State by State List of People and Organizations Fighting “Smart” Meters in the US, followed by Canada, Australia, and the UK. Write info[at]stopsmartmeters[dot]org if you’d like to be included, or if you know of organizations who are not listed here.
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Alabama
Nancy Swan http://www.toxicjustice.com
Alaska
Arizona
Elizabeth Kelley, Director, Electromagnetic Safety Alliance
www.electromagneticsafety.org
info [AT] electromagneticsafety [DOT] org
Tucson, Tucson Electric Power
Warren Woodward, w6345789 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Sedona
Arkansas
Charlene Sanders, charliegirl42[AT]gmail[DOT]com
California
Santa Cruz County CA
Joshua Hart, Director, Stop Smart Meters!
info[AT]stopsmartmeters[DOT]org
Marin County CA
Mary Beth Brangan
Ecological Options Network, EON
eon3EMFblog.net,
YouTube channel: youtube.com/eon3
marybeth [AT] eon3 [DOT] net
Sacramento, CA- SMUD
Eric Windheim (916) 395 7336
e[dot]windheim[at]comcast[dot]net
Sonoma County, CA
EMFSafetyNetwork.Org — Sandi Maurer 707-824-0824
Southern CA
Susan Brinchman, Director,
Center for Electrosmog Prevention
director[at]electrosmogprevention[dot]org
http://electrosmogprevention.org
http://www.smartmeterdangers.org
Southern Californians Against Smart Meters (SCASM)
American Coalition Against Smart Meters
Southern Californians For Wired Solutions to Smart Meters
info.scwssm (AT) gmail.com
Burbank
Kiku Lani Iwata
BurbankACTION [at] aol [dot] com
https://sites.google.com/site/nocelltowerinourneighborhood/home
http://burbankaction.wordpress.com/
http://burbankaction.wordpress.com/petition/
Glendale
glendaleaction[at]gmail[dot]com
Topanga, CA
Elizabeth Barris
http://www.thepeoplesinitiative.org/
http://www.americanassociationforcellularsafety.org/
contact [AT] thepeoplesinitiative [DOT] org
Orange County, CA
Maureen Homan
www.StopOCSmartMeters.com
Maureen [AT] stopocsmartmeters [DOT] com
Santa Barbara County, CA
http://www.consumerspoweralliance.com/
Irvine CA
http://stopsmartmetersirvine.
Siskiyou County CA
Betty Kreeger, bjkreeger[AT]att[DOT]net
Colorado
Citizens Smart Meter Awareness (CCSMA)
http://ccsma.blogspot.com/ Virginia Farver, vfarv [AT] hotmail [DOT] com
Colorado Citizens Awareness on EMF and Smart Metering
http://cocitizensonrf.blogspot.com/
E-mail: coloradorf[AT]yahoo[DOT]com
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
http://smartmetermatrix.org/
news [AT] smartmetermatrix [DOT] org
http://freevolusia.com/smartmeters/
Coalition for Health Against Smart Meters
http://nosmartmetersflorida.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Austin, end.smartmeters [AT] comcast [DOT] net
Debbie Rubin (near Orlando) mamarubin [AT] msn [DOT] com
Diana Schultz (Orlando) diana [AT] greenandhealthyhomes [DOT] net
http://lakelandsmartmeterawareness.org
Georgia
http://StopSmartMetersGeorgia.org
Augusta
Rebecca Schwartz
Seagrams1bs [AT] yahoo [DOT] com
Survey: http://www.georgiaeagle.org/449
Hawaii
http://www.StopSmartMetersHawaii.com
Ray Songtree, kauaitruth (AT) gmail.com
http://KauaiTruth.com
Salvadour Lourdes (“Sal”), Director, MCS-America
salvadorlourdes [AT] yahoo [DOT] com
http://www.mcs-america.org
Idaho
Illinois
Jen Stahl
http://www.NapervilleSmartMeterAwareness.org
Naperville
Indiana
No Smart Meter 4 Indiana Facebook Page
Iowa
Guy Harvey, Fairfield IA guygharvey[at]yahoo[dot]com
http://fairfieldsafemeters.com/
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org
Ed Friedman, edfomb [AT] Comcast.net 207-666-3372
Diane Wilkins: dnwilkins [AT] aol.com 207-797-3716
Suzanne Foley-Ferguson: pinusstrobus[AT]maine.rr.com 207-883-1162
www.smartmetersafety.org [not active but good information]
Elisa Boxer, eboxer [AT] maine.rr.com [not active but knowledgeable]
Maryland
Maryland Smart Meter Awareness
Rebecca Hanna Director of Public Relations
rebeccadiener63[at]gmail[dot]com
Massachusetts
http://StopSmartMetersMassachusetts.org
Sandra: Globalrfrdefenseteam [AT] verizon [DOT] net
Petition for MA: http://www.change.org/
Michigan
http://michiganstopsmartmeters.com
http://stopsmartmetersgr.wordpress.com/
Michigan1 [AT] bansmartmeters [DOT] com
Minnesota
St. Paul
Leo Cashman
dams [AT] usfamily [DOT] net
Arden Hills
Steve Cook email: manager[at]ardenhills[dot]org
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Angel DeFazio
NTEF-USA.org
NVE Stop Smart Meters
ntefusa [AT] aol [DOT] com
http://www.nevadaconstitutionalalliance.com
http://www.trueemfsolutions.com/
New Hampshire
http://www.nhagainstsmartmeters.org
Facebook: http://facebook.com/NHagainstSmartMeters
New Jersey
Seth, Stop Smart Meters! New Jersey: http://theevolutionofosiris.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/stop-smart-meters-in-new-jersey/
New Mexico
http://whyfry.org/tag/smartmeters/
New York
http://www.stopsmartmetersny.org
mbabineau [AT] xos [DOT] com
Michelle Hertz, mihertz[AT]optonline[DOT]net
Deborah Kopald, Deborah_Kopald [AT] ymail [DOT] com
Upstate
Michael Giammusso, HHP
Natural Health Practitioner
P.O. Box 576, Getzville, NY 14068
716*632*4024
www.nynaturalhealthcenter.com
Michael [at] nynaturalhealthcenter[dot]com
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
annbw [AT] sbcglobal [DOT] net
https://www.facebook.com/groups/258342357528590/%20Oklahoma%20Smart%20Meter%20Info%20Swap
Oregon
Ashland- Rod Newton newtons[at]mind[dot]net
Pennsylvania
penn1 [AT] bansmartmeters [DOT] com
Lisa Nancollas LNancollas[at]aol[dot]com
Rhode Island
starsurfer [AT] cox [DOT] net
hyacinth.dcosta18 [at] gmail [dot] com
South Carolina
calistaw[at]earthlink[dot]net
South Dakota
Tennessee
http://www.stopsmartmetersnow.com/
cindyturpin[at]gmail[dot]com
Texas
http://www.bantexassmartmeters.com/
Cynthia, info [AT] bansmartmeters [DOT] com
www.bansmartmeters.com
Thelma Taormina, Thelma [AT] 912membersusa [DOT] com
http://www.912membersusa.com
Houston
graciebona [AT] yahoo [DOT] com
The Woodlands
johilde [AT] sbcglobal [DOT] net
Houston
Devvy Kidd
devvyk [AT] earthlink [DOT] net
http://www.devvy.com/
http://www.devvy.com/smart_meter_legal_defense.html
Big Spring
John Marler
teaparty911.com
jmarler [AT] marfam [DOT] com
Georgetown (Austin)
Georgetown Utility (municipal utility)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/centerstage/2011/09/17/oncors-smart-meter-and-the-money-trail
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/centerstage/2011/09/03/is-oncor-smart-meter-scamming-their-customers
Utah
Vermont
http://vermont4evolution.wordpress.com
EMR Policy Institute
http://www.emrpolicy.org/
Janet Newton
info [AT] emrpolicy [DOT] org
Jesse Mayhew
Campaign Manager, Wake Up Opt Out, Vermont
Phone: 802 * 779 * 0500
info [at] wakeupoptout[dot]org
Matt Levin
Vermonters for a Clean Environment
http://vce.org/
matt [AT] vce [DOT] org
Virginia
Christine Hoch, Executive Director
Center For Safer Wireless
JNewton [AT] emrpolicy [DOT] org
http://www.centerforsaferwireless.org
Washington (state)
Karen Nold, MeansForChange.com, Email: Karen[at]MeansForChange[dot]com
Washington, DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Catherine Kleiber
webmaster [AT] electricalpollution [DOT] com
http://www.electricalpollution.com/smartmeters.html
Char Zehfus
http://firstdonoharmblog.blogspot.com/
wisconsinmelodygirl [AT] yahoo [DOT] com
http://libertyslogic.blogspot.com
Sheboygan
Alliant Energy, Wisconsin Public Service
Wyoming
Canada
BC
http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.ca
http://www.willthomasonline.net/smart%20meters%20pushback.htm
Quebec
http://refusonslescompteurs.wordpress.com refusonscompteurs[at]gmail[dot]com
Ontario
Australia
United Kingdom
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/



I think I already have a smart meter installed on my house.
I live in Pacifica, Ca. What number can I call to get this removed and a new analogue
meter installed?
Thanks
http://www.smartmetersmurder.com
Jerry Kirk, legal expert & RepublicBroadcasting.org radio host of The Gathering Offering (Sat. nights @ 10 pm EST) is glad to inform StopSmartMeters.org that he has written proof and “photographic evidence of an individual that has whooped the smart meter installation and the actual paperwork the man used.”
Mr. Kirk requests that you contact him @ 870-496-2727 (he does not use internet) before his next radio broadcast on Jan. 21, 2012. He invites all people who want to stop smart meters to listen in to his news this coming Saturday.
Thank you!
Thank You for this valuable info! I called and left a message for a reply! cant wait to hear what he has to say! I am a 20 year cancer survivor living in a 3 family home here in the Bronx New York. I have a wife ,3 children, 2 tenants,2 dogs. I know through research the dangers that these smart meters do and dont want them near me! that would constitute to 3 meters 2 gas meters and a water meter! any other info you come across woukld be great so i will keep checking back here for updates! Thanks again God bless you and everyone for finally speaking up against” the powers that were”
Great program on Gary Null. Is there a mailing list to join for current updates?
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the lazy mailman left a notice for a certified letter without ringing our bell or indicating who it is from.
a neighbor suggested that it’s from PG&E and we don’t know whether it would be better to ignore it or sign for it.
needless to say it’s impossible to reach any of the few people who care about this issue by telephone or get a reply to e-mail.
Citizens disrupt public hearing with SCC and Dominion Power in Richmond Virginia to voice health concerns regarding AMI digital meters and smart meters.
Virginia has gone too quiet on the subject of smart meters until yesterday.
They have rolled smart meters out in 3 counties, and a 4th now in Williamsburg. But they have also taken the existing digital meters called AMI meters and added an rf chip to them in other counties, unbeknownst to the home owners.
Here is an article written about the public hearing. Please help get the word out for the people of Virginia!
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45092
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How do you know if you have a smart meter? I am new to this and sorry to ask such a dumb questions.
@Debra, please go to our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in top menu, and click on “Basics”.
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I made a video that features a lego truck blowing up a smart meter, which also includes vital details that oppose the smart meter movement. Please pass this video along to the “against-smart-meter faithful” to help spread the news. Thank you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1egnu4D7OA
Dear Partners struggle
Will happen in Rio de Janeiro an event which I think is relevant and a kind of sign to the world to see our fight against “ smart meters”.
Rio +20 international conference
see http://www.rio20.gov.br/about_the_rio_more_20
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, will be held from 13 to 22 June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro. It is known as Rio +20 because it marks the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio-92), and should help define the sustainable development agenda for the coming decades..
Brazil’s petition to host Rio +20 was approved in the 6th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in 2009.
The objective of the conference is to renew political commitment to sustainable development, through the assessment of progress and gaps in the implementation of decisions made at the major summits held on the subject, and through the discussion of new and emerging issues.
The Conference will have two main themes:
Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication,
And the institutional framework for sustainable development.
Feel free to contact me
Fernando Duque
We already posted an “opt out” notice on our home, due to medical reasons, etc.- and already refused this installation in person when they came out- now we are being extorted- which is a crime- pay if you don’t want a service? I don’t understand- why would they spend 3 billion dollars to upgrade their system to this new system of ‘smart’ meters- when the current system works perfectly fine and always has?
Go to:
http://stopkiuc.com/wp-content/themes/atahualpa_1/pdf/PUC%20Response%20July%2011%202012.pdf
It appears Kauai got its ‘opt in’, through ‘Stop KIUC’s Mark Naea effort.
Is there anyone against Smart Meters in Indiana? I can’t seem to find ANY websites or information about those who oppose these meters in my state. Thanks.
I no longer buy wireless devices. I turned off the wireless features in my computer and printer. I will not buy a cell phone. I will not buy a laptop or IPad. The whole industry needs to change directions. This smart meter insanity has a little bit to do with how we’ve embraced these silly wireless toys of ours. Fiber optic might a better way to go…that what Bill Gates uses. He doesn’t want cancer…neither do I. STOP BUYING WIRELESS Make your home a wireless free zone as much as you can.
2 mins of lies from an installer – funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfK8JP-hYLU&feature=plcp
Smart meters …… are way too smart … people need to research a bit and make educated decisions on the subject.
You have the right to refuse. It is a monitoring device with a computer that speaks to a “mother ” computer via radio.
It may cause health problems
It has caused fires
It will not save you money , it’s a “meter ” meters cannot save you money , most have reported an increase in bills , in fact the meter uses electricity that you are paying for.
It is violates my right to privacy , the information collected can and will be out sourced sold
It is a computer , the entire grid will become hackable and susceptible to crashes-
What do you have to gain ?
What do you have to loose ?
You have a Google use it lots of free info on the subject , we should have a choice , after all
I still love my rotary phone
Watch this , at least its a giggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfK8JP-hYLU&feature=plcp
Hi,
The last few month’s my ears have been ringing and I cannot sleep. I actually woke up to some buzzing. It was strange, and I now I’m curious is a meter has been put up around my property. I live in the city of Northgate, close to Seattle, WA.
Is there an office or person I can contact in WA? How do you locate them?
Thanks!
Have had analog meter throughout opt out process here in Orange County CA. My august electrical bill shows the initial fee and monthly charge is due now. Does anyone know if there’s an tempory suspension of charging these fees?
Thanks in advance
In Canada, province of Québec we have about 10 groups againts smartmeters. Here is de web site http://refusonslescompteurs.wordpress.com/ and the addresse to reach us refusonscompteurs@gmail.com .
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PWC ‘smart’ meters closer to reality for Fayetteville homes
By Andrew Barksdale
Staff writer
Fayetteville’s first “smart” electric and water meters are scheduled to be rolled out in two years.
The Public Works Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to approve a plan to install the high-tech meters over four years beginning in fiscal 2014. The $54 million initiative includes making changes to the entire grid, from substations to voltage towers, to adapt to the new technology.
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Hello,
I live in San Francisco, and after a year of feeling a lot of the basic symptoms , I’ve finally come to realize that it all coincided with the installation of the Smart Meter in our apartment complex.
I hate that it got installed without consent. There are around 6-9 meters in our garage, and a lot of our bedrooms are right above. I’m tired of it as I clearly remember a year ago, our health was not a problem.
I’ve contacted mayor lee , and the goverment’s office. Also my landlady as I wish to know how to opt out. But I would like to know what’s happening in San Francisco, and where does the city stand in this issue . I would love to see a ban on this technology, and would not mind donating my skills ( I am a professional painter, please view website) in order to help this happen. (is it too late for it to be in the November ballot too? )
Please feel free to contact me back, to my email or to here, as I am incredibly interested in where this is going.
Thank you
-Karla
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I live in upstate ny and have a smart meter attached to my home. I have had ringing in my ears for quite some time, and have read that this may be from a smart meter. How do I get the meter removed from my residence? my electric service is with Central Hudson Gas & electric. any information would be heplful.
Hello.. I’ve recently refused the smart meter and at first I had the electric company threatening to disconnect my service if I do not comply and then I received a letter from them saying by governing laws they have the right to replace my meter whether i want them to or not and they will do so in the next 14 days. I am not ok with it and I have no idea what else to do… I’ve contacted the governor but I don’t think that will get me very far. I need help. I live in Marion Indiana and I do not want this meter attached to my home.. What are the necessary steps to take? Should I contact an attorney? I’m well aware of the health risk and privacy issues. I don’t like it. Help!?!?
Pls contact me at garcia.mickey@rocketmail.com if you have a solution to my problem.. Thanks
Smart Grid Funding Misspent on Obsolete Technologies, Says New Report http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/12/05/smart-utility-meters.aspx#
I need help, please contact me if you can help.
ATTENTION ARDEN HILLS RESIDENTS! Lawyer wanted
Arden Hills, MN – City expanding power to monitor citizens in their homes.
Problem 1: PRIVACY CONCERNS: The new ‘smart’ water meter updates water usage every 4 seconds. Then it sends water usage every hour to the city.
Where is our privacy? If you stop using water for the night at 10pm the city will know because they will get signals during the night of no water usage. If the city gets a signal at 2am saying you used 1.5 gallons, then the city knows you just flushed your toilet. The government does not need to know when we flush our toilet (each flush uses the same amount of water in your home). They will even use the information to prosecute you if you water your lawn on the wrong days.
Where is our privacy? After a few weeks usage patterns will emerge. The city will see water not being used specific times of day and on specific days of the week giving the city (and anyone else) information regarding when we are gone for work/school. We cannot trust government officials with this data OR even the company that sends the signal to the city. Worse yet, the Freedom of Information act allows this data to be given to anyone who asks, including prospective burglars and pedophiles who can figure out when we are home and when we are gone making it a prime database for criminals.
The Fourth Amendment protects the right to be left alone from interference by the government. Reporting water usage every 4 seconds, every hour, even every day is too often. Can you accept that?
Smart meter story 1 of 2:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/watching-out-for-governments-other-purposes
WND EXCLUSIVE WATCHING OUT FOR GOVERNMENT’S ‘OTHER PURPOSES’
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Problem 2: HEALTH CONCERNS: The new ‘smart’ water meter’s signal is STRONGER than a cell phone or cordless telephone (DECT 6.0) systems
We all know about the health studies of people who are on cell phones too much. Cell phones should not be near your head hours a day, 7 days a week because the signal is not be good for you – the same goes for cordless phones (DECT 6.0).
Well, these new water meters will be right in your home, only a few feet from infants, kids, and adults, sending an even stronger signal 24/7 using the 450-470 MHz band making it a major health concern. Can you accept that?
Smart meter story 2 of 2:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/health-hazards-linked-to-utility-meters/
WND EXCLUSIVE HEALTH HAZARDS LINKED TO UTILITY METERS ‘Smart’ units blamed for sleep troubles, stress, headaches, heart problems
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Could you cell phone be killing you?
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/is-your-beloved-cell-phone-killing-you/
01/03/2013 national news story:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/now-radio-waves-coming-from-your-faucet/
Please contact the Arden Hills City:
Arden Hills City website http://www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us/
Main Arden Hills city person to contact: terry.maurer@ci.arden-hills.mn.us Public Works Director 651.792.7847
City email: cityhall@ci.arden-hills.mn.us
Arden Hills city Phone: 651.792.7800
Arden Hills city Fax: 651.634.5137
Equipment from: http://www.badgermeter.com/ Galaxy meters from Badger meter company.
651-321-3131
Hi Steve–a group of citizens in Saint Paul got an opt-out for our water meters. Now we have organized to form http://www.safetechnologyminnesota.org. Please call us –Leo is the phone number on our website but I will contact you as well. Petra
Hello all,
I have been reading for months now regarding these meters. I have recently purchased my family house I grew up in. I walked to the meter pan and low and behold there it was…..a RF meter. I live in the rural area of my parish (county) and we still have gravity septic systems. Works great I keep it maintained. However, when I go to change the electric bill into my name, the parish council tied a clause to “new” electric users. I must have an up dated sewer system, or they will pull the meter until I get a sanctioned system. I will be doing this. My question, finally, is when I go to get the service switched into my name can I request an analog meter? And, are they required to give it to me. I live in the parish of Livingstion, LA. My local electrical company is D.E.M.C.O. Do not want to call them just yet, as it will cost me a few thousand dollars to update my system. Do not want to let the on. I am asking for which direction to start, and some help if needed. I will read all of the information on this site too. Thanks for reading my story of how I came to this point.
MAKE A NOISE – The slide to dictatorship and denial of democratic rights should be hugely concerning to every single citizen of Canada or the USA, no matter if they like microwave device smart meters or not.
PLEASE PLEASE Tweet, FaceBook and YouTube any You Tube videos that “LIKES” smart meters. I do not know who wrote the words, but I would like to see every Power Company in the world eat them. Change your country if you have to, but please give us support.
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I have been tortured by the Virginia Sate Police and the Newport News Police for over 4 1/2 years. Just because you can’t see the blood, doesn’t make it any less painful. Please help. It is so painful. Pelase help, please, please. I need 100,00 signature in 30 days in order to stop the torture. Please help, please. They hack the wireless router in your electric meter! Please sign my petition at:
http://wh.gov/dXI4
Smart Meter Wars Simmer
TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR YOUR PROPERTY, YOU MUST GET PERMISSION FIRST
By William Boardman panthers007@comcast.net
Reader Supported News is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to Reader Supported News.
What do you call it when the police come onto your property over your objection, without a warrant, and then arrest you for blocking the installation of a surveillance device? You call it smart meter installation in Naperville, Illinois, one of the few places where there’s still resistance to the unproven devices.
Naperville, with a city-owned electric utility, has almost finished installing all its smart meters. In March it plans to “conduct a [1]public proceeding[1] in order to consider proposed Federal energy standards and decide whether it will implement these proposed standards or decline to do so,” as required by federal law.
Naperville, where the police arrested a woman for filming public officials carrying out their public duties, all the while being filmed by a TV camera crew, may be an unusual place, but the issues raised by smart meters are national and global. The woman, arrested on a public sidewalk, was charged with [2]“attempted eavesdropping.”[2]
With almost 50 million residential [3]wireless smart meters[3] installed in the United States by the end of 2012, smart meters have largely disappeared from news media at all levels, even though their usefulness and safety are no more assured now than when they were first proposed years ago.
Even Backers Offer No Guarantees for Smart Meters
The projected usefulness of wireless smart meters won’t be measurable until they have been more widely installed and in use for some time. The most likely use will be a utility’s ability to raise electric rates by charging more when usage is highest.
Utilities might justify this by the cost of installing and operating wireless meter networks, although the installation has been heavily subsidized and utilities made the choice to use wireless meters even though a wired meter network is more stable and less expensive to operate.
The human health effects of wireless smart meters have yet to be demonstrated, since their impact is cumulative over time. Basically the utilities are running a massive health experiment and most of the population will be the guinea pigs.
The security of wireless smart meters from hackers, government surveillance, marketing data collectors, or anyone else has yet to be demonstrated. There is generally no protection, for example, preventing utilities from monitoring behavior and selling the data.
Despite these uncertainties, the relentless coercion exercised by governments and government-regulated utilities across the country has successfully overwhelmed resistance in all but a few places.
City Arrests Single Moms for Opposing Smart Meters
In Naperville, the city not only proceeded with its smart meter installation before holding public proceedings required by law, the city also went forward in the face of a [4]pending federal lawsuit[4] that sought an injunction against their doing exactly what they did.
In other words, the events of January 24 did not come out of nowhere, but could be seen as a deliberate attempt by the city to install smart meters on people before the court could stop them. Of the numerous [5]videos documenting Naperville[5] activities, including outspoken criticism of the city’s actions. One video, that has [6]over 72,000 views,[6] shows utility workers stepping over a locked private gate onto private property, without permission but with police protection.
Besides its pending federal lawsuit and belated public proceeding, Naperville also has local elections coming up in April. Although [7]the Chicago Tribune[7] has provided consistent coverage of Naperville’s determination to impose smart meters on every electricity customer without exception, the story has had little coverage elsewhere.
More typically, the first line of coercion by government and utilities is a fundamental blackmail tactic: governments allow utilities to charge electricity consumers an extra fee for NOT having a wireless smart meter installed at their residence. In exchange, the governments and utilities produce no warranty of safety, efficacy, or security.
Vermont May Be Alone in Protecting Citizens
Vermont is apparently the only state to have legislated this blackmail tactic out of legal existence. Vermont customers not only have the right to opt our of smart meter installation at no cost, Vermont customers can also change their minds and have utilities remove smart meters at no cost to customers.
In contrast, [8]Texas is currently considering[8] allowing customers to opt out, but only for a fee. This is similar to laws that already exist in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Wisconsin. As elsewhere, smart meter opposition in Texas has been spotty. A group calling itself [9]“Texans United Against Smart Meters”[9] is holding a public hearing and demonstration in Austin on March 4, which they characterize as “a do or die point in our fight against Smart Meters.”
In [10]Sebastapol, California,[10] responding to the concerns of residents, the city adopted an [11]ordinance,[11] effective February 21, that prohibits the installation of smart meters within the city limits, based on the city’s recognition of “potential risks to the health, safety and welfare of Sebastopol residents.” The ordinance provides for a fine of $500 for violators.
The electric company promptly promised to break the law at will. PG&E, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, [12]allows customers to opt out[12] of having a smart meter, but charges a monthly fee of $10 for doing so.
“We cannot agree to a moratorium,” said PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno, without addressing the relevance of “agreeing” to a duly-enacted statute. Nor did he address what liability the company might be taking on in the event that its safety assurances proved unreliable.
Santa Cruz, on the central California coast, has had a moratorium on smart meters since 2012.
In the Palm Beach area of Florida, smart meters have become a non-issue, according to [13]a local columnist[13] writing about FPL, Florida Power & Light Company:
“Smart-meter resistance peaked about a year ago, when FPL was in the early stages of installing 51,000 smart meters in the county. Around the state, only one-half of 1 percent of FPL’s customers have refused to allow a smart meter to be installed. Their main concerns have to do with data privacy and radio frequencies.”
Only later does he mention that FPL, like PG&E, is charging customers for not having a smart meter.
[1] http://www.naperville.il.us/emplibrary/PURPARules.pdf
[2] http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/28/18730924.php
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_meter
[4] http://napervillesmartmeterawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Complaint-for-Injunctive-Relief-11-cv-9299.pdf
[5] http://www.youtube.com/user/NapervilleSmartMeter/videos?view=0
[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkzIdKmeWo
[7] http://www.chicagotribune.com/search_results/?q=naperville+smart+meters
[8] http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/texas-explore-smart-meter-opt-out/2012-12-17
[9] http://texansagainstsmartmeters.com/?page_id=6
[10] http://sebastopol.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2010/02/news/sebastopol-residents-lash-out-against-pge-plan-for-smart-meters/
[11] http://sebastopol.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2013/02/news/pge-rejects-sebastopol-ban-on-smartmeters/
[12] http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/customerservice/smartmeter/optout/index.page?
[13] http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/24/russ-lemmon-overwhelming-acceptance-by-fpls-a/
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Please add ONTARIO, Canada to your database and thank you!!!! Ontario Citizens Against Smart Meters http://stopthesmartmeter.com/
Lawsuit Against Meter Sickness – Are You In? http://youtu.be/1Vln-uuu_aI
Just one DNA and ATP damaging facet of the Big Data Tulip Bubble Wall Street Investment Banksters and the entire IT industry want to plunge us into, confiscate your hard drive and replace it with a useless Cylon walkee talkee. See link in header^^^
The data collection functions and other snooping capabilities have nothing to do with
saving energy and everything to do with SIM YOU:
(your safeway club card, toll booth pass, and all the rest is spawn of this Paperclip NAZI idea: An artificial intelligence crystal ball that can be used to test how populations and some individuals will react to various stressors they want to manipulate our behavior with, and for it to work they need as much data as they can stream to it in REAL time; when your actions match that of your SIM in real time, they will know they have a working simulation of humanity.
There are multiple projects with different names, so it’s important to them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_Environment_for_Analysis_and_Simulations
http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=956
Not just DNA, but Adenosine Triphospate breaks too(microwaves):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7284022
(It’s almost as complex as DNA too)
So tell your friends “put down the iCarcinogen, and by the way I ought to inform you it’s emitting a subliminal MkUltra message:” I’m not a phone, I’m a typewriter…
8-P
Silly texters.
I don’t know anyone who makes phone calls with them, do you?
Hehe
I don’t want your house penetrating WIDAR,
I demand the house to house Fiber Optic Internet we were promised, please demand it too. I’ll string y’all some USB tethers when you come to visit;)
Smart Meters and windoze 8 at thesame time: not a coincidence, they want to stick a fork in the human mind.
I posted this under Website, but it didn’t display, smart meters could potentially back-haul your core 2:
http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-The-Cylon-on-my-bench-Trusted-Computing-Cloud-and-Virtualization-Evil