Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

a prior immune disability and I thought I would be legally protected by the ADA. I don’t know where it is safe
for me to live. In addition, the financial impact of this disaster compounds. I pay my monthly mortgage and
rented a place, which due to symptoms, I cannot stay in. I am not sure that I can rent or sell my condo in good
conscience. I am seeking medical care including treatments not covered by any insurance. My out of pocket
costs continue to grow.
R.H., San Diego CA
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We live in Berkeley and recently had a smart meter installed without our knowledge. Since that time, my
husband and I have been having increasingly painful headaches around our ears, along with other symptoms.
My father, who has Parkinson’s and a Deep Brain Stimulator with two leads, also lives with us. I also have a
two year old and a five month old. My two year old is no longer sleeping well and is waking up all night. We
strongly feel that the smart meter is unhealthy for our family and want to get it removed. (Anon, Alameda
County CA)
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Since the meters were installed, I am experiencing continuous severe ringing in my ears in my home, which
does not happen when I am at work in Marin in an area where the smart meter have not been installed. Family
members are also experiencing headaches and one family member, who did not know the smart meters had
been installed was working unloading boxes for 1/2 an hour about 5 or 6 feet form the meters. He became very
dizzy, had very rapid heart beat and lost consciousness and fell. We are very concerned about the short term
and long term effect of the smart meters. We are in the process of trying to move to Fairfax hoping they will be
able to keep the smart meters out. As PG&E has refused to move them we were forced into selling our house.
This seems extremely unfair. (Anon. SF Bay Area)
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“ I am chemically and electrically sensitive but have gotten much better. I am finding that since they installed
our smart meter, I am getting unexplained exzema and rash. I have tried to heal leaky gut and all the things
you do to stop it and am still struggling with it. I know that I can’t use a cell phone unless it’s on speaker
phone, and then only a second. I get very ill with continued wi fi exposure. I wanted to ask you if you know
how much radiation these smart meters are putting out. I am really pissed about this, I rent and don’t own so
I feel stuck. ” (Anon, Alameda County)
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After the installation, I started hearing high-pitched frequencies that lasted about 20 seconds…
I called PG&E and told the lady there about hearing high-pitched noises in my house. It’s not coming from a
specific appliance but rather I’d hear it for 20 seconds or so (kind of like those hearing tests when we were
kids) and then it would go away. I heard it in the kitchen, the dining room, and my bedroom. The PG&E rep
had never heard of anything like this and forwarded me to the Smartmeter Division. (Anon, Berkeley CA)
This meter was eventually removed.
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Since the new meter start-up a few weeks ago … Family members’ new or exacerbated symptoms have
coincided with the meter start-up. Myself, I hear … high-pitched buzzing now within our house, absent before.
I often go to the clock to check the timing of the microwave hearing, and it most often corresponds exactly to
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