Category Archives: legal issues

Florida Fights Back Against Utility Extortion

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Josh Hart

More than 100 Florida Power & Light (FPL) customers who don’t want a smart meter and don’t want to pay extra to keep their old analog meters have filed two separate 60-page petitions with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Democracy, Fires, Florida, health effects, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid | 19 Comments

WHO KNEW? The Wireless Smart Meter Meltdown

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Josh Hart

Perspective by Cindy Sage:  The misguided program of mandatory ‘smart wireless meters’ has done more to undercut the gains in public support for energy conservation in this country than any other single factor. The national shift to embrace energy conservation … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Cancer, Cell phones, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, Environmental Concerns, EPA, FCC, FDA, Federal Government, Fires, health effects, Health studies, Home Area Network, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Physicians, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, SCE, SDG&E, Smart Grid, Time of Use Pricing, Wi-Fi, World Health Organization | 2 Comments

California Alert: Tell the CPUC and FCC – ‘Smart’ Kills!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Josh Hart

   NOTE REVISED INFO ON WHEELER BAY AREA VISIT – Mtn. View and Oakland Events/ Protests listed below (as of 12/30) What do these two grumpy old men have in common?   Unfortunately they are in positions of power within … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, FCC, Federal Government, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, San Francisco, SCE, Smart Grid | 7 Comments

Precedent-Setting Smart Grid Verdict: Jury Awards Vermont Couple $1 mil for Microwave Taking of Their Mountaintop Home

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Josh Hart

Some really nice, artistic people– Felix Kniazev and Olga Julinska lived peacefully on top of a green mountain in Vermont with their two children until their utility VELCO decided to build a massive communications tower on the mountain as part … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Democracy, FCC, interference, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid, Vermont | 3 Comments

California PUC Delays Opt Out Decision. And Delays…..And Delays….And Delays

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Josh Hart

By Josh Hart, Director StopSmartMeters.Org You may have heard that there is a ‘smart’ meter opt out in California, where people have the choice of an analog meter on their home, for a fee. Well, unfortunately you have been misled.   … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Changing a Meter, Citizen rebellion, Class Issues and Social Equality, CPUC, Democracy, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, health effects, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Physicians, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, Smart Grid | 10 Comments