Category Archives: Class Issues and Social Equality

Pay for Your Health? Pay for Your Rights? We say No.

Yesterday the California PUC voted unanimously: PG&E customers who want to keep or restore a safe analog meter on their house will now be required to pay hundreds of dollars, and these arbitrary fees could increase later. These extortionate fees … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, CPUC, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, health effects, legal issues, PG&E, radio-frequency radiation, Smart Grid, Uncategorized | 22 Comments

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

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

Illegal & Fatally Flawed: Proposed Opt-Out Should be Trashed

Please come to the next CPUC public meeting, this Thursday, Jan. 12th, at 9 a.m. in San Francisco. Arrive at 8:45 to sign up to speak. We’ve said it before: CPUC President Michael Peevey’s proposed opt-out is both illegal and … Continue reading

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Canadian Group Files Complaint Against “Smart” Meters

The British Columbia-based group, Citizens for Safe Technology, filed a complaint recently against BC Hydro’s ‘smart’ meter program there, stating that the regulatory body that should be exercising oversight and review isn’t doing its job. This is a familiar story … Continue reading

Posted in Canada, Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, CPUC, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, Environmental Concerns, Federal Government, legal issues, Privacy, Safety, Uncategorized | 6 Comments