Smart Meters - Electronic Case Filings

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Michigan Public Service Commission
Comment for Commission Docket
Customer: Ray Smith City: Howell
Company: No Specific Company
Industry:Electric
Date Type User Reference
Created: 4/12/12
4/16/12 Call HLBRADS Customer Correspondence - see link (oc:Ray Smith)
4/13/12 Call MILLERL1 Customer Called Back (oc:Ray Smith)
4/12/12 Call POHLK Initial Contact (oc:Ray Smith)
Complaint: Smart Meter Comment
Caller said he's planning on bringing in the comments he collected. He
wanted to know where we are located.
Customer stated that he wanted to drop off a comment for the docket.
Customer spoke with Trent earlier in the day and wanted to confirm
that the information he was delivering would be added to the docket.
4/12/12 Other POHLK Updated (1): Comp. Status: '' to 'Closed Inquiry' (oc:Ray Smith)
Service Quality Division
Michigan Public Service Commission
P.O Box 30221, Lansing, MI 48909
Fax: 517-241-6272
4/16/2012 Page 1 of 1

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0. Ray Smith
1444 Crest Rd.
I H aelLMl 48843-1202
SMART METER DEPLOYMENT IN MICHIGAN - Case No. U-17000
513-54 P@5
Contact: Judy Palnau: 51 7-241 -3323 or 1-800-292-9555
Agency: Michigan Public Service Commission
Thank you for allowing me to express our opinion regarding the installa-
tion of smart meters by DTE in our area and other areas in the state of
Michigan. My wife and I object to Smart Meters for various reasons such
as privacy and health issues.
The way I am constructing this letter to you with attached samples under
each No. such as No. 0. No.1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4.& No. 5.
NO. 0 centers around the person who obtained the $83,828,878 to get the
Smart Meter project going. That person is none other than Barack
Hussein Obama who has very deep pockets indeed and has already
spent all of the money via DTE and now is asking for more from OBAMA .
It would be a big help if we could all print our own money like OBAMA.
NO.l has 4 Pgs. and has all the good news about how the California
CPUC Commissioners voted 4 to 0 on 2/1/12 to allow people to go back
to their analog meters. California has a population of 37,253,956 and has
53 Congressman or Congresswomen.
NO. 2 records the efforts of John Holeton sending 9 documents to Mich.
Attorney General Bill Schuette via E-mail.
NO. 3 records a copy of MICH. HOUSE BILL No. 5411 introduced in the
MICH. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on Feb. 16, 2012. The passage
of this bill by the Mich. House of Reps. will give those of us who want
no part of ELECTRONIC SOUP (RFS & EMF'S) a few feet from our heads
outside while we try to sleep in our master bedroom every evening.
NO. 4 Is a list of 254 German Doctors and Professors of Medicine who
have signed on to the "FREIBURGER APPEAL" which is spelled out on
Pgs.1-3 of the document.
NO. 5 is an excellent report by the "Magazine of Maine " regarding their
recent addition of anyone can opt out of their new smart meter in ad-
vance of the actual installation. If someone happens to tell them about it.

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excerpt - Smart Meters
"But most of the projects that are receiving grants involve the installation of what are known as
smart meters - devices that will have a direct benefit for consumers who want to save money on
their electric bills. For example, even as Florida Power & Light is bringing this solar plant online
today, it also is deploying hundreds of thousands of these smart meters in people's homes
throughout Florida. Much like the Recovery through Retrofit plan we launched last week to
boost the weath-on and retrofit industry, these devices will help you greatly improve the
energy efficiency in your own home.
Now, let me explain what's going on with these smart meters. Smart meters will allow you to
actually monitor how much energy your f d y is using by the month, by the week, by the day,
or even by the hour. So coupled with other technologies, this is going to help you manage your
electricity use and your budget at the same time, dowing you to conserve electricity during
times when prices are bighest, like hot summer days."
"We The People" will be at the mercy of both private and government corporations whom will
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demand / mandate we accep t this smart meter, RF communication device invasion, into our
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home, thus enslaving us by altering our daily lives by the month, day and even hour regardless of
the cost burden, health consequences, invasion of our privacy and our IV Amendment rights.
It is President Obama who makes the American people indentured servants to the New World
Order. He has used the "Peoples" future productivity as wllated on the debt of the 10 square
mile plantation called the District of Columbia He has Literally bonded the people imo a Life hf
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As with the First American Revolution. it was taxation without mresentation and the invasion,
into our liberties and homes which made the first American Patriots rise up for fieedom and thus
we are fixed with the battle fbr M om and our constitution once more!
We must protect our Constitution fiom enemies both foreign and domestic. So, again the call
must go out to the people: American Patriots - Join The Revolution!
Freedom is NOT Free!
"We The People"
Must Rise and Rise again!
Until our voices are heard!
Represent US and Protect US!
or Resii!

CA Smart Meter Opt-Out News
CA opt-out News IMPORTANT Update for
Analog switch approved . Californians:
for a fee for PG&E
customers. Expected to
soon be the template for Draft 2, Revision 3 of the "Peevey
all California. Does not PG&E Opt-Out" order, was passed on
solve problem for multiple WI,I~
meters, neighbors' meters
or general exposure to the
mesh network of pulsed
radiation created by utility News Video
companies with the new
smart grid.
The CPUC Commis@o$grs yote_d_to aper~vefclr~fge opt-outs to
gnAqg-mmo_r-PG&E cusJomers. The delay list is ended
and within 30 days, customers must sign up for the for-fee
opt-out program with PG&E or have a smart meter installed.
Details to follow. If you are a PG&E customer, call their smart
meter department to request opt-out. SDG&E and SCE
(Southern CA Edison) customers are still waiting for a ruling in
their opt-out proceedings. It is expected that the decisions will
be identical. Interim cost: $75 to install analog (for switch out)
and $10 a month for (non-CARE) customers. $10 to switch out
to analog and $5 a month extra for CARE customers (low
Analog meter, above, identified by income),
revolving circular wheel in center
and dials
Smart meter, above, identified by
the digital display.
News article: "Energy:
Customers to Get
Opportunity to Dump
Smart Meters" (NC
Times, San Diego,
21411 2) click liere
We are deeply indebted to 60 people+, who testified before the
vote and objected to the fees and leaving smart meters in our
communities. Most described horrific health problems that
have developed since the smart meters were installed,
including heart problems, cancers, severe dizziness, severe
weakness, inability to sleep and so on. They insisted that
neighbors' meters bothered them too and that opting out, even
if it could be afforded, would not allow them relief.
Commissioners were not impressed, with one (Catherine
Sandoval) even eating during their impassioned testimonies.
She was chastised for this by an angry math teacher who was
presenting. "Commissioner Sandoval, MUST YOU EAT during
our presentations???" (reminiscent of Marie Antoinette ...)
The Commissioners were oblivious to these pleas and noted
that President Obama's top energy ambassador came to visit
them two weeks ago to compliment the CPUC on the smart
grid projects. Obviously, Obama is also oblivious to the
suffering. He has compared updating the smart grid to landing
man on the moon. I would compare it more to the start of the
bubonic plague or a nuclear holocaust in slow motion.
Howell MI 48843-1202

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Saturday, February 4, 2012 9:55 AM
From: "sally"
To: "drnanderson" , "0 SMITH" ,
"Debbie Brooks" ~dbrooks2359@yahoo.com~, "John Holeton"
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Subject: CPUC passed SmartMeter Opt Out - legal challenges soon to follow
Subject: CPUC passed SmartMeter Opt Out - legal challenges soon to follow
Yesterday, the CPUC passed the SmartMeter Opt Out proposal with no revisions. This means that if you
still have your analog meter you will be required to pay PG&E $75 allegedly to install the analog meter and
they will not give you a refund for the SmartMeter that you will never use. PG&E ratepayers have until
May 1, 2012 to make their Opt Out decision. PG&E robocalls were going out yesterday within minutes of
the CPUC decision.
People can file complaints to the CPUC Consumers Affair Branch about the fees at this
site: https://ia.cpuc.ca.qov/ cimsapp/?key=39949189
I believe that we, the ratepayers won this round. These fees will be challenged. The only reason the
CPUC backed down on the forced SmartMeter installation is because they were challenged on the illegal
forcing of microwave SmartMeters onto our homes. The Obama Administration is so worried about people
waking up regarding microwave exposure that he sent out lT CZAR Aneesh Chopra to lobby for the forced
microwave exposure. We won't quit until the entire wireless mess grid is taken down and replaced with
fiber optics. Is cancer really a fair price to pay for business as usual placing profits over health?
Please go to these websites to read more and to find out the latest news. Such as this from -
Note: next door to the CPUC's public auditorium, the Smart Grid Deployment Plan Workshops (at the
CPUC) were being held this week. Center for Electrosmog Prevention was one of two formal Parties there
representing the smart meter concerns of Californians, with our attorney in attendance. Others there were
the utilities entourage, including their representatives and suppliers. One item learned was that the smart
grid does not operate as they thought it would, the bandwidth is too small to work the way they want it
to, and they need $600 million more to fix that. Also that some of the equipment is not even totally
understood but being deployed anyhow.
and this from

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Today the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 4-0 to allow PG&E to charge customers $75
initial fee and $10 a month for restoring or retaining their analog meter- or $10 initial fee and $5 a month
for CARE customers. Commissioner Florio was notably absent for the vote.
Everyone has paid for Smart Meters through rate hikes on our utility bills. So, if you still have the analog,
not only do you not get a refund for the Smart Meter you will not use, but you have to pay to keep the
analog meter you already have. Michael Peevey, who wrote the proposal justified the fees, calling it a
"service".
What about the people who asked, or had signs posted stating to not have a Smart Meter, but were forced
to have them? What about banks of meters, neighbors meters, the saturation of our communities with
pulsed radiation, no investigation on public health and environmental impacts, no investigation on smart
meter fires or meters exploding ... not even a cost evaluation of the fees?!? The fees are arbitrary, punitive,
unfair and amount to extortion. The fees also discriminate against people for medical reasons and are
therefore illegal.
For the millions of people who have been forced to have Smart Meters in California now you can legally
have Smart Meters removed, and analogs restored. For those people who have seen outrageous billing
increases, are offended by privacy infringement, or are so sickened from the radiation pulses, they are
eager to have the analog meters back. The initial fees will be less to have PG&E restore the meters, than
for you to buy an analog and hire an electrician. If you can afford it, take advantage of this opportunity,
but be very careful if they require you to sign any paperwork. PG&E may try to use this opportunity to
indemnify themselves of harm. To continue to pay $10 or $5 a month for a meter reader is another
matter. You can deduct that portion of your bill in protest.
For those on the delay list, or who still have analog meters, you will be receiving notice from PG&E to pay
the fees, or else get a Smart Meter. Continue to refuse the Smart Meters and the fees and demand
fairness. The opt out proceeding will be continued to evaluate cost and community wide opt-out.
Here are two excellent resources for SmartMeter news -
(You will find more resource links at these sites as well as at the ones above. There are too many to list
here.)
In related news, The UK is now allowing for an Opt Out of Smart Meters there. People are waking up all
over the world. We will not let the utilities turn our homes into microwave ovens.
http://www.teleqraph.co.uk/financialservices/utilities/Business-enery/9053100/Smart-meters-for-enerqy-
to-be-voluntary. html
Smart meters for energy to be voluntary
Plans to force households to have energy smart meters
installed have been shelved over health and privacy fears.

CA Smart Meter Opt-Out News
CEP Welcomes You
Cell Phone Safety Campaign
Anti-Smart Meter Campaign
Smart Meter Letter to Local Government
CA Smart Meter Opt-Out News
CA Smart Meter Opt-Out Videos
Join Us
American Coalition Against Smart Meters
Southern Californians Against Smart Meters
Multimedia and Resources
Smart Meter News & Events
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CEP Welcomes You
Cell Phone Safety Campaign
Anti-Smart Meter Campaign
Smart Meter Letter to Local Government
CA Smart Meter Opt-Out News
CA Smart Meter Opt-Out Videos
Join Us
American Coalition Against Smart Meters
Southern Californians Against Smart Meters
Multimedia and Resources
Smart Meter News & Events
Donate
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may deride it, but in the end; there it is." Winston Churchill
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi
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EON (RECOMMENDED): CA Smart Meter Opt-Out videos, including public comments and
CPUC vote CLICK I.IERE.
ARCHIVED CPUC VIDEO: OPT-OUT TESTIMONY & VOTE, FEB. 1 - click here
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9:00- 1052 Public Comments (worth watching)
1052- 1059 Clearing the auditorium (worth watching)
1059 - 11: 16 Commissioners vote on opt-out plan (worth watching)

CA Smart Meter Opt-Out News
For PG&E Customers:
How to opt-out *
(from a PG&E email to a customer on 2/1/12)
Sma~t Meter P~iblic Health Alert Notice
WWW,SMART&lETER DANGERS .ORG
THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HARM
CLICK HERE
* be sure to verify with PG&E how to opt-out if you are interested)
"For your convenience there are multiple ways to opt-out of SmartMeterTM .
You may opt-out online using our Sn1altMeterTM Opt-Out Form.
You may also submit your opt-out request by visiting your local PGGE office.
For customers on the SmartMeterTM Delay List, please opt-out by May 1,2012. If your opt-out
request is not submitted by May 1,2012, we'll assume your preference is for PG&E to upgrade
your meters to SmartMetersTM at no additional cost.
You may also opt-out by phone. Call our dedicated 24-hour SmartMeterTM
line at 1-866-743-0263.
We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you."

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Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:21 AM
From: "John Holeton"
To: "John Holeton" , "Sharon Lollio" ~lolllos@mlchlgan.gov>
9 Files (6608KB)
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Ms. Sharon Lollio, I will try to forward more information later next week.
John A. Holeton
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From: John Holeton cw4a rjohnholeton@att.net>
To: lollios@michigan.gov; John Holeton cw4arjohnholeton@att.net>
Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 7:04:43 AM
Subject: Smart Meter information for Bill Schuette Michigan Attorney General
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Ms Sharon Lollio, I would like you to pass onto Michigan Attorney General Bill
Schutte the following information that i hope he will act opon.
I sincersly believe that the forced installation of Smart Meters on the people of
Michigan is against the law under ."t;Iicliiga~~'s C'ol~sul.ner
f'l-ottction Act., f3tlblie Act
.3.3 I of 1976. Therfore Mr. Schutte would have jurisdiction to prosecute DT
Consumers Power and other agencies that tell consumers they are getting a - . - . I
Product" for FREE, without any strings attached, extra cost, full disclosure of
possible health, safety and liability concerns before the product is installed.
Please see the following documents.
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It must be noted that Pat Hudson of the MPSC has acknowledged that Smart Meters
are not Mandatory here in Michigan and the following people at the conference in
Ypsilanti where witness to this fact; see attachment "MPSC Declares NO Mandate".
DTE has publicly acknowledged that there is no cost benefittSee A-ttorney Genely~lls
I...e.tte~-s attached) or savings being done by the Smart Meter itself and firmly,
without any consious whatsoever declares proudly that they will not let consumers
opt out for any reason. Please watch this link for the rneetil~g at Stel-l.ing Heights
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Further more the Health issue of potential harm from Smart Meters must be
addressed and i recommend that everyone concerned in this whole issue read the
BioTr~itiative Report. Frei burger. Appeal: 13enet:ent(:, and Catania 12esolutio1.1~ I have
attached.
The Smart Meter is NOT a Replacement for the old analog meter! It is a NEW
product with 2way communication, load limiting capabilities, remote monitoring,
remote disconnect and data collection and forward capabilities. See lirorz Oprtz Ct+y
Sr~tnrt i+f~ftlr attached document.
The Smart Meter poses a personal safety and liability risk. The consumers are not
informed of this "New Product" and is being installed against the resident /
consumers will and knowledge.These meters are not UL certified for safety,
mounted on the primary side of the home before residents overload, and short
circuit device, the electrical service.
This puts the resident in direct personal harm from fire and financial burden of
property loss - All without his willful consent!
I am asking Attorney General Bill Schutte to respond to me personally about his
formal opinion and what action he will undertake and will not proceed upon to
protect the residents and consumers, their 4th Amendment rights to privacy and
protection under Michigan law.
Fu~hermore,
Action must be taken by the Attorney General, Bill Schuette to impress
upon Governor Snyder that the action of the Michigan Public Service Commission to
continue to approve monies to DTE, Consumers Power and other agancies under their
direct control for further installation of Smart Meters under the disguise that the
consumer directly benefits from energy saving must be denied.

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As more and more residents find out about this issue they become more concerned
on why and how can our so called representatives sit idly by and watch corporations
demand to limit our freedom,choices and even constitutional rights.
Scientific consense states we must act by the precautionary Principle!
The Precautionary principle or precautionary approach states that if an action or policy has a
suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific
consensus that the action or policy is harmful, the burden of vroof that it is not harmful falls on
those taking the action.
This principle allows policy makers to make discretionary decisions in situations where there is
the possibility of harm from taking a particular course or making a certain decision when
extensive scientific knowledge on the matter is lacking. The principle implies that there is a social
responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm, when scientific investigation has found
a plausible risk. These protections can be relaxed only if further scientific findings emerge that
provide sound evidence that no harm will result.
Where is our Representation and Protection from harm!
I will send further documentation at a latter date due to the limited capacity of
government access with E-mail.
Ms Lollio, your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.
You may feel free to contact us for more information at (586) 73 1-33 14
Sincerely John A. Holeton
On behalf of Pauline Holeton and all concerned citizens.
1. Consumer protection Act, Public Act 33 1 of 1976
Cost
2.Attomey General Bill Schutte says there is no cost benefit to consumers.
3. .Attorney General George Jepson of Connecticut says there is no cost benefit to
consumers.
4. MPSC Declares No Mandate
Health
5. BioInitiative Report
6. Freiburger Appeal
7. Benevento Resolution

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8.Catania Resolution
9. Itron OpenWay document

~ic& HOUSE BILL NO. 5411
February 16,20 12, Introduced by Reps. McMillin, Opsommer, Forlini , Franz, Moss, Lund,
Heise, Hooker and Lyons and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled
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1444 Crest Rd
Howell Ml48843- 1202
"An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and
certain private utilities and other services affected with a public
interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy
suppliers; to provide for licensing; to include municipally owned
utilities and other providers of energy under certain provisions of
this act; to create a public service commission and to prescribe
and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan public
utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties vested by
law on the public service commission; to provide for the
continuance, transfer, and completion of certain matters and
proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses; to prohibit
certain rate increases without notice and hearing; to qualify
residential energy conservation programs permitted under state law
for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; to provide for a
restructuring of the manner in which energy is provided in this
state; to encourage the utilization of resource recovery
facilities; to prohibit certain acts and practices of providers of
energy; to allow for the securitization of stranded costs; to
reduce rates; to provide for appeals; to provide appropriations; to
declare the effect and purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies
and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,I1
(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 10ff.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
SEC. 10FF. (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(A) REQUIRE AN ELECTRIC UTILITY TO ALLOW A CUSTOMER TO DECLINE
THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF AN ADVANCED METER.
(B) REQUIRE AN ELECTRIC UTILITY, AT A CUSTOMER'S REQUEST, TO
UNINSTALL ANY ADVANCED METER.
(C) REQUIRE THAT AN ELECTRIC UTILITY DOES NOT GIVE ANY METER
USE DATA FROM AN ADVANCED METER TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
ELECTRIC UTILITY.
(D) PROHIBIT AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FROM SHUTTING OFF SERVICE TO
A CUSTOMER BASED ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
(i) THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THE CUSTOMER USES.
(ii) THE CUSTOMER DECLINING THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF AN
ADVANCED METER.
(E) PROHIBIT AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FROM IMPOSING ANY
DISINCENTIVE ON A CUSTOMER FOR NOT ACCEPTING THE INSTALLATION OR
USE OF AN ADVANCED METER.
(F) PROHIBIT AN ELECTRIC UTILITY FROM OBTAINING DATA FROM AN
ADVANCED METER MORE THAN ONCE PER MONTH, UNLESS REQUESTED BY A
CUSTOMER.
(G) REQUIRE AN ELECTRIC UTILITY, 30 DAYS BEFORE INSTALLING AN
ADVANCED METER, TO SEND A NOTICE TO THAT CUSTOMER INFORMING THE
CUSTOMER OF THE RIGHT TO DECLINE THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF AN
ADVANCED METER.
(H) ISSUE A REPORT EACH YEAR TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE STANDING
COMMITTEES WITH OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES ISSUES OUTLINING
ELECTRIC UTILITIES' COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
KHS

(2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ADVANCED METER" MEANS A METER
THAT IS CAPABLE OF MEASURING, RECORDING, STORING, AND REPORTING
USAGE ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED TIME CRITERIA AND THAT ALLOWS 2-
WAY COMMUNICATIONS SUITED FOR DEMAND-RESPONSE PROGRAMS.
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Freiburger Appeal
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1444 Crest Rd
Howell MI 48843- 1202
Copy of the Freiburger Appeal as provided by Mast Sanity 1411 1/02
(http://www.planningsanity.co.uWreports/md341 .doc)
(Don't worry - only the title is in German, the rest is in English!)
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U_pdate: As- atA-ugust 200& over ighly-qualified and concerned
healthcare specialists had signe up to thisAppeal1 most of them
Doctors and Professors of Medicine.
Interdisziplina re Gesellschaft
fur Umweltmedizine. V.
IGUMED, Bergseestr. 57,79713 Bad Sa ckingen
Tel. 07761 913490. FAX 913491, e-mail: igumed@gmx.de
FREIBURGER APPEAL
9. Oktober 2002
Out of great concern for the health of our fellow human beings do we - as established physicians of all fields,
especially that of environmental medicine - turn to the medical establishment and those in public health and
political domains, as well as to the public.
We have observed, in recent years, a dramatic rise in severe and chronic diseases among our patients,
especially:
Learning, concentration, and behavioural disorders (e.g. attention deficit disorder, ADD)
Extreme fluctuations in blood pressure, ever harder to influence with medications
Heart rhythm disorders
Heart attacks and strokes among an increasingly younger population
Braindegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer-s) and epilepsy
Cancerous afflictions: leukemia, brain tumors
Moreover, we have observed an ever-increasing occurrence of various disorders, often
misdiagnosed in patients as psychosomatic:

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Headaches, migraines
a Chronic exhaustion
Inner agitation
a Sleeplessness, daytime sleepiness
Tinnitus
Susceptibility to infection
Nervous and connective tissue pains, for which the usual causes do not explain even the most
conspicuous symptoms
Since the living environment and lifestyles of our patients are familiar to us, we can see especially after
carefully-directed inquiry a clear temporal and spatial correlation between the appearance of disease and
exposure to pulsed high -frequency microwave radiation (HFMR), such as:
Installation of a mobile telephone sending station in the near vicinity
a Intensive mobile telephone use
Installation of a digital cordless (DECT) telephone at home or in the neighbourhood
We can no longer believe this to be purely coincidence, for:
a Too often do we observe a marked concentration of particular illnesses in correspondingly HFMR-polluted
areas or apartments;
Too often does a long-term disease or affliction improve or disappear in a relatively short time after
reduction or elimination of HFMR pollution in the patient's environment;
a Too often are our observations confirmed by on-site measurements of HFMR of unusual intensity.
On the basis of our daily experiences, we hold the current mobile communications technology (introduced in
1992 and since then globally extensive) and cordless digital telephones (DECT standard) to be among the
fundamental triggers for this fatal development. One can no longer evade these pulsed microwaves. They
heighten the risk of already-present chemical/physical influences, stress the body's immune system, and
can bring the body's still-functioning regulatory mechanisms to a halt. Pregnant women, children,
adolescents, elderly and sick people are especially at risk.
Our therapeutic efforts to restore health are becoming increasingly less effective: the unimpeded and
continuous penetration of radiation into living and working areas particularly bedrooms, an essential place
for relaxation, regeneration and healing causes uninterrupted stress and prevents the patient's thorough
recovery.
In the face of this disquieting development, we feel obliged to inform the public of our observations
especially since hearing that the German courts regard any danger from mobile telephone radiation as
"purely hypothetical" (see the decisions of the constitutional court in Karlsruhe and the administrative court
in Mannheim, Spring 2002).
What we experience in the daily reality of our medical practice is anything but hypothetical!
We see the rising number of chronically sick patients also as the result of an irresponsible " safety limits"
policy, which fails to take the protection of the public from the short- and long-term effects of mobile
telephone radiation as its criterion for action.
Instead, it submits to the dictates of a technology already long recognized as dangerous; For us, this is the
beginning of a very serious development through which the health of many people is being threatened.
We will no longer be made to wait upon further unreal research results - which in our experience are often
influenced by the communications industry while evidential studies go on being ignored. We find it to be of
urgent necessity that we act now!
Above all, we are, as doctors, the advocates for our patients. In the interest of all those concerned, whose
basic right to life and freedom from bodily harm is currently being put at stake, we appeal to those in the
spheres of politics and public health. .
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New health-friendly communications techniques, given independent risk assessments before their
introduction and, as immediate measures and transifional steps:
Stricter safety limits and major reduction of sender output and HFMR pollution on a justifiable scale,
especially in areas of sleep and convalescence
A say on the part of local citizens and communities regarding the placing of antennae (which in a
democracy should be taken for granted)
Education of the public, especially of mobile telephone users, regarding the health risks of electromagnetic
fields
Ban on mobile telephone use by small children, and restrictions on use by adolescents
Ban on mobile telephone use and digital cordless (DECT) telephones in preschools, schools, hospitals,
nursing homes, events halls, public buildings and vehicles (as with the ban on smoking)
Mobile telephone and HFMR-free zones (as with auto-free areas)
Revision of DECT standards for cordless telephones with the goal of reducing radiation intensity and
limiting actual use time, as well as avoiding the biologically critical HFMR pulsation
Industry-independent research, finally with the inclusion of amply available critical research results and our
medical observations.
The So-far Undersigned
Dr. med. Thomas Allgaier, General medicine, Environmental medicine, Heitersheim
Dr. med. Christine Aschermann, Neural physician, Psychotherapy, ,Leutkirch
Dr. med. Waltraud Ba r, General medicine, Natural healing, ~nvironmental medicine, Wiesloch
Dr. med. Wolf Bergmann, Genaeral medicine, Homeopathy, Freiburg
Dr. med. H. Bernhardt, Pediatry, Schauenburg
Dr. Karl Braun von Gladiii, General medicine, Holistic medicine, Teufen
Hans Bruggen, Internal medicine, Respiratory medicine, Environmental medicine, Allergenics, Deggendorf
Dr. med. Christa-Johanna Bub-Jachens, General medicine, Natural healing, Stiefenhofen
Dr. med. Arndt Dohmen, Internal medicine, Bad Sa ckingen
Barbara Dohmen, General medicine, Environmental medicine, Bad Sackiigen
Verena Ehret, Doctor, Kotzting
Dr. med. Joachim Engels, Internal medicine, Homeopathy, Freiburg
Karl-Rainer Fabig, Practical doctor
Dr. med. Gerhilde Gabriel, Doctor, Munchen
Dr. med. Karl Geck, Psychotherapy, Murg
Dr. med. Jan Gerhard, Pediatrics, Child/adolescent psychiatry, Ahrensburg
Dr. med. Peter Germann, Doctor, Environmental medicine, Homeopathy, Worms
Dr. med. Gertrud Grunenthal, General medicine, Environmental medicine, Bann
Dr. med. Michael Gulich, Doctor, Schopfheim
Julia Gunter, Psychotherapy, Korbach
Dr. med. Wolfgang Haas, Internal medicine, Dreieich
Dr. med. Karl Haberstig, General medicine, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics, Inner-Urberg
Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht, Specialist in stress-, sleep-, chrono- und space travel medicine, Berlin
Dr. med. Bettina Hovels, General medicine, Lonach
Walter Hofmann, Psychotherapy, Singen
Dr. med. Rolf Janzen, Pediatrics, Waldshut-Tiengen
Dr. med. Peter Jaenecke , Dentist, Ulm
Michaela Kammerer, Doctor, Murg
Dr. med. Michael Lefbecht, General medicine, Environmental medicine, Duisburg
Dr. med. Volker zur Linden, Internal medicine, Bajarnar
Dr. med. Dagmar Marten, Doctor, 0chsenfiu-t
Dr. med. Rudolf Mraz, Psychotherapy, Natwal healing, Stiefenhofen
Dr. med. Otto Pusch, Nuclear medicine, Bad Wildungen
Dr. med. Josef Rabenbauer, Psychotherapy, Freiburg
Elisabeth Radloff-Geck, Doctor, Psychotherapy, Homeopathy, h4urg

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Dr. med. Anton Radlspeck, Practical doctor, Natural healing, Aholming
Barbara hutenberg, General medicine, Environmental medicine, Kotzting
Dr. med. Hans-Dieter Reimus, Dentist, Oldenburg
Dr. med. Ursula Reinhardt, General medicine, Bruchkobel
Dr. med. Dietrich Reinhardt, Internal medicine, Bruchkobel
Dr. med. Andreas Roche, General medicine, Kaiserslautern
Dr. med. Bernd Salfner, Pediatrics, Allergenics, Waldshut-Tiengen
Dr. med. Clans Scheingraber, Dentist, Munchen
Dr. med. Bernd Maria Schlamann, Dentist, Non-medical practitioner, Ahaus-Wessum
Dr. med. Hildegard Schuster, Psychotherapy, Lorrach
Norbert Walter, General medicine, Natural healing, Bad Sa ckingen
Dr. med. Rosemarie Wedig, Doctor, Psychotherapy, Homeopathy, Dusseldorf
Dr. med. Gunter Theiss, General medicine, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. med. Otmar Wassermann, Toxicology, Schonkirchen
IGUMED ii lnterdisziplina re Gesellschaft fur Urnweltmedizin e.V.
FREIBURGER APPELL Bfatt: - 5 -
Prof. Dr. med. H.-J. Wilhelm, Ear, nose and throat doctor, Phoniater, Frankfurt
Dr. med. Barbara Wurschnitzer-Hunig, Dermatology, Allergenics, Environmental medicine, Kempten
Dr. med. Xngo Frithjof Zurn, General medicine, Phlebology, Natural healing, Environmental medicine, Nordrach
List of supporters for the FREIBURGER APPEAL:
Dr. rned. Wolfgang Baur, General medicine, Psychotherapy, Environmental medicine, Vienenburg
Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchner, Physicist, Munchen
Volker Hartenstein, Member of Parliament (Bavaria), Ochsenfurt
Maria und Bruno Hennek, Self-help group for chemical- and wood preservative-damaged, Wurzburg
Dr. Lebrecht von KJitzing, Medicinal physicist, Stokelsdorf
Wolfgang Maes, Baubiology and Environmental analysis, Neu
Helmut Merkel, 1st Chairman of Biobiology Organization, Bonn
Peter Neuhold, Non-medicinal practitioner, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Anton Schneider, Scientific leader of Institute for Baubiology and Ecology, Neubeuern
Dr. Birgit Stocker, Chairwoman of Self-Help Organization for Electrosensitives, Munchen
Prof. Dr. Alfred G. Swierk, Mainz
Dr. Ulrich Warnke, Biophysics, Biopsychology, Biomedicine, Saarbrucken
The following list is the full list of signatures to the 'Prieburger Appeal' as of the 11th November 2002
The list is constantly updated, the latest full list can be viewed at
http:lhnrw.e-smognrw.de/News/Skandal/Wewelsburg/H_E~S~E~Project/FreiburgerAppell/livelisten~der~Untersc
rifte
Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht, Spezialist fur Stress-, Schlaf-, Chrono-. und Raumfahrtmedizin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. med. Ingrid Gerhard, Frauenarztin, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. med. Otmar Wassermann, Toxikologie, Schonkirchen
Prof. Dr. med. H.-J. Wilhelm, Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Phoniater, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. med. Volker Zahn, Chefarrt, Frauenarzt, Umweltmedizin, Straubing
MUDr. IUniversitat Prag, E. Pinkbeiner-Weimer, ~als- ase en-0hren-~rztin, Hanau

Erdmuthe Adam-Last, Frauenatztin, Osterode
Brigitte Alexander, ~rztin, Psychotherapie, Naturheilverfahren, Wuppertal
Dr. med. Thomas Allgaier, Allgemeinmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Heitersheim
Dr. med. Ekkehard Arnold, Kinder- und Jugendarzt, Umweltmedizin, Weil am Rhein
Dr. med. Christine Aschermann, Nervenarztin, Psychotherapie, Leutkirch
Dr. med. Iris Axhausen, StraOlach
Dr. med. Klaus Axhausen, StraOlach
Dr. med. Marie-Luise Bande, Dieburg
Dr. med. Alexander Bar, Fra~enarzt~Naturheilverfahren, Bad Neustadt
Dr. med. Waltraud Bar, Allgemeinmedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Urnweltmedizin, Wiesloch
Dr. med. Jurgen Bauer, Anasthesie, Schmerztherapie, Gartringen
Dr. med. Wolfgang Baur, Allgemeinmedizin, Psychotherapie, Umweltmedizin, Vienenburg
Dr. med. Ursula Bellat, Allgemeinmedizinerin, Grunkraut
Gerhard Berger, Arzt, Rockenberg
Dr. med. Wolf Bergmann, Allgemeinmedizin, Homoopathie, Freiburg
Dr. med. Gerhard Bernecker, Allgemeinarzt, Rinchnach
Dr. med. H. Bernhardt, Kinderheilkunde, Schauenburg
Dr. med. Bemhard Binek, Bruckmuhl-Waith
Dr. Tom Bingert, Kinderatzt, Schenefeld
Dr. med. Claus Birken, Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Arzt, Dusseldolf
Dr. med. Klaus Bogner, Allgemeinmedizin, Friedrichshafen
Dr. med. Johan Bolhuis, Allgemeinmedizin,Naturheilverfahren, Dieren (Niederlande)
Dr. med. Hermann Boller, Naturheilverfahren, Chirotherapie, Bergisch Gladbach
Dr. Karl Braun von Gladiss, Allgemeinmedizin, Ganzheitsmedizin, Teufen
Dr. med. Hubertus von Braunmiihl, Neurologe/Psychiater/Psychotherapie, Mainz
Dr. med. Veronika Buhler, ~rztin und Industriekauffrau, Uhldingen
Dr. med. Werner Burgmayer, Allgemeinmediziner, Homoopathie, Altenmunster
Hans Bruggen, Internist, Lungen- und Bronchialheilkunde, Umweltmedizin, Allergologie, Deggendorf
Dr. med. Christa-Johanna Bub-Jachens, Allgemeinarztin, Naturheilverfahren, Stiefenhofen
Dr. Wolfgang Burk, Ganzheitliche Zahnheilkunde, Oldenburg
Dr. med. Robert Caffonara, Allgemeinmedizin, Schwabisch-Gmund-Bettringen
Dr. Dr. habil. Max Daunderer, Internist, Umweltarzt, Toxikologe, Grunwald
Dr. med. Wolfgang DilOner, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Lohra
Dr. med. Arndt Dohmen, Innere Medizin, Bad Sackingen
Barbara Dohmen, Allgemeinmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Bad Sackingen
Dr. med. Wolff Kersten von During, Freiburg
Verena Ehret, Aerztin, Kutzting
Dr. med. Joachim Engels, Innere Medizin, Homoopathie, Freiburg
Karl-Rainer Fabig, Praktischer Arzt, Hamburg
E. Fange-Larsen, Zahnarrt, Altenholz-Klausdorf
Dr. med. Jochen Fend, FA fur HNO-Heilkunde, Siegen
Dr. Rudolf Fink, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Bruchkobel
Dr. med. Friedrich Focke, Facharzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Mijnster
Dr. med. Stanley Frank, Atzt fiir Osteopathie, Homoopathie, Traunstein
Dr. med. Florian Gabriel, Munchen
Dr. med. Gerhilde Gabriel, ~rztin, Munchen
Dr. med. Martin Gailhofer, Allgemeinmedizin, Eichstatt
Dr. med. Susanne Gailhofer, Allgemeinmedizin, Homoopathie, Eichstatt
Dr. med. Michael Galich, Arzt, Schopfheim
Johannes Ganter, Facharzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Schwabisch Gmund
Dr. med. Karl Geck, Psychotherapie, Murg
Dr. med. Elisabeth Gedeon, Allgemeinmedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Gelsenkirchen
Dr. med. Jan Gerhard, Kinderheilkunde, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Ahrensburg

Dr. rned. dent. Bruno Germann, Zahnarzt, Lachen, Schweiz
Dr. med. Peter Germann, Arzt, Umweltmedizin, Hornoopathie, Worms
Dr. rned. Markus Gerum, Facharzt fur Anasthesiologie, Homoopathie, Bad Worishofen
Wolfgang Gerz, Arzt, Munchen
Dr. Karlheinz Graf, Zahnarzt, Straubing
Dr. rned. Hans-Peter Grirnrn, FA Mr innere Medizin, Bucholz/Holm-Seppensen
Dr. dent. Berthold Grohn, Zahnarzt, Geesthacht
Dr. rned. dent. Reto Salis Gross, Zahnarzt, Zurnikon, Schweiz
Dr. rned. Gertrud Gronenthal, Allgerneinrnedizin, Umweltmedizin, Bann
Dr. rned. Dietrich Grun, Allgerneinrnedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Winnenden
Dr. med. Michael Gulich, Arzt, Schopfheim
Julia Gunter, Psychotherapie, Korbach
Dr. rned. Bernd Gutberlet, Internist, Homoopathie, Heidelberg
Dr. rned. Angela Haake, ~rztin, Velbert
Dr. rned. Wolfgang Haas, Innere Medizin, Dreieich
Dr. rned. Karl Haberstig, Allgerneinmedizin, Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Inner-Urberg
Dr. rned. Isabel Hammer, Allgerneinmedizin, Bockhorn
Dr. Andree Hanck-Conter, Allgerneinmedizin, Lintgen, Luxemburg
Dr. med. Gerhard Hauser, praktischer Arzt, Essen
Dr. rned. Bettina Havels, Allgemeinrnedizin, Lorrach
Dr. rned. Joachim Hensel, Allgerneinmedizin, Vorstand Gesellschaft fiir Gesundheitsberatung GGB
Dr. Ernst Herb, Zahnarzt, Pfaffenhofen
Dr. rned. Helga-Beate Herrmann, FA fur HNO-Heilkunde, Siegen
Dr. rned. Michael Hess, Allgemeinmedizin, Urnweltmedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Munchen
Walter Hofrnann, Psychotherapie, Singen
Dr. med. dent. Anke Horauf, Zahnarztin, Heilpraktikerin, Kernpten
Dr. rned. Dieter Horn, Allgemeinmedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Umweltrnedizin, Psychotherapie, Munchen
Dr. rned. Lothar Hollerbach, Allgemeinrnedizin, Homoopathie, Naturheilverfahren, Urnweltrnedizin, Heidel
Dr. med. Bettina Hovels, Allgemeinrnedizin, Lorrach
Dr. rned. Christoph Hovels, Kinderheilkunde, Lorrach
Dr. rned. Bettina Hovels-Luke, Allgemeinrnedizin, Freiburg
Dr. med. Elisabeth Hoppel, Naturheilverfahren, Orthopadie, Dorfen
Dr. med. Peter Jaenecke, Zahnarzt, Ulrn
Dr. rned. Rolf Janzen, Kinderheilkunde, Waldshut-Tiengen
Dr. med. Philipp Jedelhauser, Kernpten
Beate Justi, Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Hannover
Dr. med. Joachim Kaiser, Allgemeinrnedizin, Chirotherapie, Schrnerztherapie, Gottmadingen
Michaela Karnrnerer, ~rztin, Murg
Dr. rned. Susanne Kessner, Allgemeinrnedizin, Homoopathie, Naturheilverfahren, Niederweiler
Karl Kienle, Praktischer Arzt, Homoopathie, Chirotherapie, Naturheilverfahren, Schongau
Dr. med. Georg Kneissl, Arzt fur Naturheilverfahren, Zangberg
Dr. rned. Thomas Kohnke, Zahnarzt, Eschborn
Dr. rned. dent. Christiane Kriiger, Hamburg
Dr. Hans-G. Kuschella, Zahnarzt, Seeshaupt
Dr. med. Manfred Kuhnle, Allgemeinmedizin, Hornoopathie, Balingen
Dr. med. Monika Kuny, Psychotherapie, Grunwald
Detlef Kvast, Arzt fur Radiologie, Korbach
Dr. rned. Nikolaus Landbeck, Allgerneinmedizin, Naturheilverfahren und Homoopathie, Hintemeidenthal
Johannes Latschar, Frauenarrt, Mainz-Kostheim
Barbara Lechelt, Psychotherapie, Homoopathie, Naturheilverfahren, Lindenberg
Dr. rned. Michael Lefknecht, Allgemeinmedizin , Umweltmedizin, Duisburg
Dr. med. Johannes Leister, Oberarzt, Fachkrankenhaus B. Bredstedt
Dr. rned. Volker zur Linden, Innere Medizin, Bajarnar

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Dr. med. Martin Lion, Arzt, Homoopathie, Ulm
Dr. med. Michaela Ludwig, Bad Soden
Dr. med. Dagmar Marten, ~rztin, Ochsenfurt
Dr. med. Wolfgang May, Internist, Schwangau
Axel T. Meier, Zahnarzt, Berlin
Dr. Rudolf Meierhofer, Zahnarzt, Roth
Dr. med. Michael Meyer, Facharzt fur physikal. und Reha-Medizin, Bisingen
Bert Mikula, Arzt (TCM), Heilpraktiker, Schwabisch Hall
Dr. med. Heinz Morhard, Allgemeinmediziner, Haldenwang
Dr. med. Rudolf Mraz, Psychotherapie, Naturheilverfahren, Stiefenhofen
Dr. med. Cornelia Muhleisen, Psychotherapie, Senden
Dr. med. Franz-Leonhard Muhleisen, Allgemeinmedizin, Psychotherapie, Senden
Dr. med. Joachim Mutter, Arzt, Stegen
Dr. med. Birgitta Neulist, Frauenarztin, Coburg
Dr. med. Herbert Noppeney, Internist, Umweltmedizin, Betriebsmedizin, Bayreuth
Dr. med. Alexandra Obermeier, ~rztin fur Psychotherapie und Psychiatrie, Munchen
Elfi Oswald, Naturheilkunde, Wolfratshausen
Dr. med. Claudia Ostlander-Herrmann, praktische ~rztin, Worrstadt
Dr. med. dent. Berthold Otto, Puchheim
Dr. med. Ullrich Paffrath, praktischer Arzt, Homoopathie, Uhldingen
Dr. med. Werner Paula, Allgemeinmedizin, Chirotherapie, Naturheilverfahren, Lam
Dr. med. Otto Pusch, Nuklearmedizin, Bad Wildungen
Dr. med. Josef Rabenbauer, Psychotherapie, Freiburg
Elisabeth Radloff-Geck, ~rztin, Psychotherapie, Homoopathie, Murg
Dr. med. Anton Radlspeck, Praktischer Arzt, Naturheilverfahren, Aholming
Barbara Rautenberg, Allgemeinmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Kutzting
Dr. med. Christof Rautenberg, Internist, Kutzting
Dr. med. Hans-Dieter Reimus, Zahnarzt, Oldenburg
Dr. V. Reiners, Orthopade, Ingelheim
Dr. med. Ursula Reinhardt, Allgemeinmedizin, Bruchkubel
Dr. med. Dietrich Reinhardt, Innere Medizin, Bruchkubel
Dr. med. Wolfgang Ritter, Allgemeinmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Wertheim
Dr. med. Andreas Roche, Allgemeinmedizin, Kaiserslautern
Dr. med. Stefan Rockl, Internist, Lungen- und Bronchialheilkunde, Allergologie, Umweltmedizin, Kotzting
Dr. Dr. med. Jurgen Rolff3, Arzt, KronbergITaunus
Dr. med. Alexander Rossaint, Zahnarzt, Aachen
Dr. med. Johannes Rudolph, Allgemeinmedizin, Homoopathie, March-Hugstetten
Dr. med. Bernd Salfner, Kinderheilkunde, Allergologie, Waldshut-Tiengen
Dr. med. Gerhard Saltzwedel, Nurnberg
Dr. Danilo Santa, Orthopade, Backnang
Dr. med. Claus Scheingraber, Zahnarzt, Munchen
Dr. med. dent. Dirk Schreckenbach, Zahnarzt und Heilpraktiker, Homburg
Dr. med. Jochen Schi l ler, Allgemeinmedizin, Homoopathie, Naturheilverfahren, Potsdam
Dr. med. Bernd Maria Schlamann, Zahnarzt, Heilpraktiker, Ahaus-Wessum
Dr. med. Martin Schlesinger, Allgemeinmedizin, Offenburg
Dipl.-Psychologe Eberhard Schnell, Psychotherapie, Deisenhofen
Dr. med. Ursula Schopf, Anasthesistin, Munchen
Detlef Schultz, Zahnarzt, ijberlingen
Dr. med. Hildegard Schuster, Psychotherapie, Lorrach
Dr. med. Helga Simchen, Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapie, Psychotherapie, Mainz
Anja Sonneborn, ~rztin, Leverkusen
Dr. med. Christian Steiner, Praktischer Arzt, Viktring, dsterreich
Christoph Stoeckle, Zahnarzt, Lautkirch

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Eva Stoeckle, Zahnamtin, Lautkirch
Dr. med. Heinz Struzina, Allgemeinrnedizin, Mainhardt
Dr. rned. Wolfgang Stuck, Internist, Koblenz
Dr. med. Jeanette Teeuwen-Mutter, ~rztin, Stegen
Dr. med. Gunter Theiss, Allgemeinmedizin, Frankfurt
Dr. Roby Thill, Medicine Generale, Beaufort (Luxemburg)
Dr. med. Max Thoma, Allgemeinmedizin, Deggendorf
Dr. med. A. Thonke, Internist, Kelheirn
Dr. med. Victor Toenges, Kinderarzt und Allgerneinmediziner, Lustmuhle, Schweiz
Dr. med. Dagrnar Uecker, Bad Soden
Dr. med. Thomas Villinger, Frauenarzt, Homoopathie, Munsche
. Dr. med. Peter Vogt, Dusseldorf
Dr. med. Hedwig Vollmann, Praktische ~rrtin, Psychotherapie, Puchheim
Dr. med. Bernd Wagner, FA fur Allgemeinmedizin, Karlsruhe
Norbert Walter, Allgemeinrnedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Bad Sacking en
Dr. med. Klaus Waterstradt, Bronchial- und Lungenheilkunde, Lubeck
Dr. med. Rosemarie Wedig, ~rztin, Psychotherapie, Hornaopathie, Diisseldorf
Thomas Weth, Allgemeinmedizin, Naturheilverfahren, Bad Sackingen
Dr. med. Walter Wirth, Rentner, Oberneisen
Dr. med. Gudrun WiBmann-Focke, Praktische ~rztin, Munster
Dr. Ulrich Wolf, Zahnarzt, Wenzenbach
Dr. Hans Wolfgang Wurm, praktischer Arrt, Baisweil
Dr. med. Barbara Wurschnitzer-Hiinig, Derrnatologie, Allergologie, Umweltmedizin, Kempten
Dr. Dr. med. Ingo Frithjof Zorn, Allgemeinmedizin, Phlebologie, Naturheilvetfahren, Umweltrnedizin, Nord
Dr. med. habil. Victor Zyganow, Praxis fur Energiemedizin, Berlin

"What CMP is not telling consumers," says smart meter
critic Elisa Boxer-Cook, "is that in order to f~~lly use. the smart
meter you're going to have to buy all new appliances with wireless
transmitters in them." Boxer-Cook. of Scarborough, is a former
newspaper and television journalist who foundecl [he Smart
Meter Saltty Coalition (smartmetersafety.com) in thc fall of 2010,
shortly Idore she filed a complaint wilh the PUG over the poten~i~ll
hrxl~li rislcs of exposure to the rad~olrequency (RF) fields
eliiittr~l I>\ srrlilrl ~ueters. Boxer-Cook hcrselr is scnzitive to RE
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Scientific Consulting, a company that spe-
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Elisa Boxer-Cook
founded the Smart
Meter Safety
corporate interests. Exponent scientists,
for example, defended the tobacco industry
Coalition to caution
against charges that secondhand smoke
homeowners about caused cancer, ExxonMobil against charges
the potential health
risks Of
to radiofrequency
fields emitted by
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meters.
hat a double-hulled tanker could have
prevented the E.uxon Valdez oil spill, and
Toyota against charges that a design flaw
caused its car bralies to fail.
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7-229-3838 received seven, ten-person complaints
landmowo.com about smart meters. :
"Under the circumstances presented
in this case," wrote the PUC in its June
ALMOI(EIAG~ 22 order, 'it is clearly an unreasonable
act and practice for a utility to ignore the
concerns of a significant number of its
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customers and ~efuse to permit a smart
meter opt-out option if doing so is technically
and economically feasible and
those customers assume and bear the
additional costs."
. The PUC ordered CMP to provide two
.options to customers who did want a smart
meter: Keep their old meter, or have
one installed that only transmitted out.
The PUC also ordered CMP to notify
customers before deploying smart metcrs
and to give customers thirty days to opt- .
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"Maine is the first state, the first place
in he world to get an opt-out." says
Boxer-Cook. "That is a trenlendous victory
CMP did.everything it could to fight
an opt-out." In C.alifornia, more than
fony municipal ant1 county governments
have enacted some lorn of loci11 control
on smart meters, ranging from opt outs to
bans and moratoriums. In Maine, on June
I, the Bath City Council enacted its own
180-day moratorium, elfect~vely adopting.
ing an opt-in approach such that CMP
k . customers would have to make the affirmative
choice to have a smart meter installed
rather than request that one not be
installed.
"Our real goal ." says Bath city councilor
David Sinclai, "is tI1z11 consumers
be able to make an informer1 decision
rather than have it made lor them by
CMR" Maine's smart meter opt-out, as
previously noted. comes with a price.
Customers can pay n one-time fee of $20
and then $10.50 a month for smart mrters
that only tranrmit one way (and do
not yet exist) or they can pay a $40 lcr
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and then $12 a month to kcep their old
clcctromechan~cal meters
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thmugh Oetobsr 31.2011
that the smart nlrlar i:, rlow CMI'k
standard equipment. "If an individual
ratepayer wants something different,"
explains PUC Commissioner Vendean
Vafiades, "the cost of that should be born
by that individual and not the ratepayers
in general." Prior to the PUC optlout
order, close to 5 percent of customers per
day were expressing interest in opting
out, reports CMP's John Carroll. The fig-
ure sometimes got as high as 8 percent.
"Since the policy has been in place,"
says Carroll, "we have seen 'interest in
opting out drop to 1 percent a day."
And that's precisely why smart meter
critics see the opt-out fees as penalties
meant to deter consumers from refusing
smart meters. "You can't say we're going
to charge you if you want to err on the
side of safety," says Ed Friedman. "That's
extortion. It's not a choice if you have to
pay to avoid the harm."
"We think there is a
legitimate case to be
made," says Davies.
"that people should not
be paying for something
that a potentialu
health risk for them. "
Upset about the opt-out fee, Friedman,
a Bowdoinham resident and chairman of
thc Friends of Merrymeeting Ray, filed a
new ten-person complaint with the PUC
on July 29. The complaint asks for 1) a
slay on the installation of smarl meters,
2) an opt-in, rather lhan an opt-out, approach,
3) the elimination of the opt out
fees, 4) a CMP communications plan that
informs consumers of risks, and 5) estxblishment
of a smart meter complaint
hotline in the Public Advocate's nffice.
Public advocate Richard Dames agrees
that the opt-out penalty should he eliminated.
"We think there is a legitimate case
to be made," says Davies, "that people
should not he paying for something that
posts a potential health risk for them."
Davies also thinks CMP could he doing
a n~uch better job in gencral informing
cuslomers about smart mcters. "You real!~
need to be upfront with customers."
Ilc says. "Thry are s~ths~an~~ally lacldng in
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Maine PUC to require opt out for 'smart meters' - Maine news, sports, obituaries, weather ... Page 1 of 1
BANGOR DAILY NEWS
Maine PUC to require opt out for
'smart meters'
The Associated Press
Posted May 17,2011, at 1:lg pm.
AUGUSTA, Maine -The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday to let Central Maine Power
customers opt out of using "smart meters" that are part of a power grid upgrade by either turning off the
wireless component ofthe new meters or keeping their old analog meters.
CMP is in the process of replacing 600,ooo traditional electric meters %ith wireless digital meters, and
some vocal critics have raised health concerns.
In their decision, commissioners decided that CAW customers who don't want to use the smart meters
must pay an upfront cost of $20 or $40 and then a monthly charge of $10.50 or $12. Customers also can
pay to move the smart meter to another location on the outside of their homes.
Proponents say smart meters will help consumers save electricity by monitoring their real-time
consumption. CMP also will see cost savings by eliminating meter readers and monitoring power outages.
Eventually, smart meters and smart grid improvements could open the door to new pricing fonrtulas.
Federal stimulus dollars are funding roughly half of the $200 million cost of the smart meter project.
Commissioner Vendean Vafiades said it's important to address critics' concerns while letting the process
move forward for the majority of customers who see a benefit from the new meters.
"For the long-term success of smart meter implementation and to maximize its potential to the fullest,
the public needs to be actively engaged in monitoring their usage and real-time price of electricity and
modifying their behavior accordingly. To achieve this goal, we need to shift the focus to the benefits of
smart meters and allow the small minority to opt ou\" Vades said.
The commission rejected separate requests to require studies of the safety of smart meters and their
effect on other electrical devices, as well as to address training of smart meter installers.
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