Category Archives: neighborhood organizing

FightTheFees.Org Sends a Message to Utilities: We Won’t Pay

Watsonville, CA mom Diane Dutton has had enough.  After reading the recent Santa Cruz County Public Health Department report that states that the “evidence is accumulating on the results of exposure to RF at non-thermal levels” and then getting a … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, health effects, Health studies, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, radio-frequency radiation, Santa Cruz County, World Health Organization | 20 Comments

We Are Not ‘Opting Out’………….We Are Refusing to Opt In.

By Joshua Hart, Director Stop Smart Meters! The following is written for customers of PG&E in Northern California, but it is also applicable to customers of other utilities around the US and internationally who are unjustifiably charging steep penalties simply … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, Federal Energy Act of 2005, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, PG&E | 20 Comments

April is Fight-the-Fees Month

A campaign is mounting to fight the extortion: people are waking up to the outrageous fees PG&E is imposing on customers to “opt-out” of the smart meter program–a program no customer ever opted into–and that opposition is building all over … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Guest Post: Georgia Legislators Try to Put the Kibosh on Smart Meter Opt-Out Bill

By Terri Keller, StopSmartMetersGeorgia.org The smart meter fight in Georgia was looking better than most states: Senate Bill 459, allowing customer opt-out, passed the state senate without much tussle, and a free opt-out was on the way. Now that bill, … Continue reading

Posted in georgia, neighborhood organizing, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Utility Bullying Stops Here

Tired of being bullied by utility corporations that are supposed to provide critical services for the public good but instead have metastasized into arrogant, bullying behemoths?  Apparently no one told these guys that threatening old ladies with freezing cold houses … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, neighborhood organizing | 12 Comments