Comments on: California PUC Delays Opt Out Decision. And Delays…..And Delays….And Delays https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/ Fighting for health, privacy, and safety Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 By: Norm https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-420658 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:53:34 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-420658 Hi Mia

It is a damn shame that we have to got to these lengths in a democratic country. To day is Remembrance Day in Canada , reminding us all of how many young men and women fought to stop tyranny. Now our governments are promoting the same violations that our veterans fought against!

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]]> By: Mia Nony https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-412296 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:15:58 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-412296 We found out early on that the electromechanical meters are actually our meters (original purchase receipts/ Real Estate Act re fixtures, attached to our safe meter base, etc).
Here’s good news: As electrical use rises, off grid costs are dropping fast. Here’s the writing on the wall: Cyber INSECURITY via systematic conversion to full scale cyber vulnerability by means of forced wireless global grid insecurity is a scheme being implemented jointly by government & utilities everywhere on the planet. Less than one week from now, on this coming November 13th 2013, there is a Duck & Cover rehearsal for total grid shut down, thanks to the threat of cyber security caused by the utilities themselves. This is a huge warning of impending crisis creation in the making. The sooner anyone who can takes steps to become energy self sufficient & gets off grid, the better off more will be. Rogue corporations & governments collude to implement energy insecurity. What more does anyone need to know? The bitterness unfolding everywhere between utilities & abused customers needs to be finalized into a much needed divorce which can only be achieved by going off grid with a pared down lifestyle. Every utility everywhere is has become no different than an abusive crack dealer & now treats its customers like desperate junkies in a secured market.When we were younger we used to work at treatment centres where the challenge was to successfully outwit delinquents bent on destruction. Decades later along came the whole issue of laws bent * broken to allow illegality, electrically inducing home occupants using electromagnetism in order to create the next Enron, a global derivatives market for selling future options on data, energy, everything, even you & me.
At that point we recognized that energy corporations in collusion w/ governments everywhere had gone rogue.
The next thing which occurred to us was this: Bunker time. Sad but true, everyone everywhere who is not a greed driven shareholder in the smart grid is now under justifiable siege mentality. Utilities everywhere now use the same Mafia-esque playbook & indeed have gone rogue. Therefore, planning ways to disconnect from the grid while in the interim fully securing all energy & water meters is no different than securing one’s home from any predator or thief. Find whatever way possible to create a well ventilated but secured physical barrier. The challenge: To stop any utility from risking break & enter to “hot swap” & steal what they pretend is “their” electromechanical meter. If possible, the goal is to render all meters inaccessible by locating them inside a small but very secure well ventilated extension envelope of your home. If you live in a single family home the following may work for you: Build a small breezeway or bump out of whatever height, width & length suits your personal circumstance, located to surround the wall where meters are located. If you have an account for water & gas, too, & have no smart meters yet, anticipate locating all meters inside one or more enclosure(s) as suggested below. First step: Create a pony wall maybe three or so feet out and at least high enough that any meter reader (stooped over under overhang rafters or not) could still see but not get at the meter(s). Add framework for a roof, w/ rafters closer together than 24″ centres when creating the shed roof, to prevent easy entry between rafters. Check out restoration, recycle stores, demo junk yards to pick up 2 steel doors & a small unbreakable viewing window to be framed between to uprights where it will be lined up with the meter or meters. Sheath the bump out shed roofing framework w/ heavy duty recycled roofing sheets. Create correct size door frames at either end of bump out. Install steel doors. Enclose pony wall side of breezeway, leaving room for small viewing window to be installed. Cover w/ matching siding & trim. Note: Security system warning system stickers can be worth their weight in gold. Attach security system & surveillance camera warning stickers or download & print security sticker warnings. Glue to recycled steel doors. Place one or two on interior side of viewing window facing outward. Consider attaching a tamper proof car alarm to meter(s). When done install a trail camera or dummy cam in plain view, out of reach. Make certain the camera is aimed at intruders & can be observed readily through small meter viewing window. Double lock doors at either end of narrow breezeway. Consider interior steel slide bolts to deter lock pickers. Even high end door handles, hinges, hardware & high end locks, can often be sourced from recycled materials from 2nd hand stores, including small wired glass viewing window. Use metal window theft grate on interior side of window which should be small enough to not get through if broken. At this point these thugs would have to commit break & enter to get at the meter on your meter base. Secure the meter anyway. Our breezeway meter storage room cost us les than one two month “smart” meter bill would have. Now we sleep easy while planning our off grid life
Note re Generators: Preferably a quiet one, such as honda EU type, very economical on gas & has an inverter for electronics, also meets noise bylaw codes. For any rural area a diesel genset requires acoustic muffling of the breezeway enclosure a noise muffling shed or ground bunker but the up side is it could use recycled filtered vegetable oil if needed.
We already needed a secure place to run a generator during power outages anyway. The plan was to create a secure enclosed breezeway where fumes could be exhausted from outside the home (not below any open window) & yet the genset could still be in a locked enclosure to prevent theft. Meanwhile, thanks to the delinquent behaviour of utilities everywhere, our plan evolved. We have drastically reduced the amount of electricity we use, in order to narrow the margin between the number of daily kWh use and an affordable way to go off grid. We are down to 8 kWh a day & are not suffering at all. We have found excellent solar freezer plus propane operated fridge, BBQ with two burners, propane stove & hot water heaters while wood stove is able to heat the house and cook food if needed. Preparing for off gird is like prepping without being paranoid.

]]> By: onthelevelblog https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-411943 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:29:13 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-411943 In reply to Paul Benjamin.

Hi Paul, More specifics here on how to identify a ‘trojan’ http://www.eiwellspring.org/smartmeter/StealthMeters.htm

]]> By: Paul Benjamin https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-409423 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:13:37 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-409423 Judging from the photo accompanying this article, the trojan horse has a digital box below the analog wheels and clock dials. Any other signs that indicate a trojan? Thanks for responding. Paul

]]> By: gsuburban https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-408442 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:12:42 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-408442 The entire point of smart meters is to eventually switch how power is sold. As it is with analog meters, all they can charge for is the total used in between meter readings or once a month for example 700 kWh. The smart meters will have the ability to upload used power to the utility every 15 minutes. Sometime in 2014, Southern California Edison will change to time of use rates which will end up being more expensive at the end of the month and for the same or less kWh used. Why? Because they will set rates to time of use or demand vs. supply and guess who regulates the supply? CALISO does and for a fee of course. What they did when they created CALISO was create a New York Stock Exchange in Rocklin/Roseville, CA an entity who routes power to the various power distributors such as PG&E, San Diego Electric & Gas and S.C.E. So, CALISO has the ability to NOT purchase enough power during a particular hot August afternoon/evening which creates a shortage. This then creates a mathematical limit of available power to the state and those who demand more power during the hot times of the day, which is all of us for the most part, will be subject to extremely high rates due to “Peak Usage”.

CALISO can easily purchase added power and not create a limited supply which would in turn not cause a “Peak” usage period on a particular afternoon when most folks need added power because they arrive home from work and turn on the TV, washing machine, stove, lights and so forth. Don’t forget the A/C which is more of a comfort item vs. a need (for most of us).

So, time of use will cause those who simply need the usual power they have been requiring for the past 50 years at a fair rate to jump sky high and only because of the rate schedule modifications. Creating power hasn’t gotten more expensive and creating power costs don’t change because of the time of day or night. This entire rate and meter changes are simply a method to pull the wool over our eyes and suggest thing like “Limited Power Times” or “Too Much Demand” or power generators “Maintenance” or “Breakdown” excuses for raising rates to numbers that would befriend Jesse James.

In the past 100 years, there had been no mention of “off line” or “maintenance” causing shortages enough to raise rates and they didn’t because there was no reason supporting them. We didn’t have politics involved, CALISO, in the past either. Remember the Horizon Oil Platform in the Gulf? When that “sunk” the oil industry used that event to raise prices the next day or two. What? That oil wouldn’t have been refined and sold for a month ! It’s all outlaws and how they can pick our pockets for the simplest utility we have, electricity. Yet, they all want us to believe it’s scarce, limited, complex and pristine. Hardly, it’s easy to make and plentiful if you allow it however, those in control make it a limited resource which it isn’t.

]]> By: onthelevelblog https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-407343 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:23:58 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-407343 In reply to Linda.

Large wind turbines have been linked with dirty electricity and flicker pollution (not to mention bird deaths). Smaller turbines, small hydro power, and solar panels can help those who are emf sensitive by allowing a severing of areas from the electrical grid, which by now is ‘polluted’ by smart meters and other devices. Whereas the electrical grid is AC 60hz in north america, most electronic devices function on DC, the same type of power that is generated by small renewables. EHS people (and everyone) should be aware that some household solar installations have inverters that can emit strong EMF fields, and choose accordingly. But a well designed off grid DC system only (without inverter) can be practical and is miles better than depending on the AC electrical grid There is more info here about going off grid safely: http://www.electricalpollution.com/OffgridSafely.html

]]> By: Linda https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-406258 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:03:39 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-406258 In what way will solar panels and wind turbines help those of us who are EMF-sensitive? I know from my own experience that wind turbines cause me terrible problems. My understanding is that solar-generated power and power coming from batteries is equally bad. Can someone please comment on this?

]]> By: Richard Leschen https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-402856 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:35:54 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-402856 Dear Readers,
Keep on fighting as we too are here in Victoria Australia. I know it’s not easy but these corrupt people such as the moguls running these Evil Money Grubbing Schemes with these dopey and Cancer Dealing Microwave Smart Meters are slowly killing their customers with all sorts of Microwave Illnesses.
You have to get you Safe and Passive Analog Meters returned to you in the name of JUSTICE !

We here in Victoria Australia have already had one man get his electricity cut off just for trying to intervene to protect his 12 year old daughters’ health which suffered alarmingly after a dopey and now proving to be deadly Electric Microwave Carcinogen Causing Type 2B dopey smart meter was installed on her outside bedroom wall which also badly affected her mother as well. He the father got someone to remove the Microwave smart meter (read not so smart meter) but now classified as a possible Carcinogen Causing Device by the World Health Organisation who are soon to very likely raise the Type 2B classification for these Microwave Smart Meters to that of 2A, as more and more medical complaints of all sorts keep arising all over the Earth and here in Victoria Australia as well.

]]> By: Sandi Maurer https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-402751 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 01:30:10 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-402751 Bravo Josh.

Here’s the most recent EMF Safety Network brief filed in the opt out proceeding January 2013. http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/42154500.pdf

Sandi

]]> By: maureen https://stopsmartmeters.org/2013/11/01/cpuc-delays-opt-out-decision-and-delays-and-delays-and-delays/#comment-402698 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:45:43 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=6359#comment-402698 Excellent article and right on point. This entire Opt Out was a sham to shut us up and calm us down. However, it’s not going to work.

We are NOT fighting the Smart Grid because of an ideology. We are fighting this invasive surveillance mesh network for the sake of our HEALTH and PRIVACY.

We have NO CHOICE but to push back against tyranny.

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