As Victoria is presently the focus of anti smart meter protests in Australia perhaps it is fitting that the Australian Institute of Energy hosts a Melbourne seminar on the future of smart meters. For concerned people able to attend (for $40) this could be a good opportunity to voice these concerns and perhaps get some
Read more →From Consumers Digest, http://www.consumersdigest.com: Why Smart Meters Might Be a Dumb Idea Smart meters are supposed to help to give you more control over your energy use. But many experts doubt that you”ll ever see the electricity and cost savings that electric companies and smart-meter manufacturers tout. Excerpt: If your house doesn”t have a smart
Read more →On May 17th 2012, Energy Safe Victoria (ESV), released a draft report on the safety of smart meters. Titled Safety of Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Victoria, the report was written in response to increasing public concerns over a number of issues with the compulsory roll-out of smart meters. Although the draft report stated that the
Read more →From Joel Moskowitz: Maine Public Utilities Commission didn”t address smart meter safety, court says DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press, July 12, 2012, at 8:03 p.m. PORTLAND, Maine Maine”s highest court ruled Thursday that state regulators failed to adequately address safety concerns about Central Maine Power”s smart meters but the ruling had no immediate impact
Read more →From Andre Fauteux: Quebec-based magazine La Maison du 21e siecle asked physician David O. Carpenter, former founding dean of the University at Albany (NY)”s School of Public Health, to comment on a letter published in the Montreal daily Le Devoir last May 24. This letter claimed wireless smart meters pose no risk to public health.
Read more →From Magda Havas: Smart Meter Victory in Oakland County, Michigan (posted on the Michigan Stop Smart Meters website) Posted on June 21, 2012 Excerpt June 21st, 2012 “” Oakland County, Michigan “” Commissioners Support Smart Meter Refusal. Today, on a unanimous consent vote, the 25 member Oakland County, Michigan, Board of Commissioners approved a resolution
Read more →From André Fauteux It is ironic that in his May 29 letter, engineer, businessman and philanthropist Lorne Trottier should call Dr David Carpenter an alarmist activist and conclude that wireless ”smart meters pose no risk to health” when not a single independent study has been performed on their health effects. In fact, in California alone,
Read more →In this time of difficult economic times where appliance manufactures struggle to keep up their market share and profits, smart grids and smart meters look like a really smart idea. What a great way to assure that literally billions of homeowners globally will have to replace their old ‘dumb’ home appliances with new ‘smart’ ones
Read more →Next time you are hunting for an energy efficient home appliance to replace that old dryer, microwave oven or fridge, the obvious step is to choose one with a good Energy Star rating. Note, however, that the Energy Star rating will soon have provision for new generation home appliances that have wireless connectivity to a
Read more →http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Smart-Meters-UK/370392813005017 About We want to inform people of the serious health, privacy and cost issues associated with Smart Meters and empower people to refuse Smart Meters when they are offered them by their utility company as they will not be mandatory. There have already been half a million Smart Meters installed by British Gas with
Read more →MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 17 May 2012 SMART METERS ARE SAFE CONCLUDES ENERGY SAFETY REGULATOR Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) has today released its draft report into the safety of Victoria”s advanced metering infrastructure (smart meters). The report has found that smart meters are safe and don”t pose any greater safety risk than older electronic or electromechanical
Read more →From the ïEMR Policy Institute: The following is in response to the AP report on Vermont”s no-fee Opt Out from wireless Smart Meters as published in The Boston Globe on May 14, 2012: In response to the AP report”s statement that, “Smart meter supporters say the levels of RFRs emitted by the devices are much
Read more →From Elizabeth Kelly: By DAVE GRAM | Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) “” Worries about health effects, privacy and cost are fueling growing opposition to wireless, digital “smart meters” that utilities around the country are installing at homes and businesses and touting as key energy conservation and grid reliability tools. Vermont appears poised to take
Read more →In mid March I supplied an RF meter to a concerned citizens group in Melbourne to enable them to measure RF emissions from the smart meters currently being rolled out all over the Melbourne metropolitan area. The meter was provided courtesy of Radmeters http://www.radmeters.com/Cornet-ED25G.html Yesterday I received a number of video clips and have placed
Read more →The American Academy of Environmental Medicine Calls for Immediate Caution regarding Smart Meter Installation April 12, 2012 Excerpt: Wichita, KS” The American Academy of Environmental Medicine today released its position paper on electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) health effects calling for immediate caution regarding smart meter installations. Citing several peer”reviewed scientific studies, the AAEM
Read more →An excellent article on smart meters from Iris Atzmon, published in The Washington Times Communities: ISRAEL, April 16, 2012 “” In his Communities @WashingtonTimes.com column, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, writer Dariusz Leszczynski claims that “the deployment of the ‘smart meters’ will add very little radiation beyond existing exposures to cell phones and
Read more →From the Sydney Morning Herald: Smart meter hacks likely to spread: FBI Brian Krebs April 10, 2012 – 2:07PM Loved and loathed … The Victorian smart meter scheme has been controversial. Miscreants are reprogramming meters to report less power usage, for a fee. A series of hacks perpetrated against so-called “smart meter” installations over the
Read more →12 March 2012 was the deadline for submissions for a Senate Bill proposed by Senator Bob Brown. Titled the Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011, it proposes to give the community and local governments more say in the siting of mobile phone towers. See the various submissions here. Unfortunately after all this work, along
Read more →From Stop Smart Meters Australia: Moreland Council calls for smart-meter halt “” Moreland Leader Posted on March 15, 2012 MORELAND Council has backed a residents” fight against smart meters. At last night”s meeting the council voted to write to Energy Minister Michael O”Brien requesting he order power distributor Jemena to stop installing the meters until
Read more →March 14, 2012 They call them smart meters but a growing number of homeowners disagree. They”re claiming the new power monitoring devices are actually bad for your health. via Smart meter health concerns on MSN Video. Link to video here
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