Smart Meters A Fire Danger For Some Homeowners

Nearly every home and business in the metro have one. Kansas City Power & Light is at the tail end of a two and a half year project to install more than 700,000 smart meters across the metro. It’s a small part of the billions of dollars utilities have invested in smart meters across the U.S. But there are serious concerns Waverly Galbreath experienced firsthand. The burn marks are visible on his KCMO home. A burned-out circuit board is the only remaining part of the smart meter at Galbreath’s home where the July fire started. Galbreath wasn’t at home when it started. "I got a call from my neighbor and he said my house was on fire.