Category Archives: Citizen rebellion

Stop Smart Meters Goes National … and International!

There are websites and groups using “stop smart meters” as their rallying cry all over the US, in Canada and Australia, and now in Britain (see below for a round-up). There is a documentary film brewing with the same name. … Continue reading

Posted in Australia, Britain, California, Canada, Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, Democracy, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, Los Angeles, Michigan, neighborhood organizing, Orange County, PG&E, Privacy, Safety, SCE, U.K., Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Meters that Endanger: Shocking Details from a Whistleblower

Are smart meters just too complex? Are they veritable blackboxes (well, beige) of assorted electronic components,  jury-rigged and thrown together in an off-shore factory, and then slapped onto houses without proper safety testing? Sure, we all have electronic devices in … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Federal Energy Act of 2005, Federal Government, legal issues, PG&E, Safety, Uncategorized | 22 Comments

Revised PG&E Smart Meter Opt-Out Proposal Has Arrived…

…And analog meters are going to be offered–but the proposed cost will run you $210 the first year, and $120 each year after that. Please read this informative post on EMFSafetyNetwork.org.  The California PUC will hold a second phase of … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, CPUC, FCC, PG&E, Smart Grid, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Meters that Break the Law: Legal and Legislative News in U.S.

In Michigan the Public Service Commission opened a new investigation into smart meters, thanks in part to work from the folks with michiganstopsmartmeters.com. Press links below. It only took NINE Michigan cities objecting to the program to get their commissioners … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, Federal Government, Illinois, Police, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Meters that Smart: The Name is All Too Accurate

The new wireless utility meters going in around the country have been called many things: spy meters, dumb meters, even murder meters.  But we think the industry chose well when they named their new meters “smart,” a word in English … Continue reading

Posted in Changing a Meter, Citizen rebellion, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Privacy, Safety | 5 Comments