...smart meter foes have filed arguments in an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The group, led by Ed Friedman of Bowdoinham, is challenging the Maine Public Utilities Commission s dismissal of its complaint that argued the PUC did not...

http://www.mainebiz.biz/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120113/NEWS0101/120119977

http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/38b929a8-www.wgme.com.shtml

http://www.theforecaster.net/content/pnms-smart-meter-appeal-supreme-court-011812


Resident claims smart meters anything but

By Simone Blais

Penticton Western News

One Penticton resident is keen to show the lack of intelligence behind smart meter decisions. Local resident Kevin Proteau made a presentation to Penticton council Monday night in the hopes of generating a...

http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/137215343.html


German meters can spy on homes

German researchers have revealed that smart meters installed at German provider Discovergy are vulnerable to outside attack. Speaking at the Chaos Computing Congress, the two men said they were able to alter rates, get access to consumer...

http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Technologies_Metering/German-meters-can-spy-on-homes-4356.html

and

Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill

They intercepted and manipulated the data using Fritzbox! and WireShark and returned to the company a negative energy consumption rate of -106610 kWh

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/286351,hackers-rewrite-smart-meter-power-bill.aspx


£11bn smart meter plans 'risk fiasco'

MPs warn only energy suppliers will benefit

Consumers will benefit from smart meters only if they understand the opportunity to reduce their energy bills and change their behaviour. So far the evidence on whether they will do so has been inconclusive. Otherwise, the only people who will benefit are the energy suppliers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087650/11bn-smart-meter-plans-risk-fiasco-MPs-warn-energy-suppliers-benefit.html


The problems with Smart Grids

Thanks for posting our Smart Piece. Unfortunately the early version published in CounterPunch has typos, misspellings and errors. The later version in Energy Bulletin fixed those. Could you please send out the link below to that one and ask people to use it instead?

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-23/problems-smart-grids


Blake Levitt


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Online book on smart meters now available

http://www.emfacts.com/2012/01/online-book-on-smart-meters-now-available/


The Problems With Smart Grids: Dumb and Dangerous

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=a6e6075dbb&e=50655bac52


Public health official report on smart meters

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=9667ed0fe5&e=50655bac52



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