Category Archives: Smart Grid

Some PG&E Customers Getting Fees Reversed as CPUC Endlessly Delays Smart Meter “Opt Out” Decision

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Josh Hart

SAN FRANCISCO- Some utility customers in California are getting utility smart meter “opt out” fees reversed in hearings at the California Public Utilities Commission, even as the Commission itself drags out a decision about the legality of such fees, having … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, Fires, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, San Francisco, Smart Grid | 7 Comments

Com Ed’s “Smart” Ice Cream Flavors Revealed

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Josh Hart

California’s largest utility and smart meter cheerleader PG&E was indicted last week on federal felony charges in the 2010 San Bruno gas explosion, related to their fabrication of pipeline maintenance records, and systematic lying to investigating authorities.  We are told … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Illinois, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid | 3 Comments

Stop Smart Meters! Director Interview: Resistance to Technocracy and the Smart Grid

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Josh Hart

From James Tracy’s Memory Hole Blog: This week James is joined by Josh Hart, founder and director of the California-based Stop Smart Meters, one of the foremost organizations raising public awareness on the rollout of wireless technology and the “smart … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Cancer, Cell phones, Changing a Meter, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, Dirty Electricity, Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity, EMF Mitigation, Environmental Concerns, FCC, Federal Government, Fires, Florida, health effects, Health studies, Installer Threats and Assaults, legal issues, neighborhood organizing, PG&E, Privacy, PSREC, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, SCE, SDG&E, Smart Grid | 1 Comment

Swedish Neuroscientist Olle Johansson Warns Arizona’s Health Authorities About Smart Meter “Poisonous Snake”

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Josh Hart

Swedish Neuroscientist and Associate Professor at the prestigious Karolinska institute in Stockholm Sweden, Olle Johansson, has written a letter to the Arizona Dept. of Health Services encouraging them to re-evaluate the risks of utility company smart grid policies.   Johansson … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona, health effects, Physicians, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, Smart Grid, Wi-Fi | 14 Comments

Chicago’s Com Ed Gives Out Free Ice Cream to Soften Resistance to “Smart” Meters

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Josh Hart

Perhaps in an effort to “sweeten the deal” and neutralize opposition to their “smart” meter program, Com Ed is giving away free ice cream using vans this July in several Chicago neighborhoods. Unfortunately when the sugar high has faded, Chicago … Continue reading →

Posted in Changing a Meter, Illinois, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid | 4 Comments