Comox Valley Record

By Scott Stanfield

The union representing meter readers at BC Hydro is campaigning to help nearly 400 people whose jobs will be rendered obsolete because of smart meters...

http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/141125683.html


Protesters gather to fight smart meters

Local actor and movie maker Joely Collins, daughter of Phil Collins, is opposed to the proliferation of radio microwaves.

''I can feel them and they make me sick,'' she said.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Protesters+gather+fight+smart+meters/6229457/story.html


Opposition to smart meter systems in growing

Maui News

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/558665/Opposition-to-smart-meter-systems-in-growing.html?nav=18


Meters not so smart?

''We would never put the safety of our customers at risk,'' said Gary Murphy, chief project officer of the smart-meter program...

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/1113099--meters-not-so-smart


Robert

Note: With comments like those above, it is very obvious that it is not just the meters that are not smart, but those involved in the project. What a stupid comment from Murphy. All he has to do is look at the research on microwave radiation and it is obvious that they are putting customers at risk!

The so-called 'health authorities' obviously need to change their name.


The Risk inside your credit card

''With any new technology comes an increased risk''.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLAFhTjsQHw


Broadband over powerlines

It appears we have been spared one particularly egregious form of electromagnetic pollution with the failure of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology.

BPL Takes Posthumous Beating With IBEC Closure ISP Blames Tornadoes, Though BPL Failures Played a Role

http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/BPL-Takes-Posthumous-Beating-With-IBEC-Closure-117677

This follows a similar scenario in Australia in 2008.


John Weigel


Tepco to install household 'smart meters' from fall 2013

The Japan Times

Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to introduce next-generation ''smart meters'' in households in fall 2013 to increase efficient energy use and curb power demand. Tepco, facing enormous costs from the crisis at the Fukushima No.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120302a2.html

Not satisfied with the radiation harm they have caused around the world, TEPCO will now make things far worse for their own customers!


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Smart Meters Are Another Wireless Concern

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Smart-Meters-Are-Another-Wireless-Concern.html?soid=1103014241183&aid=6ckW4IkKqXA

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Hydro-Quebec s $1-billion battle

By my former colleague Lynn Moore:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Hydro+québec+billion+battle/6317394/story.html#ixzz1pYcGXTMe


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Please vote in the poll in this newspaper that asks if you would opt-out of 'Smart' meters if it was free to do so:

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/smartmeter-opt-out-sparks-little-napa-interest/article_29e0084c-6293-11e1-83aa-001871e3ce6c.html

When I voted there were 174 votes, 76% said yes.


Informant: Isis Feral

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Qualms Accompany New 'Smart' Devices

''The Public Service Board did an inadequate job before authorizing the utilities to deploy this technology,'' said Sen. Robert Hartwell, D-Bennington, who introduced the bill requiring written consent. ''Just because you get a federal grant doesn t mean you go out and spend the money.''

http://www.vnews.com/02032012/8325038.htm


The EMR Policy Institute


JUDGE ORDERS SDG&E TO CREATE OPT-OUT PLAN FOR SMART METERS

March 24, 2012 (San Diego?s East County)

Earlier this month, an administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission ordered San Diego Gas & Electric Company to prepare a plan that would give ratepayers the right to not have wireless smart meters.

http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/9117


Manchester Votes Down Smart Meters

The utilities say the wireless smart meters should improve customer service. But some residents have raised health and privacy concerns. Theo Talcott of Manchester says the vote against smart meters at Saturday s Town Meeting came after an unsuccessful...

http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93646/manchester-votes-down-smart-meters/


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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City to offer smart meter opt-out

Glendale News Press

''Anything short of a no-cost opt-out will not help people like me,'' said resident Tony Passarella, who told the council that due to his electro-sensitivity,...

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0308-city-to-offer-smart-meter-opt-out,0,382105.story

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Opt-out or not, debate over wireless smart meters hums along

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WND.com

''Petitioners who have been subjected to forced or compelled installation of smart meters or have been exposed to RF and EMF radiation generated by smart meters fraudulently installed on neighboring homes and businesses have experienced difficulties...

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8 NHEC customers seek halt to smart meters

The Union Leader

They argued that their health concerns over exposure to electromagnetic radiation emanating from the meters should outweigh the cooperative's plan to install the devices throughout its system. ?We should have a right to say yes or no, whether we want...

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Horrors: Wake Up!

http://rense.com/general95/mresmm.html


Informant: Mark G.

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March of the tall grey poles has residents fuming

Once installed, Energy Australia, now called Ausgrid, will have its own 4G radio network with the ability to communicate directly with two million proposed radio-enabled domestic electricity meters...

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Iris


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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Canada.com

As Dr. Robert Becker, surgeon and author twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize states: ''The greatest polluting element in the Earth s environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields. Scientists estimate that the levels are now 200 million...

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The Tennessean

So why were citizens up in arms, blockading trucks and opposing mandatory installation of smart meters in Marin County in California in January 2011?

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Our Smart Meters are Really Dangerous

Video Interview with Dr. David Carpenter

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Our Smart Meters Cause Fires

Some homeowners worry installing new 'smart meters' could spark fires.

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Out Smart Grid is Really Stupid

Thalia Assuras sat down with former CIA Director James Woolsey to discuss the current state of the nation s electric grid and its vulnerabilities. Woolsey says the federal government s oversight of grid security is inadequate and attacks on the grid are "entirely possible.''

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Hydro Extortion

Unwanted smart meters.

An additional approach which has been presented by a retired fraud investigator and police office for Vancouver, is that Hydro is using extortion to put smart meters on homes. They are threatening people by saying that if they do not allow a meter to be installed their power will be cut. A threat that is unnecessary since the analog meters are still functioning and performing their jobs of recording usage. Given all the problems, people have justifiable reasons for refusing, and Hydro, being a monopoly, is using this threat, or telling people they can go off the grid as their only option.


Sharon


Maple Ridge residents protest against smart meters

People in 24 of the 28 units signed a petition and sent it to the utility company in January.

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120219/bc_maple_ridge_meters_120219/20120219?hub=BritishColumbiaHome


Naperville officials call $73000 in FOIA requests ''harassment, abuse''

Chicago Daily Herald

Kim Bendis, president of the smart meter opposition group, said she believes the city could have saved all of that money had officials been more forthcoming with information when the questions were first asked. ''If words like harassment and abuse are...

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120213/news/702139739/


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Naperville Smart Meter Awareness (NSMA) filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief in United States

December 30, 2011: Naperville Smart Meter Awareness (NSMA) filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, (Case No 11-cv-9299)

http://www.napervillesmartmeterawareness.org/federal-lawsuit/

http://napervillesmartmeterawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Complaint-for-Injunctive-Relief-11-cv-9299.pdf


Create a strong case at the federal level to stop the installation of ''smart'' meters in Naperville

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Are Victorians being misled with the smart meter ''mandate''?

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Congress on Risks for Public Health and the Environment 12/05/16

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Cell Tower Deaths: Frontline and ProPublica Investigative Report on PBS

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Independent Online

''In principle electromagnetic radiation can cause heating effects. The best example is the microwave oven, but the kind of heating effect to scorch a tree would imply a serious health hazard to people. ''You actually start heating people up,...

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9 Investigates

WFTV Orlando

Critics said they expose you to around-the-clock electromagnetic radiation that can be linked to cancer and other health problems. The radio frequencies are similar to other devices like cellphones and baby monitors, but those are devices you choose to...

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Smart Meter Fires

''Nothing happened until a new meter got put onto an old part and that scares me a little bit,'' Albernaz said. Margie said her new meter was installed a few weeks prior to the fire. The Contact 5 Investigators went searching for answers and discovered Margie s not alone. A family in Cutler Bay, just south of Miami, claims a fire broke out at their home in June shortly after a smart meter was installed.

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Robert


Higher bills for Smart Meter Residents

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Robert


ITRON Smart Meter

There are 2 parts to the smart meter, at least the ITRON openway meters we have (BC). The first is a 920 Mhz transmitter that transmitters info to Hydro. Then there is a second one transmitting at 2.4GHz, and with it is a Zigbee chip the sole function of which is to communicate with appliances that have smart chips. It communicates through the house all day everyday, recording any usage info. for each appliance, and then storing it for sending back to Hydro. This is also how the company can shut off appliances or the entire power to your home remotely.


Sharon


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Smart meter questions

The Record (New Westminster)

... and load management) and against, such as privacy issues (these meters would make good surveillance tools), but I haven t heard much about the health ramifications of the population being subject to mass amounts of electromagnetic radiation...

http://www.royalcityrecord.com/Smart+meter+questions/6155676/story.html

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Worried dad s battle to halt smart meter plans

This is South Wales

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Formby Times

A RADIATION campaigner is celebrating after plans to force homeowners to install energy smart meters were abandoned. Formby resident Eileen O'Connor, director of EM Radiation Research Trust, joined forces with Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson to speak...

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Beware of Smart Meter installation

TimesLedger

Once installed, these meters emit dangerous carcinogenic electromagnetic field radiation, and they also invade our privacy in that they monitor all electricity use in the household. The Federal Wiretap and the Stored Electronic Communications acts...

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Letter to the Green Energy Group

Re - http://www.thenownews.com/business/Union+opposition+smart+meters+Stone+thinking/6095666/story.html

Hi BCCGE

Your Organization seems to have made a significant error in thinking that smart meters will be green. They are probably one of the biggest ever threats to health and the environment in BC history.

In the BC Hydro cost analysis report on your web site they have failed to add the costs of increased litigation as more people become ill from them. They have also failed to add up the cost of replacing the meters at a future date and returning to a safe system as has been used for many years.

The report linked below is very detailed and will explain the dangers of smart meters for the electrical supply system. I hope that you read the information and will add the link 'Smart Meters - Smarter Practices' to your web site so that there is a balanced understanding of the issues.

'Smart Meters - Smarter Practices' Part 1 (17 mb)
http://www.electromagneticman.co.uk/images/stories/download/051211_SM_Brussels_pt_1_v3.pdf
Part 2 (13 mb)
http://www.electromagneticman.co.uk/images/stories/download/051211_SM_Brussels_pt_2_v4.pdf


Yours sincerely

Martin Weatherall
Co Director WEEP


Privacy trampled yet no one cares

The new Victorian smart meter installed at Prabath Gamage s Broadmeadows home. Picture: Craig Borrow Source: Herald Sun REX Jory shares an alarming tale of bureaucracy invading the sanctity of the home. THIS is the extraordinary story of bureaucratic...

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Lower Nicola Indian Band resists smart meters

Lower Nicola band staff have prevented smart-meter installers from gaining access to band buildings and sent notices refusing smart meters to on-reserve homeowners and tenants.

http://www.merrittnews.net/article/20120207/MERRITT0101/120209867/-1/merritt/lower-nicola-indian-band-resists-smart-meters


Get Smart

Global BC series on Smart Meters, part 1 and 2, check later for other parts.

http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.ca/html/?p=3444


Gotemf


Meters that Endanger: Shocking Details from a Whistleblower

http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/01/20/meters-that-endanger-shocking-details-from-a-whistleblower/


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Thanks to Surrey for smart meter motion

Surrey Now

Lesser known but just as important: an EMF consultant measured one of the
lowest levels of neighbourhood EMF pollution he d seen right here in Ocean
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Sensibel bei Elektrosmog

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Die Zahl der Menschen, die unter Elektrosensibilität leiden und die vom allgegenwärtigen Elektrosmog durch Handymasten und andere Funkquellen betroffen sind...

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