Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

After our house in Half Moon Bay got SmartMeters, we could no longer listen to AM radio.
The signals are swamped by loud rasping pulses of noise. I located the source of the strongest RFI (Radio
Frequency Interference): the circuit breaker panel, where all the house wiring is concentrated. SmartMeters
must use the wiring as a transmitting antenna.
I contacted PG&E on its website. No response. So, I sent a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission:
no response.
Our local station on AM 1710 is hooked up to emergency services and first responders to provide emergency
warnings and instructions to residents here on the coast. That function is obviously being severely
compromised now.
As a retired electronics engineer, I have to say PG&E either did inadequate product testing before rolling out
its new product or it just can’t see the bigger picture. At some point in the future, the energy-saving benefits of
SmartMeters may — or may not — be realized. However, in the meantime, we are all suffering from the
operation of the law of unintended consequences.
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I live in Walnut Creek
My 11/9/09 bill: $168.03,
my 12/9/09 bill: $366.20,
my 1/11/10 bill: $1010.09,
my 2/10/10 bill: $1053.23.
My smart meter was installed sometime in Dec. 09.
PG&E says its my fault. I am seeing others have had the same problem. Just wanted to weigh in on this issue. I
am wanting to sue. Price gouging. This is WRONG.
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As a newspaper editor in little ole Cleburne County, Alabama we come out tomorrow with a story on a house
which may have burned down because of a smart meter, another incident of a meter apparently getting so hot
it almost burned along with circuit panel inside the home and people being told either by installer or power co
that if they did not replace all the wiring in their home that the meter would indeed cause a fire!!!! I am told by
a commercial builder that some meters may be faulty and allow 300-440 volts in on a home’s 220 and 110
lines. We’re seeing problems out here of burn outs in appliances, meltdowns of hair dryers, kitchen appliance ,
and a number of high-end electronics getting zapped. Goodbye Bose radio, goodbye wide, wide screen tv and
see if the utility cos are going to pay for those items – don’t think so!
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My grandparents started having problems with their (computerized) ceiling fans, and suspected that it had to
do with their new smart meter. They would go haywire, turning on and off, reversing, and even turning on
their lights. I suggested that they keep track of when it happened, and see if it was at the same time of day.
Sure enough, at six o’clock every evening (occasionally at three in the morning, and other times of the day) they
would beep and turn on and off. When theyc alled PG&E and asked, sure enough those were the times that the
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