Utilities Kingston is actively monitoring the issue with Sensus Smart Meters in Saskatchewan for potential impacts to customers in the Kingston Hydro distribution area. We would like to reassure customers that Utilities Kingston has not installed that same generation of electric meters.

The Ontario Energy Board has gathered information on smart meter model types that are used by electricity distributors across Ontario. The Board has confirmed that no utilities in Ontario use the Sensus third-generation 3.3 meters, the model used in Saskatchewan. Utilities Kingston has installed second-generation meters for all 27,000 homes and businesses in the Kingston Hydro distribution area.

Safe and reliable metering services are important to Utilities Kingston. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, when Utilities Kingston installed second generation Sensus brand smart meters, our technicians took proactive steps to ensure the continued safety of metering equipment.  We will continue to monitor and communicate about developments on this important issue.