I no longer have the electromechanical meter on my house. The power company pulled it and replaced it with a digital meter, I wouldn't call it a smart meter because the meter reader guy still has a job.
The power meter on our other house has some kind of smart meter. It has a regular KWH counter, then 2 additional counters going on too. One KWH counter for "80% VA" and then a couple months ago I noticed they added a "55% VA" counter too.
They are obviously charging a different rate for lower power factor consumption there.
If I am there while the sun is up I will have to get a picture of these other KWH tallies the meter tracks.
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