capitola city council, but installed by pg&e after the flood. i didn t appreciate the way they snuck them in. reporter: local business woman dawn wallace while cleaning up the flood-damaged craft gallery says she wished pg&e had at least given notice before installing the 17 new meters in town. they didn t say, oh, while we re here, we re putting smart meters on all the meters. i didn t i mean, they could have said something. reporter: in fact, as things start to get back to normal here, many residents already skeptical of the meters are now sounding off against pg&e. i see this much more as a money grabby pg&e. just another way to get more money on your bill every month without having to go to the puc and raise your rates. i think that pg&e kind of getting what they want, they re the big kahuna in town and i don t like that, and i feel as though we should take it a look at stronger. i don t think we re going to win. reporter: pg&e did not have someone to talk