Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

tie into the Smart Meter/Smart Grid system. Some customers with Smart
Meters do have such devices on some of their major electrical equipment, and
have had complaints of poor air conditioning or heating along with no hot
water during “normal” off hours of energy consumption. For now these can be
bypassed by your friendly electrician if you so desire.
There is also the problem of security of the computer systems, and the
potential of tampering and attack from hackers. In a case where the customer
may believe that his electrical bill is too high from possible tampering or a
malfunctioning Smart Meter, he/she will have little to no means to prove such
an allegation to the electric company.
A larger concern with Smart Meters are the hazards of exposures to
microwave and radiowave radiation. The FCC has set standards on such
radiation, but those are essentially based on brief exposures. Cell phones
have been linked with brain tumors, but exposure is voluntary, and can be
reduced or eliminated by stopping or cutting back on cell phone use, or using
land lines instead.
Smart Meters present a different problem in that many of them transmit
continuously, and exposure is largely involuntary. Many of these meters are
placed outside the home within a few feet of bedrooms, family rooms, living
rooms, etc. – places in a home that typically see heavy use. Smart Meters
often have a range of 2 miles, and their area of effect in many residential and
other areas overlap each other. For those with sensitivities to some radiation
frequencies on this end of the scale, in a neighborhood gone "Smart" there's
no escape even if the individual opted out of the new meter for his/her home.
“Health problems, due to constant exposure of RF radiation, already reported
include: migraines, nausea, vomiting, vision impairment, ringing in the ears
(tinnitus), muscle spasms and nerve pain, heart palpitations, chest pain, and
sleeplessness caused by intense bursts (pulsing) of radiofrequency radiation
that has recently been classified as a “possible carcinogen” by the World
Health Organization —in the same category as lead, engine exhaust, and
DDT.