Smart Meter Privacy Quiz Survey

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Test your understanding of what your electric company is doing with your energy usage data!

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* 1. Do you live in California?

Yes

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* 2. Which of the utilities below provide your electricity?

PG&E

SDG&E

Southern California Edison

I get my electricity from a municipal electric company

I don't know

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* 3. My home has a Smart Meter that measures my electricity usage

Yes, I have a Smart Meter

No, I have an analog meter

I don't know

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* 4. Your electric company's smart meter collects information about your family's electricity use:

once a week

once a day

every hour

every 15 minutes

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* 5. Your family's electricity usage can be used to:

tell what type of appliances you own

tell when your family is home

tell how much to bill you each month

all of the above

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* 6. The information gathered by your smart meter can be used to:

identify patterns in your and your family's activities at home

identify approximately how many people are in your household

identify patterns in you and your family's comings and goings

all of the above

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* 7. Which of the following agencies can access your family's electricity use information through your utility company?

Local police department

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

All of the above

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* 8. Who should get your Smart Meter data without your permission?

Local police department

A private investigator

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

No one should get my data without my permission

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* 9. If you do not want a Smart Meter

you can have it removed free of charge

you can pay your electric company to have it removed

you can have it removed but you have to pay opt-out fees: a fee for setup plus a monthly fee for 36 months

there is nothing you can do

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* 10. How concerned are you about your electric company's ability to gather and share information about you and your family?

I'm very concerned

I'm moderately concerned

I'm a little concerned

I'm not concerned at all

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* 11. Do you think your energy use information should be private?

Yes! It's my data, my utility company shouldn't be able to share it without my permission!

No, my life is an open book.

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* 12. Sign up to find out how you can fight for your privacy!

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