Comment by jart

The average European home consumes 400 watts at any given moment. Modern digital smart meters can consume 4 watts on average, which is 1% of a household's power consumption. On the grand scheme of society, these 1% losses in each home add up. If we consider all the grid monitoring equipment that's typically employed by electrical companies outside the home, the problem becomes much greater. In order to maximize energy efficiency and improve our environmental footprint, we must remove these metering and monitoring devices, which don't actually contribute to the delivery and consumption of power.