The City Council has turned down a request from the city-owned Ashland Electric Department to charge customers $120 plus $20 a month to opt out of the new meters, which save money by transmitting the readings so meter readers don’t have to drive down driveways and get out of cars. Instead, it adopted a budget that moved $150,000 from reserves to cover the costs of customers who don’t want smart meters, which so far number about 150.
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