Is the “smart meter” scare justified HELSINKI, February 18, 2012–In the old days a person was reading an electricity meter. In the spirit of technological progress and making everything possible wirelessly, in recent years, electric companies introduced “smart meters”. Nobody needs to read them. The meters send readings automatically to the electric company. Meter reading
Read more →Smart meters for energy to be voluntary Plans to force households to have energy smart meters installed have been shelved over health and privacy fears. From the UK Telegraph, Feb. 3, 2012 By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent 6:30AM GMT 01 Feb 2012 The Government had promised that every household would have a smart meter by
Read more →From Hans Karov Don So far this is the first honest non-biased report from a public health officer! Poki Stewart Namkung, M.D. M.P.H., prepared this report: Health Risks Associated With SmartMeters. (see pages 9-18) A brief summary is here: http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=6959 but the upper link is a must read! Regards Hans
Read more →Here is another relevant article for Australia about so called smart grids. It is in the American context but the same is currently being rolled out in Australia where it looks like becoming a major controversy. For example see: http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/author/stopsmartmetersaustralia/ Don By B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning 22 March 2011 Published in Energy Bulletin,
Read more →From Stephen Boone: The book “Smart Meters – Smarter Practices” by Dr. Jamieson (commissioned by the UK EM Radiation Research Trust), comprises 265 pages of research & current knowledge of health & environmental effects from the smart meters. This work is a highly recommended read and can be downloaded (for free) on: Part 1 of
Read more →Article from BBC News: Which? warns of energy smart meter ‘fiasco’ 15 January 2012 Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16565100 The scheme to install new energy meters in every home in the UK should be halted because of spiraling costs, a consumer campaign group has warned. Which? said the government, rather than energy companies, should install the “smart meters”
Read more →I wonder if consumers in this smart meter trial will be given the choice of opting out if they request to be excluded – and will they be warned that some people may suffer adverse symptoms as well, especially if the meter box is on the bedroom wall close to the bedhead.? Of course not.
Read more →Compiled and sent in by Robert Williams: SMART METER PRIVACY VIOLATIONS. 1. Must-See 4-minute youtube video on Smart meters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8JNFr_j6kdI SMART METER HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CANCER. 2. The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION on May 31 2011 placed the Non-ionizing radiation coming from Wireless smart meters (and some other wireless devices) on the Class 2-B Carcinogen List.
Read more →On September 12th the investigative program Today Tonight aired an explosive investigation into the massive mistakes being made with the new smart meter power bills revealing serious flaws that affect nearly every electricity user if they have a smart meter installed. Power scandal exposed September 12, 2011, 6:18 pm James Thomas Today Tonight A whistleblower
Read more →From André Fauteux: Dalton McGuinty’s shocking admission: Editorial http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2010/09/17/15392101.html TORONTO SUN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 Premier Dalton McGuinty, having launched Ontario on a billion-dollar smart meter experiment, now admits the electricity pricing scheme that’s supposed to make it all work, isn’t. Terrific! Now he tells us. Couldn’t his experts have figured this out before he
Read more →From Lyn McLean, EMR Australia: Dear Friends Did you know that the introduction of smart meters may affect people’s health and invade individual privacy? The new issue of ‘EMR and Health’ includes a feature on smart meter technology, the benefits, the risks and the concerns, featuring news from Australia and overseas. This issue also contains
Read more →From the EMR Policy Institute: www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/press_releases/2011/020811clpmeters.pdf STATE OF CONNECTICUT – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL GEORGE JEPSEN Jepsen Urges State Regulators to Reject CL&P’s Plan to Replace Electric Meters For Immediate Release Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011 Connecticut Light & Power Co.’s plan to replace existing electric meters with advanced technology would be expensive
Read more →From the Alternet news service: View this story online at: http://www.alternet.org/story/149764/ Backlash Against Smart Meters: Are the Green Gizmos Really a Threat to Public Health and Privacy? By Cameron Scott, AlterNet Posted on February 2, 2011 California prides itself on being an early adopter of energy-saving technologies. And so, in 2003, as smart meters —
Read more →From Robert Gregory in New Zealand: The New York Times Health Concerns Over ‘Smart’ Electric Meters Gain Traction in Calif. By DEBRA KAHN of Greenwire Link: http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/50595/1038/61020/0/ The newest opposition to “smart” electric meters is gaining traction — even if its validity is questionable. Amid claims of malfunctioning meters, privacy issues and dubious economic value,
Read more →NOTE: In the previous post of the Sage Associates statement an incompatibility in transferring the file over to this list resulted in the auto format going berserk. Following is the correct statement. Please delete previous post. Don *********************************************************************************** Declaration of Cynthia Sage, Sage Associates January 4, 2011 My name is Cynthia Sage. I am the
Read more →From Sage Associates: PG&E considers SmartMeter compromise David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, November 20, 2010 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is considering options for customers who fear that the utility’s new, wireless SmartMeters jeopardize their health, although company representatives won’t say what those might be. “We want those customers to understand that we
Read more →NOTE: An excellent analysis of smart meter technology as it is being implemented in the UK is on the UK Powerwatch site at: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20101018_smart_meter.asp Comments from Alasdair Philips, Powerwatch: I think smart meter data over PLC works fine. It is not really broadband – high-speed shared PLC broadband does not work well. The standard for
Read more →Over the next few years it is likely there will be a nationwide roll-out of so-called smart meters as an essential part of a planned national smart energy network. Will the committee that is overseeing the creation of this network be considering the problems being highlighted in other countries and take corrective action? For example,
Read more →From Cindy Sage, CHE EMF : (See her comments at the end of this article.) Smart Meters and Smart Regulation August 20, 2010 http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/smart-meters-and-smart- regulation/#more-7812 tags: smart grid, green power, smart meters, PG&E, cleantech, Jared Huffman, BioInitiative Report by Steven Weissman The poor little smart meter…it keeps catching all kinds of grief when all that
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