"Paul B. Webster VK2BZC" wrote:

>   The story goes ... that the electricity supplier doesn't like you to
> have a capacitive ("leading") phase angle because the electricity meter
> isn't calibrated for this condition and will under-read, even run
> backward if the phase angle is severely capacitive!

Paul, what you say, is that if I create a device and install it between
the electric meter and all my house wiring, and by any way this device
cause a strong shift in current angle, say 90¡ to Voltage, reflected to
the meter, and correct it back to my house wiring, I would be paying
almost zero of power consume?  But according to what you said, meters
are calibrated differently, as if they would be expecting some incorrect
power factors, so probably that "free" angle should be not exactly 90¡.  

Question:  Why should a meter take current *AND* voltage to calculate my
house's power consume?  Reading just current should be enough, since
voltage is a known element and by this way they can avoid problems with
power factor messing with their measurement...