Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

Public safety advocates are demanding an immediate moratorium on these unsafe,
untested devices.
According to a Congressional Research Service Report [February 2012], the Department
of Energy determined smart meters can reveal people’s daily schedules, the use of
individual appliances, whether they use certain medical equipment and other personal
information. “Smart meters are an invasion of privacy. They are a detailed and
warrantless information gathering devices attached to our homes and businesses,” said
Ed Friedman lead plaintiff in a smart meter case that has been remanded to the Maine
Public Utilities Commission after a victory in the Maine Supreme Court.
The National Campaign to Stop Smart Meters and Wireless Radiation Protection
Coalition are urging members of the public to do the truly smart thing: plan your own
event to demonstrate against ‘smart’ meters on October 4!
Seehttp://actiondaytostopsmartmeters.org for materials and more information on
planning an event, and for locations and times of events being planned around the
country and internationally.
The main demonstration in Washington DC begins at 10:00 am Oct. 4th at the
GridWeek conference outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount
Vernon Place N.W., Washington, DC 20001. For other demonstrations around the
country, seehttp://actiondaytostopsmartmeters.org
It appears that utility companies are not above bullying 80 year old great grandmothers,
threatening to disconnect their water supply simply for refusing a smart meter on their
property. Audrey, a great- grandmother in Baraboo, Wisconsin has stood up to her
water utility and they have threatened to disconnect her unless she allows a wireless
smart meter on her home. More on this story and what you can do here.
Meanwhile, Mona Orkoulas- whose electricity was illegally disconnected by armed
Nevada Energy Agents on August 6th, is not letting her lack of electricity get her downshe
is doing what she did when presented with challenges providing clean water to
villages in the developing world. She is becoming self-sufficient and defying her utility
at the same time. She reports:
“Today..I am getting batteries for solar- at a great price..and panels….I am moving
forward without a utility company..moving forward with a home to be energy self
sufficient.. thank you everyone for donating- you have made this all possible and made
me feel so supported.”