Court orders Assenede resident to accept digital electricity meter installation
Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A court in Ghent ordered a Bassevelde resident to allow Fluvius to install a digital electricity meter.
- The resident had previously refused the installation.
- The ruling does not prevent him from refusing a digital gas meter.
A resident of Bassevelde, in East Flanders, must allow a digital electricity meter to be installed at his home after a court in Ghent ruled against his refusal.
The court said Fluvius must be given access to the property to carry out the installation. The man had refused to cooperate until now.
The ruling applies to the electricity meter only. He remains entitled to refuse the installation of a digital gas meter.
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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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