I wonder how long before electric companies start billing consumers for apparent power rather then real power using smart meters in New York.

I predict that will be a political shit-show 💩 when some people’s bills go up dramatically, especially those people that have a lot of devices with capacitive droppers or run big electric motors like laundry machines with shitty power factors. ✊ But maybe it will encourage better, more energy efficient appliances. ♻️

The moral of the story, is that people don’t like it when they “get free stuff by stealing from other people and then guberment takes their free electricity away.” 🔌