Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

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We recently had our smart meters installed, three of which our on our wall, for the three units on our lot. I
have a super healthy routine and was drastically improving my health and wellness. I am Vegan, non smoker,
non drinker, I record all of my food intake, exercise avidly and slept regularly from 10 pm until 7am. I began to
get unexplainable huge rashes on my face. My doctor freaked out and couldn’t believe the photos and ordered
labs immediately, he was sure I had Lupus or Rheumatory Athritis. He sent me to a Rheumatologist ASAP, It
then started with the aches and pains, the super dry lips and a loud squealing in my right ear. Even my teeth
hurt. Then the buzzing sound intermittently mixes with the high pitch squealing noise in my ear, followed by
extreme exhaustion or fatigue in random parts of the day or evening, to where I couldn’t even stand. The
headaches make me feel like I want to die. I can’t sleep until 5 or 6 am and pop back up at 7 am. I am nauseas,
and my ear in is extreme pain. I have feelings as if the ground or furniture is moving or being bumped. I get
dizzy and have problems orientating myself when I go from standing to sitting or vice versa. My 1200 calorie
diet that I record every meal has turned into a 300 calorie diet because I’m too sick to eat. I am having to
drink meal replacements because the more I cook in the kitchen the worse I get. My husband complained of
feeling sick, back pain, headaches and an electric-like pulse or shock-like feeling that darts up his body through
his brain. When it happens he jumps. It has happened three times now. The downstair neighbor moved
because of her sudden onset of symptoms that began at the same time. Our DVD player now cannot reach a
signal on the TV (says no signal) despite the player actually being a part of the TV, all in one piece. My eyes
burn and weep full of tears with a mental cloud I can’t shake. My stomach turns upside down it feels and I feel
a burning sensation on parts of my body. I have missed about 80% of my work schedule and am rapidly
deteriorating. I just kept saying, “something is wrong with the air.” I didn’t know what exactly I meant, it was
just a feeling I had. Then someone else said the same thing out of the blue. Then the other evening, I couldn’t
walk. I was crying profusely from the pain and symptoms. Everyday its worse….I am going to request mine be
removed but the neighbors still have them, still posing a threat since they’re everywhere around us. …These
meters not only quadrupled our electric bill but also my health that I’ve worked so hard to achieve came to a
complete halt, the same exact day as the meters were installed and everyday since then. … This isn’t fair. I
don’t want a smart meter. We weren’t surveyed our asked. We never got informed until the knock on the door
saying “SDGE, were here to install your smart meter.” Then we were handed a little piece of paper which didn’t
disclose much. Now we have a super high electric bill that is way to much for our tiny two bedroom beach
apartment and a super ill husband and wife who were otherwise healthy and active until the day of the meter
installation. Amy Evans San Diego CA 28 yrs old
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Last year I lived in Livermore CA. The meters were changed in Livermore last year. It wasn’t until I just saw a
news story where I have now put 2 and 2 together. Starting in Oct. 09 I have been experiencing terrible ringing
in the ears. A hi-pitch hissing/buzzing noise. It’s been driving me crazy. I have been to so many doctors since
trying to find out what is causing this terrible problem. Doctors cannot find anything wrong. But what I have
noticed is this, when I have traveled away from the city to the mountain such as to go camping, the hissing and
buzzing go away. But as soon as I get back home the noise starts back up again. NR Tracy CA
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I live in San Diego in a small apartment building with 3 apartments. SDGE installed 3 Smart Meters on
9/29/10 and I have been sick as a dog ever since, even to the point of missing work. The Meters are located
below my apartment, just below my bathroom wall (I am on the second floor). Using my Entech Meter I tested
the outlet in my bathroom and the signal was so distorted I could pick up a radio signal! My Gauss Meter also
picked up Hot Spots that never existed before.
I suffered from severe joint pains on the day it was installed to the point where I couldn’t move my wrist
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