ENERGY LAW – SEVENTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT PUBLIC UTILITY’S USE OF “SMART METERS” DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN UNREASONABLE SEARCH
On August 16, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion holding that the use of digital “smart meters” by a public utility constitutes a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as well as the Illinois Constitution. After receiving a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to modernize its electrical…