Now that Naperville is finished installing its 57,000 smart meters as part of its Smart Grid Initiative, the city plans on spending roughly $90,000 to test the security of the wireless meters’ security. Activist groups against the smart meters have voiced serious concern over the meters’ ability to transmit information securely and protect the privacy of citizens. Continue reading here.

Mark Delbeck of Burlington Electric, checks the radio frequency of a newly-installed "smart" meter on Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Burlington, Vt. Vermont has become a hotbed in the debate over possible health effects and damage to privacy from a new generation of "smart" electric meters. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)