house before they did this and tested electricity to make sure it was working before they left.
Maybe I can report later on what happens next, but I am very HAPPY to have the smart meter gone. Everyone should do this just because we can.
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| Non-standard or regular analog meter |
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| Smart Meter or now called standard or advanced meter |
