Assessing the Safety of Smart Meter Installations In British Columbia: Analysis of Residential Structure Fires in BC between July 2010 and June 2012

In June of 2011, BC Hydro commenced implementation of its mart Metering SProgram, whichinvolved converting every residential property in BC from legacy metering to wireless technology smart meters. This Smart Metering Program involves replacing existing electrical meters that are obsolete, with a comprehensive wireless smart metering As of Augustsystem. 2014 an estimated 1.881million smart meters have been installed, representing approximately 99% of the total 1.9 millionsmart meters that BC Hydro expects to install as a foundation to its Smart Metering initiative.