Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

family and community ties. The place that I thought of as a safe and friendly haven.
I began to experience severe health affects within 5 hours of the installation of 4 GE Trilliant smart meters on
my small apartment complex on 7/28/2011. Headaches, nausea, insomnia, feelings of agitation and irritability,
and difficulty concentrating have made it necessary for me to leave my home. My symptoms resolve within
about 30 minutes going to a meterless area. I have been living out of my car since 8/2/2011, stopping in the
evenings at the homes of people who are able to let me sleep for the night. My life has been turned upside
down. I knew nothing of smart meters until the onset of my symptoms, but I do know for sure that the effects
are real. Five out five residents who were polled in my complex (out of 6 total residents who live here full time)
have shared that they are having similar physical symptoms. A woman in the building next door has reported
that she is unable to sleep in her bedroom. She didn’t know she had a bank of 8 meters installed in the
basement directly below her bedroom.
I have sought remedy through contacting Burbank Water and Power. Initially I was told it would be too
expensive to restore my analog meter by Ron Davis, Chairman of BWP. Another board member suggested I
just move out of Burbank. In a bizarre twist, I received a phone call from BWP a month after I spoke about the
problem offering me a new refrigerator (free) to replace my “old” refrigerator. This is peculiar, given that my
refrigerator is only one year old. I then received another call from BWP suggesting that I might have a problem
with a carbon monoxide leak. Given that my carbon monoxide meter reads zero and given that I feel ill in other
people’s homes in Burbank, I hardly think that this is feasible. BWP employees have suggested that I am
reacting to my neighbors’ WIFI. While this may be true, I have lived quite comfortably with my neighbors’
WIFI until the day the meters were installed. They also suggested that I might be having a problem with the
new paint in my apartment (it’s a year old) or the new carpet (it’s 15 years old). Other helpful suggestions
included the idea that something new is in bloom and/or there might be some construction going on around
me.
I contacted Judge Yip-Kikugawa, telling her of my plight. I received a terse message back from one of her
assistants stating that the CPUC has “zero authority” over BWP and a suggestion that I present my complaints
to my City Council. I took the suggestion and tearfully told the Mayor of Burbank and the Council at a meeting
in early August. The response was underwhelming, save for that of Dr. David Gordon. After public comments
were made, Ron Davis was allowed to take the floor for several minutes, during which he stated that the meters
are “safer than safe” and that BWP is working with each concerned citizen to resolve their issues. I do not feel
that BWP’s effort with me come close to solving my problem. I am losing my home and they are offering me a
new refrigerator.
I am desperately saddened by the situation and am seeking a place to go that is not too far distant from my
elderly mother and from the community I have lived in all my life…
This must be STOPPED. Civil rights, human rights, and the future of the planet could very well turn on this
issue. Dramatic? Yes! True? Absolutely. SG, Burbank CA
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Since PG&E put in their ‘smartmeter’ (oxymoron), I wake up with a headache every day and I am always tired
no matter how much sleep I get. I have been depressed, lethargic and forgetful. I have so much trouble
thinking clearly, it interferes with my daily functioning. I have gone to several doctors about the symptoms, but
nothing has helped. I didn’t realize how much the meter had been affecting me until I went away for a vacation
and all of my ‘illnesses’ were gone. Now that I am home, all of my “symptoms” are back. On top of everything,
SMUD came out to try to install one of the meters, too. I told them I didn’t want one. As the men were leaving,
I heard one of them say, “She is going to get one anyway.” This is absolutely criminal!
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