A research group on Thursday informed that allegations placed by consumers in California regarding smart meters miscalculating the amount of power used by household, resulting in “unfairly huge amount of bills”, are unfounded and that meters were functioning absolutely fine.

Nationwide concerns relating to the so-called miscalculation by the meters while monitoring the amount of electricity consumed, the measures set in the middle of necessity to conserve energy, will offer some respite, with the finding stating that the 6.7 million meters deployed by Pacific Gas & Electric work accurately.

The meters are a central part of the attempt at upgrading the network, which is an undertaking that President Obama has contrasted its insignificance to the construction of the highway inter-state system.

Consumers instead have not really welcomed the plan, since PG&E meter rollout has had to face a flood of complaints that meters calculate high bills, irrespective of using less amount of energy, and so the consumers have filed a class action suit, an effort placed by a number of cities.

In the month of April, watchdogs in California ordered an inspection into the matter.

Katherine Hamilton of GridWise Alliance said that people now have been trying to keep a close watch.