Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

1- The people of Las Vegas were not asked nor was anybody told the facts about
smart meters. NVE did a very low profile introduction campaign bringing the
smart meters into the neighborhoods of Las Vegas very quickly and without prior
installation orientation or allowing choices whether to receive them or not. On
Jan 11, 2012 the PUCN issued an Interim Order for Docket #11-10007 instructing
NVE to “enhance its customer outreach efforts and provide better training to is
installation vendor, Scope Services and NVE employees within 10 days or face
administrative fines pursuant to NRS 703.380
2- The contract DE-OE0000205 for the 138 million NVE received is both from the
DOE (31 USC 6304) and DOD (10 USC 2358) department of defense. Even
though public comments in the form of a properly arranged exhibit was accepted
by the PUCN, no response to why the DOD is a part of this contract has been
received by the public to date.
3- NVE admits the meters do emit RF (Radio Frequency) radiation but they only
claim for 5 seconds a day maximum. Using an RF detection meter the RF 35C-W
I found that they are emitting a much higher frequency of emissions and at least 5
times a minute. That is 7,200 times a day your DNA is being hit by blasts of RF
emissions. As consumers we have a choice whether to use a hands free
telephone, a microwave, a dish TV antenna or Wi-Fi in our homes or businesses.
However, we do not have a choice when it comes to the smart meters and this is
an invasion of privacy, creating a vulnerability to adverse hacking and exposing
us to health risks that we can not protect ourselves against.
4- The National Toxicity report to see if these metes are even safe for humans will
not be complete until 2014 and yet NVE has already installed 650, 000 of these
meters in Southern Nevada and is implementing their rollout in northern Nevada
even as I write this. FCC standards do not exist for chronic long-term exposure to
EMF or from multiple sources, and reported adverse health effects from
electromagnetic pollution include sleep disorders, irritability, short term memory
loss, headaches, anxiety, nausea, DNA breaks, abnormal cell growth, cancer, early
fatigue, etc. Because of untested technology, international scientists,
environmental agencies, advocacy groups and doctors are calling for the use of
caution in wireless technologies.
5- Concerns about the accuracy of smart meters have been raised nationwide,
leading the Maryland Public Service Commission to deny permission on June 21,
2010 for the deployment of smart meters in that state. The state of Hawaii Public
Utility commission also recently declined to adopt a smart grid system in that
state. The CPUC currently has pending before it a petition from the City and
County of San Francisco, and other municipalities, seeking to delay the
implementation of smart meters until questions about their accuracy can be