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安省电力安全局下令移除智能电表
2015-01-23 | 来源: 星岛日报
安省电力安全局（Electrical Safety Authority）下令移除全省约5,400个智能电表（smart meters），因为有报告指这类电表会有机会引致火警。去年夏天，沙省发生至少8宗智能电表引致火警事件，虽然沙省和安省使用不同型号的智能电表，但电力安全局主席及总裁David Collie表示，为了预防危险发生，还是决定移除全省的智能电表。
沙省政府自火警後，已下令沙省电力公司（SaskPower）移除超过100,000个较新的智能电表，该省的调查报告指出，雨水和污染物流入电表後，会令电表损坏。电力安全局人员指，安省没有发生过与智能电表有关的火警或受伤事件，但曾收到一宗产生电弧（arcing）的个案。
全省约有5,400个智能电表，占480万个电表总数的0.001%，大部分安装在萨尼亚（Sarnia）地区，其次是滑铁卢（Waterloo）、基秦拿（Kitchener）、温莎和湿比利（Sudbury）等地。电力安全局已要求电力公司通知受影响客户，并於3月31日前把所有智能电表移除，以及提醒公众不要尝试自行移除电表。加通社
Fear of fire hazard causes removal of thousands of smart meters
Saskatchewan removed more than 100,000 meters last year because of fires
The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 22, 2015 2:58 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 23, 2015 10:28 AM ET
Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority is directing local utilities to replace a certain model of smart meter "as a preventative step" after reviewing reports of problematic metres in Saskatchewan.
Last summer, the Saskatchewan government ordered SaskPower to remove more than 100,000 newer model meters that had already been installed after reports of nine fires related to the equipment.
An investigation in Saskatchewan found that rain water and contaminants getting into the meters appeared to contribute to them failing.
In Ontario, the Electrical Safety Authority says no local utilities are using the model installed in Saskatchewan.
It says "no serious safety events" have been reported in Ontario but still wants a certain smart meter model removed by March 31 as a precaution.
There are 5,400 of these meters in Ontario, which is a tenth of a per cent of the 4.8 million meters in the province. The ESA has posted a listof how many of the affected smart meters have been deployed by power companies around Ontario. Bluewater Power Distribution, which covers Sarnia and other communities in southwestern Ontario, has the most with over 3,400, followed by 449 with Waterloo North Hydro.
The province's auditor general criticized smart meters in her 2014 annual report, saying the $2-billion program has so far spent double its projected cost and has not led to the government's electricity conservation goals being met.
The Ontario environmental commissioner has said the gap between peak and off-peak prices needs to be much higher in order to encourage people to conserve.
© The Canadian Press, 2015
2015-01-23 | 来源: 星岛日报
安省电力安全局（Electrical Safety Authority）下令移除全省约5,400个智能电表（smart meters），因为有报告指这类电表会有机会引致火警。去年夏天，沙省发生至少8宗智能电表引致火警事件，虽然沙省和安省使用不同型号的智能电表，但电力安全局主席及总裁David Collie表示，为了预防危险发生，还是决定移除全省的智能电表。
沙省政府自火警後，已下令沙省电力公司（SaskPower）移除超过100,000个较新的智能电表，该省的调查报告指出，雨水和污染物流入电表後，会令电表损坏。电力安全局人员指，安省没有发生过与智能电表有关的火警或受伤事件，但曾收到一宗产生电弧（arcing）的个案。
全省约有5,400个智能电表，占480万个电表总数的0.001%，大部分安装在萨尼亚（Sarnia）地区，其次是滑铁卢（Waterloo）、基秦拿（Kitchener）、温莎和湿比利（Sudbury）等地。电力安全局已要求电力公司通知受影响客户，并於3月31日前把所有智能电表移除，以及提醒公众不要尝试自行移除电表。加通社
Fear of fire hazard causes removal of thousands of smart meters
Saskatchewan removed more than 100,000 meters last year because of fires
The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 22, 2015 2:58 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 23, 2015 10:28 AM ET
Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority is directing local utilities to replace a certain model of smart meter "as a preventative step" after reviewing reports of problematic metres in Saskatchewan.
Last summer, the Saskatchewan government ordered SaskPower to remove more than 100,000 newer model meters that had already been installed after reports of nine fires related to the equipment.
An investigation in Saskatchewan found that rain water and contaminants getting into the meters appeared to contribute to them failing.
In Ontario, the Electrical Safety Authority says no local utilities are using the model installed in Saskatchewan.
It says "no serious safety events" have been reported in Ontario but still wants a certain smart meter model removed by March 31 as a precaution.
There are 5,400 of these meters in Ontario, which is a tenth of a per cent of the 4.8 million meters in the province. The ESA has posted a listof how many of the affected smart meters have been deployed by power companies around Ontario. Bluewater Power Distribution, which covers Sarnia and other communities in southwestern Ontario, has the most with over 3,400, followed by 449 with Waterloo North Hydro.
The province's auditor general criticized smart meters in her 2014 annual report, saying the $2-billion program has so far spent double its projected cost and has not led to the government's electricity conservation goals being met.
The Ontario environmental commissioner has said the gap between peak and off-peak prices needs to be much higher in order to encourage people to conserve.
© The Canadian Press, 2015
