Quartz

Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have just become the latest to demonstrate a technology that transmits data as light instead of radio waves, which gets around the congestion issue and could be ten times faster than traditional Wi-Fi...

http://qz.com/137221/a-plan-to-turn-every-lightbulb-into-an-ultra-fast-alternative-to-wi-fi/

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How Much Mercury Escapes From Broken CFL Light Bulbs?

http://farmwars.info/?p=11822


Informant: Mark G.

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Light bulb ban set to take effect

http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/13/news/economy/light-bulb-ban/index.html?iid=HP_LN


Light Bulb Ban Petition

I just co-signed Member of Parliament Cheryl Gallant s letter to the Minister demanding the government delay the looming light bulb ban.

You can co-sign the letter here at http://www.stopthelightbulbban.ca


Magda


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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Informative short film from Grassroots Environmental [ http://www.grassrootsinfo.org/ ]


Michele


SIU professor receives research grant to explore potential Smart Meter Grid Privacy Breaches

?Utilities providers would like to gather power usage information from customers every 15 minutes,? Akkaya said. ?The goal is to have power map of cities in real-time, and to generate electricity based on the exact need. In addition to customer data, they also plan to deploy sensors on power lines and substations to collect data about the quality of the power generated. Plus, they would like to do state estimation (power system monitoring) of their power network. This component of the Smart Grid is called wide area situation awareness.?

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This abuse of our rights has to stop NOW!! Stop Smart Meters Australia

All these parrots know is what they are told to say and just by carrying this out shows to me they are a measly bunch who are very weak or devoid of any principles or conscience and would do or say anything for money.

http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/10/09/this-abuse-of-our-rights-has-to-stop-now/


Texas Lies

In Massachusetts, National Grid has submitted a report compiled by the Texas PUC regarding Smart Meters and Health:

Project No. 40190, Project Relating to Advanced Metering Issues

Report on Health and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields from Advanced Meters

https://www1.nationalgridus.com/Files/AddedPDF/Texas%20PUC%20SmartMeter_RF_EMF_Health_12-14-2012.pdf

Among the more ridiculous claims, the report states that Dr. David Carpenter is not a Dr. and that smart meter safety activists may be unduly influences by advertisers.

HaltMAsmartmeters is compiling a rebuttal, if you can contribute input or have countered this document yourself, please contact HaltMAsmartmeters@gmail.com


Patricia


APS smart meters worry residents

The Clarkdale Town Council heard a presentation Tuesday night from Sedona Smart Meter Awareness, a group that advocates against the widespread deployment of smart meters and their possible negative health effects in communities.

http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=56641


Stealth Meters

Analog meters with hidden transmitters.

http://www.eiwellspring.org/smartmeter/StealthMeters.htm


Direct Action in Victoria: Smart meter removed by homeowner and returned to Powercor

http://tinyurl.com/ko9sug5


Man protects daughter from dangerous meter

Powercor Australia is an electricity distribution company that operates throughout western Victoria and the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne.



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John


The Dangers of EMF Exposure

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!topic/omeganews/t6y3IvotRB0


Petition protests (dangerous dumb) meter fees

It has even reached a point where many members not only want to get rid of their smart meters, but don t want the digital meters. Instead, many have requested the older mechanical meters.

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/petition-protests-meter-fees/article_305a0eb0-33d0-11e3-a970-0019bb2963f4.html


Robert


As Towns Say No, Signs of Rising Resistance to Smart Meters

Some residents resisted, and the smart meter vote played a large role in last weekend s recall of the city s mayor and the electoral defeat of two council members.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/05/20/towns-say-no-signs-rising-resistance-smart-meters/


Kathy


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Update on the Victorian smart meter removal controversy

http://tinyurl.com/mgtzeq7


Wireless Smart Meter Case Studies in Victoria, Australia

http://tinyurl.com/o83o5w4

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Chamber of Physicians: New electricity meters cause more electrosmog

http://takebackyourpower.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AustPhysicians-SM-PR-translated-I-4-12-1.pdf


Informant: André Fauteux



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Nachricht von Helmut Langenbach

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Smart Meter "killen" Funkuhren

Wie ein Bericht des ORF aufdeckte, können digitale Stromzähler, sogenannte "Smart Meter", den Empfang des DCF77-Zeitsignals beeinträchtigen...

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/155417



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From EMR-Updates

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'Smart Meters are a community concern'

The current FCC Maximum Permitted Exposure (MPE) limits are so high that they provide no protection for the public from the biological effects found in any of the 67 studies.

http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=10954


A scientific look at smart meters pokes holes in CMP safety claims

I recall one incident where a co-worker and I were working near a radio frequency field that was considered safe. Before starting work, I had removed my wedding band and watch, knowing that metal moving in a field can conduct electricity. After a short time, my co-worker stated that it smelled like someone was cooking a hot dog, then he started to yell and shake his left hand.

It turned out his movements near the field had induced a current in his wedding band, 'cooking' his finger. It is my understanding from my work that long-term exposure to radiated energy, even at very low dosage, can have an accumulated effect on human tissue.

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Smart Meters: Creating New Vulnerabilities?

'Why are we creating new vulnerabilities in the grid, and then being sold the idea that this is somehow going to make the grid more stable and reliable?' del Sol asked.

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Smart Meter Fires

In BC (and I believe the same is true in every province) no agency is tracking fires or damaged appliances associated with smart meters. We have had many fires in BC but the utility company denies responsibility and no information is available about the cause. The provincial fire commissioner has no code for smart meters so all such fires are included with all other 'electrical' ones.

So I when I heard that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating fires said to be caused by smart meters, I asked if we could report ours, too. I was told yes, if the model was the same used in the US.

'If you do believe that the particular model is available in the US. You can file a report with us at http://www.saferproducts.gov or call 1-800-638-2772 Mon to Fri 8 am to 5:30 pm.

If the product is available for purchase in the US, then we do have jurisdiction. With utility meters, we don t have jurisdiction over health issues attributed to RF or EMF from the meter, but we are interested in fire reports involving meters that are used in the US. For a fire incident in Canada to be of interest to us, the model (not just the manufacturer) involved would have to be the same as one that is marketed in the US.'

In BC the model used is the ITRON Centron II Openway, and this is the same one used in many places in the US.

If our governments will not protect us, then let s get help from the US. Please check to see if the model of smart meter used in your area is used in the US. If it is, please report fires that are covered by the media.


Sharon Noble


LP&L board members to meet about smart meters on Monday

In an initial vote last week, the City Council decided to remove the 15 million dollar capital project from LP&L s budget proposal.

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/local/story/LP-L-board-members-to-meet-about-smart-meters-on-M/CRhmNBdP-0G53qIrGpFm-g.cspx


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81-year-old Baraboo woman has water shut off after refusing smart meter

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Dirty Tricks by Baraboo City officials

July 11 2013. Disgusting actions by Baraboo City Council. How not to treat aging citizens, who suffer health problems

Parker told members of the city s Public Safety Committee last fall that new smart meters, installed to monitor her gas and electric usage, had caused her to have heart palpitations.

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Smart meters are not so smart after all

The low-down on the effects of 'smart' meters was rather depressing, but so important. Hearing about the normal eight-year-old boy who suddenly became autistic, straight after the 'smart' meter was installed, was heartbreaking. Seeing the aphids ...

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1695756/smart-meters-are-not-so-smart-after-all/?cs=82


Britain s new 'smart meters' not so clever

The Japan Times

But it will also enable them remotely to terminate your supply if, for example, you fail to pay your bills on time. Which means, and here s the interesting bit, Kim Jong Un, the Chinese army or any number of unsavory characters in the Middle East or Russia could do the same.

'The off switch creates information-security problems of a kind, and on a scale, that the energy companies have not had to face before,' writes Prof. Ross Anderson, one of Britain s leading experts on cybersecurity

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/08/20/digital/britains-new-smart-meters-not-so-clever/


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Some Springdale residents resisting 'smart' water meters

http://tinyurl.com/nj67c4h

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Smart meters can be used to spy, reveal if you are home, away, sleeping, even what film you are watching on TV

After signing up with the German smart-meter firm Discovergy, the researchers detected that the company s devices transmitted unencrypted data from the home devices back to the company s servers over an insecure link. The researchers, Dario Carluccio and Stephan Brinkhaus, intercepted the supposedly confidential and sensitive information, and, based on the fingerprint of power usage, were able to tell not only whether or not the homeowners were home, away or even sleeping, but also what movie they were watching on TV.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45946984/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/smart-electricity-meters-can-be-used-spy-private-homes/#.Ucjoldh32Sp


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From the TBYP team

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Documentary looks at possible problems with smart grids

http://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/08/12/crowd-sourced-documentary-exposes-smart-grid-shortfalls/2637497/


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