Quote Originally Posted by CrashDummy View Post
I should have said that it will induce a current. Whether or not the smart meter can detect that and charge them some small amount for having an active circuit, I don't know.
As another poster pointed out, the fan is switched off at this time, which means it's physically disconnected from the power circuit, probably via a relay. If power can't get to it, it can't send power back to the meter.

So, no, the fan spinning, generating electricity, and somehow causing a smart meter to detect upstream current as downstream current is complete hogwash.