If you have concerns about upgrading your meter, you may choose to have a non-communicating meter instead. Dominion Energy will still need to replace your existing meter and will install a new meter which has had the communicating module disabled. With this meter, you will not gain the benefit of any of the smart meter enabled services and programs designed for smart meter technology. Dominion Energy will be required to manually visit your address each month to collect a monthly meter reading.
As allowed by Public Service Commission of South Carolina Order Nos. 2019-622 and 2020-86, customers of Dominion Energy South Carolina must pay an installation fee of $168.00 as well as a monthly fee of $15.00 to offset the charges associated with this manual process. For more information, please call our customer service team at 833-956-6723.
For more information on the smart meter, visit Itron's Consumer Resource Center.