Category Archives: PG&E

How to Resist the Fees (and Keep the Lights On)

We’ve been hearing a ton of reports from around California of people refusing to pay the smart meter extortion fees.  If you believe these fees are illegal, unfair, and discriminatory and are refusing to pay something for nothing- you are … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, PG&E | 12 Comments

Utility Monster Out of Control: In Rampage, PG&E Vandalizes San Anselmo Landlord’s Analog Meter Defenses

Linda and David Brauner, landlords from San Anselmo, CA say that they have not refused to pay PG&E’s fee. They say they “opted out” via their tenants, and protected their meters from unwanted smart meter installation with bands of steel … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, Installer Threats and Assaults, Marin County, PG&E, Police | 23 Comments

Willits Man Refuses Fees to Keep His Analog Meter– Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Threatens to Cut Power Today

Stop Smart Meters! and the EMF safety Network collaborated on this coverage. MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA- Despite the fact that the fees for keeping analog utility meters are still under legal dispute at the CPUC, and serious smart meter safety problems … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, health effects, legal issues, Mendocino County, PG&E, Safety | 8 Comments

Separating Industry Fiction from Facts

(Originally published on EMFSafetyNetwork.org) The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), an industry group, has published a video “Separating the Facts from the Fiction about Smart Meter”.  PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, BC Hydro, PEPCO, BGE, FPL, as well as other utility companies … Continue reading

Posted in California, Cell phones, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, FCC, Federal Energy Act of 2005, Federal Government, legal issues, PG&E, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, Smart Grid | 10 Comments

Shut Down not Melt Down

Anyone who thinks we can use nuclear power safely following the Fukushima disaster needs to have their head examined.  Here in Santa Cruz, California an ocean away from Japan, we saw a 35% increase in human infant mortality after the … Continue reading

Posted in California, Cancer, Citizen rebellion, Orange County, PG&E, San Francisco, Santa Cruz County, SCE | 1 Comment