A new generation of electricity meters is getting a test drive in central Ohio. For more than a year, about 110,000 local customers have been using “smart meters,” devices that allow two-way ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Over the next few years, RG&E and NYSEG will start installing smart meters in our homes, but it doesn’t come without controversy. Some people claim they’re a health hazard.

A widely shared social media post claimed: “Radio saying people may be cut off from electricity because they have old style meters and not smart ones.” People with a particular type of meter are being ...