Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

9/23/12 Smart Meter Fires and Explosions | EMF Safety Network
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5/31/2011 Some blame ‘smart’ meter for Portland restaurant fire
“PORTLAND, Maine— A small fire on May 25 at El Rayo, a York Street Mexican restaurant,
was blamed on an electrical problem. But some people are saying there’s more to the fire than a
simple wiring issue. Central Maine Power Co.’s vendor had installed a “smart” electrical meter
on the building in January. The fire broke out in the electrical box where the meter connects to
the building. “Sorry for being closed at lunch. CMP’s allegedly smart meter caught fire and shut
us down all day,” the restaurant posted May 25 on Facebook.”
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Electrical fire causes power outage at Coddingtown JC Penney store
JC Penney closes after another electrical panel explodes in Santa Rosa Coddingtown mall, the
third reported electrical panel fire in Santa Rosa within a few weeks. Although the newspaper
article does not report it, the manager of the store confirmed these were smart meters involved
in the explosion and fire.
“The JC Penney store at Santa Rosa’s Coddingtown shopping center remained closed on Thursday
afternoon because of an early morning electrical explosion and fire that cut off power to the store,
fire officials said… An electrical panel in a utility room had exploded and begun burning, sending
smoke into the first and second floors of the building, fire officials said.”
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3 PG&E Smart Meters Explode at Santa Rosa Mall
April 7, 2011 According to the incident report from the Santa Rosa Fire Department on April 7,
firefighters found the electrical room at the Santa Rosa Mall “charged with smoke” and “upon
investigation found 3 PG&E meters that had blown off the electrical panel causing damage to
the interior wiring of the electrical panel. A fire was still smoldering..”
The cause of the fire is listed as equipment failure and arcing coming from the switchgear area,
and transformer vault.
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El Cerrito Smart Meter Catches Fire El Cerrito CA Fire Dept Report
Smart Meter was reported to catch fire and was still sparking when the fire crew arrived.
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