Hydro-Quebec making sure your house doesn't blow up
PHOTO: IVANOH DEMERS (LA PRESSE)
If Hydro-Quebec installed a smart meter outside your house, they want to make extra-sure that it's safe and won't blow up your house.
The utility is sending its technicians to check on outdoor smart meters to ensure that they aren't within three metres of outside propane tanks - the kind attached to your building, not attached to your barbecue.
Hydro spokeswoman Nathalie Vachon says the utility is complying with a request from the Quebec building authority.
"We are conducting some tests to really determine the risk of using the remote interruption and restoration function near a gas leak," she says.
While the risk of using the remote service interruption feature near a gas leak hasn't been confirmed - and no incidents have been recorded - neither Hydro nor the building authority wants to take the chance.
Hydro says all other smart meter features are entirely safe.
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