Category Archives: Citizen rebellion

Take Back Your Power Goes on the Road- to a City Near You

This April, the filmmakers of Take Back Your Power, an upcoming feature documentary about smart meters and the smart grid, take their show on the road for some pre-screenings to raise funds in order to complete the film.  Be afraid, … Continue reading

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Zapped!

After we published Ode to the Toxic Smart Meter last month, we received a number of submissions of other poems related to the smart meter deployment.   Here is one of our favorites, written by Kayley B. of Wisconsin.  There’s something … Continue reading

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LA City Council Directs LADWP to Give the Lawsons an Analog; Seven Weeks of Living Without Electricity Apparently at an End

The Lawson family attended yesterday’s Los Angeles City Council meeting to describe their challenges with LADWP, and the utility’s failure to address the family’s urgent health issues that came about after a “smart” meter was installed on their home.   In … Continue reading

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Family with Young Children Forced to Live in the Cold and Dark for Refusing a LADWP Smart Meter

LOS ANGELES- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has terminated electricity to the family of a middle school teacher, her husband, and their six children for refusing to have a smart meter on their home, which they say … Continue reading

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Don’t Look the Other Way; Do What’s Right

Opportunity to Speak to the California Public Utilities Commission:  Thursday, April 4th  8:45am sign in for a 9am start. California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue – Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94102 Any member of the public can speak for … Continue reading

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