Category Archives: Smart Grid

CPUC: PG&E Smart Meter Opt Out Fees “Suspended”

Utility Lacks Authority to Force Smart Meters or Charge Fees to Keep Analog Meters San Francisco, CA- Though PG&E’s arbitrary “deadline” of May 1st for signing up for their smart meter opt out program is fast approaching, the future of … Continue reading

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At What Point Do We Realize: We Must All Fight

Jerry Day has come out with a new video about the smart grid and electromagnetic pollution.  Weaving in relationships between corporate- government collusion, loss of privacy rights, and biological impacts of EMF’s, this short video asks the timely and pertinent … Continue reading

Posted in Cancer, Cell phones, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, Health studies, Installer Threats and Assaults, Privacy, radio-frequency radiation, Smart Grid | 29 Comments

Revealed: The Personal Diary of Greg Snapper, Spokesperson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

       Editors Note:  The following is the fictional diary of PG&E’s spokesperson Greg Snapper.  Any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.   This was originally published as an April Fool’s joke on April 1st, 2012. … Continue reading

Posted in California, Cancer, Cell phones, Class Issues and Social Equality, CPUC, Federal Government, Installer Threats and Assaults, Military, PG&E, San Francisco, Santa Cruz County, Satire, Smart Grid | 12 Comments

Ventura County Puts Foot Down Against Opt Out Fees

The utilities and their pals on the CPUC have tried to portray the battle against smart meters as a Northern California phenomenon.  Well, after this week it’s a lot harder to make that argument.  On Tuesday, Ventura County (pop. 800,000) … Continue reading

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Palo Alto Municipal Utility District Rejects Smart Meters — Now Fifty Local Governments in California Say No

One more reason why it pays to have local–not corporate–control over essential public services.  Yesterday, after receiving testimony from those injured by smart meter radiation and hearing widespread reports of fires, health damage, privacy invasions and overcharges, the City of … Continue reading

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