Md. regulators probe fire risk of smart meters

Published August 28, 2012 4:00am ET



Pepco plans to continue installing new electric meters in customers’ houses, although the meters have overheated and caught fire in the Philadelphia area, the Washington-area utility said Tuesday.

The Maryland Public Service Commission heard testimony from Pepco, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative on Tuesday after two of PECO’s 186,000 smart meters caught fire and 13 others overheated in the Philadelphia area.

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