Author Archives: Josh Hart

Where Have All the Analogs Gone?

The analog electrical meter: the long-lived workhorse of the residential customer’s electrical system—safe, generally reliable, simple, mechanical. It is something many of us never gave much thought to, until something happened along to replace it, that was everything the analog … Continue reading

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Utility Lies, Threats of Night-time Raids & Federal Prosecution: One Woman’s PG&E “Smart” Meter Nightmare

Monise Sheehan of Aptos CA did everything an honest woman could have to try to protect herself from the harm that PG&E has imposed on her by installing a ‘smart’ meter on her home. She has explained, asked, pleaded, begged—until … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Dirty Electricity, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, PG&E, Police, Safety, Santa Cruz County | 10 Comments

Sleeping Mamma Wakes!

Maureen Homan is a “sleeping mamma” who’s just woken up to the “smart” meter invasion where she and her family live, in Orange County CA. But she’s got herself and others organized the way only a mamma can do! She’s … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, CPUC, neighborhood organizing, Orange County, Privacy, Safety, SCE, Uncategorized | 23 Comments

“Who will protect us?” Questions for Santa Cruz Sheriff Phil Wowak, Freedom Forum Meeting, Sept 21, 2011

Many of us, in the face of “smart” meter installations, have confronted basic fears about who or what can protect against us against the dangerous threat to our health, safety and liberty that these new meters pose. State and city … Continue reading

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CPUC: “You can go back to the analog meter.”

In a remarkable about-face this morning at a public meeting, the president of the CPUC, Michael Peevey, told a man made ill by his “smart” meter, “[PG&E] will provide that you can go back to the analog meter, if that’s … Continue reading

Posted in CPUC, PG&E, San Diego County, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz County | 33 Comments