Over the last decade, California homeowners have pushed back on smart meter installations by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE), alleging home fires were attributable to the smart meters despite state agencies not finding a direct correlation between the technology and the catastrophes. Animal studies have not shown evidence of this, and this effect has not been studied in people.”Program rollout is cost savings for Eversource, informational benefit for usersLuis Pizano, Eversource director of smart metering and smart meter operations, heads up the smart meter rollout in Massachusetts. Eversource smart meter manufacturers have had their meters hazard tested, even by third parties, without issue, he said. The monitoring performed by smart meters only reflects power usage and no other individual data, Pizano said. As for the RF exposure produced by smart meters, he relied on the devices having been approved by the Federal Communications Commission.