A campaign to convince the 17,000 New Brunswick households that have refused the installation of a smart meter to change their minds will likely be launched in June, the utility’s ongoing rate hearing was told on Monday.
Utility feels it can convince half or more of the 17,000 meter refusers to change their minds
Robert Jones · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 16, 2026 5:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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N.B. Power is hopeful that opposition to smart meters has softened in recent months. It believes the successful installation and operation of hundreds of thousand of units will convince some nervous customers there is nothing to fear. (Babatundé Lawani/Radio Canada)
A campaign to convince the 17,000 New Brunswick households that have refused the installation of a smart meter to change their minds will likely be launched in June, the utility’s ongoing rate hearing was told on Monday.
N.B. Power vice-president Phil Landry said the utility is waiting for the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board to approve a proposed monthly meter reading fee of $4.65 on holdouts before trying one last time to win them over.
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