Category Archives: Smart Grid

Smart Grid Off the Rails, Says New Report

Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on “smart meters” will not lead to U.S. sustainability; Place citizens and economy at risk   WASHINGTON, D.C. —  A new policy report focused on the electric grid and economy of energy, “Getting Smarter About … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Environmental Concerns, Federal Government, Smart Grid | 10 Comments

Damn the Torpedos- Full Speed Ahead!

Massachusetts Utilities Continue Widespread Implementation of Smart/Wireless Meters Despite Poor Response to Recent Storm Power Outages & Continued Warnings By Medical Experts BOSTON, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Corporate and municipal utilities in Massachusetts continue building the wireless utility grid … Continue reading

Posted in AAEM, Citizen rebellion, Climate Change, health effects, Health studies, Physicians, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, Smart Grid, World Health Organization | 3 Comments

Stop Smart Meters….But What Do We Want to Start?

A grassroots upwelling of public outrage over forced smart grid deployments spilled onto the streets in over 35 communities around North America yesterday, showing that our movement is growing bigger every day, and that utilities and governments better take heed- … Continue reading

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More than 35 ‘Smart’ Meter Protests Hit US and Canada Oct. 4

People are fed up. Fed up with being forced to have an unwanted, intrusive device attached to their home. Fed up with utility company threats, coercion, and lies. Fed up with having their essential services disconnected or being charged a … Continue reading

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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