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1. Jace says:

   January 30, 2011 at 5:52 am

   I didn’t know that I had a smart meter until it blew up on 08/12/2010! I am an Oregon PG&E customer, now victim. I want to know if anyone else has seen a smart meter blow up. It threw flames out and black smoke was in the air for hours. I called PG&E, but they said it wasn’t possible for a meter to explode. I wrote letters, called many times, but they said that they were too busy to come look at meter. For five months it sat there black and the house black also from the blast. I had to be taken to the Dr. because the blast knocked me down onto the cement. My doctor has referred me to a specialist. I have never had health problems. Now I have severe pain running through the nerves of the right side of my body. I can only walk with crutches now and only sleep two to four hours per night. The bills continue to go higher each month, and my bill says “estimated usage”. The story does continue: I finally convinced a PG&E employee that the meter was black. However, as soon as I got off the phone with PG&E my electricity was shut off. It was 20 degrees that day meaning I was cold, on crutches, car stuck in garage, asthma ventilator shut down, and in pain. I did have a cell phone to continue to call back each time they hung up. PG&E left my electricity off from 8AM until 5:30PM. Their legal department attorney, Kathy, told me, “buck up and get out your survival kit like other people do. You are being a whining baby. We will keep your electricity off as we want to because legally we do not have to turn it on for you. It is not our fault that you have asthma.” I spoke with an attorney who wanted $10,000 up front to do anything involving PG&E. However, I looked up current cases being appealed by this attorney and found that two cases are being appealed against PG&E. Losing these cases must be very profitable. I have photos of the meter, copies of letters to PG&E, and letters from them after explosion. They finally did come install a new meter, but two weeks later I woke up to NO electricity. I called PG&E. They said, “there are no outages in your area and hung up.” I kept calling until one person said, “we will try to get out to your house today or on Monday.” They again showed up at 5:30. This time they sent a huge man who beat on my front door until I limped on crutches to the front door. He said, “Someone took your smart meter!” I looked toward the meter and saw an open hole in my wall with one wire hanging out of it. I asked, “Who and why would anyone come and take a meter out of the wall?” He said, “probably a neighbor.” I continued to hop out on the porch with my phone in hand and saw the meter on the ground about 7 feet away from the hole in the wall. I quicly snapped pics of the hole and a dead meter on ground. The huge man said, “You had better be looking over your shoulder. Someone is following you and they took your meter.” OK, this is too much crazy! I told huge man to get off my porch and pick up the meter off the ground. He kept saying that someone was removing my meter. Do you know where I can file a complaint?

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   • deanna munson says:

     August 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm

     im in oregon and am experiencing terrible health problems from these meters.i cant find any help in oregon.i live in an apartment complex

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2. sue says:

   August 4, 2011 at 9:29 am

   Hi, will there be a meeting in felton tonight?

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3. Michael Martineau says:

   September 14, 2011 at 10:57 am

   Just received notice about smart meter install here in Maine with CMP Central Maine Power, owned by a Spanish Company called Iberdrola, we can opt out for basically a fine and a monthly fee, otherwise we have to say yes to something that the more I read about the more concern I have.

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4. Koby says:

   November 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm

   First off, let me start by saying I hope your health gets better. Second……..WOW!!!!! If you went through something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah3nNo89-NU I am amazed you did not get hurt even worse. Also I would have to say that when these thing go, they are pretty violent, and look like they are not easy to deal with, once they start burning. Get well soon Jace

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5. Noelle Weste says:

   March 13, 2012 at 5:49 pm

   I just had my “smart” meter taken off with no problem. I live in Sacramento and called PG&G about 3 weeks ago. They gave me no problems. I will have to pay $75.00 and then 10.00 each month. Not a problem for getting that damn thing off my house! My home office was next to it and I had balance issues. Now all is fine. I went all over my neighborhood with a letter and some are interested and some are not. This is serious stuff. I really think the only reason there is no issue with getting it off is a law suit may be pending. People need to research themselves regarding this and then take action. Good luck!!

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