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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Breaking! The Smart Meter Opt Out was ONLY an "Appeasement Plan"… The Goal: To halt the mounting opposition against the ‘smart grid’, and to shut down natural gas use…Yes, to shut down natural gas!

Climate Change Adaptation Plan By EXECUTIVE ORDER  -  EXCERPT FROM HERE --- CAP and TRADE CLIP

Stop the Crime/cross-posted at AskMarion – h/t to MJ: 

We have discovered the smart meter opt out's are a distraction, extortion and ONLY an appeasement while the smart meter deployments continue nationwide . . and while we are distracted and not asking the right questions.   

The goal of the smart meter opt out was to halt the raising opposition and create the illusion that we had a choice. . we have learned we DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE . . .we have NEVER had a choice, period.  Funded by the utility companies under the auspices of the public utility commissions, the Department of Energy and with White House directives along with stimulus funding, we were all FOOLED. . Private Corporations are taking over our cities and we are being systematically transformed into regional governments . . . Our futures are being reshaped under the name of sustainability. . We are not getting choices - we are being told what we can or cannot do by unelected officials in corporate agencies - and we have lost our local representative government. 

Understanding Federal Regionalism - The Abolishment of Local Government -http://www.barefootsworld.net/regional.html

How did all this happen to us?  Government Agencies have perfected the Rand Institute's Delphi Technique . . a technique used in "every" level on public meetings, every creation of public policy, every decision you think you make has been engineered by the Rand Institute.  All the alphabet corporate agencies are under the mother corporation of USA, Inc., and we have all been socially engineered by predetermined outcomes and told we have been part of open public debate, and we have not. . . All the years that many of us in Northern California have invested at the CPUC meetings, speaking out against the smart meters, has been engineered for the advancement of the predetermined outcomes as determined by the mega corporations and the international bankers using the Delphi Technique . . .

Here is what we found out - "Every" planning department in every city in the United States was required to create a "Climate Action Plan" or also referred to as an "Energy Action Plan" by the fall of 2012. . some cities completed their plan on time and other cities are still working on their plan.  The utility company in each city is working directly with that city planning department to create the plan. . in the lawless system we are now in this is not considered a conflict of interest.  BUT it gets far WORSE - for example in the "Energy Action Plan" for San Gabriel, San Marino and Covina (in Southern California) the plans state the following, in the Energy Action Plan Acknowledgements - This "Energy Action Plan" was prepared by PMC for the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and the named city.  The preparation of this Plan was funded by Southern California Edison as part of the Local Government Strategic Plan Strategies Program funding for the 2010 - 2012 Program Period under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission" . . . another example in Santa Rosa, in Northern California -  the "Climate Action Plan" was based upon work supported by the Department of Energy Award Number DE-SC00001512 and further stating, "the report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government.  Prepared by PMC with assistance from Sonoma State University Center for Sustainable Communities".  Santa Rosa's Climate Action plan also states the following: 

Sonoma County and the other nine municipalities in Sonoma County, established one of the most aggressive GHG reduction targets in the state and nation by committing to reduce GHG emissions 25% below 1990 levels by 2015.

This project was funded through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. One of the goals of the EECBG program is to facilitate planning efforts and projects that will have a quantifiable effect on reducing energy use and GHG emissions while stimulating the economy and creating jobs.

Measure 1.2: Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings

Facilitate energy efficiency upgrades and retrofits in existing commercial, residential, and industrial buildings by connecting residents and businesses with technical and financial assistance.

Action Items:

Action 1.2.1. Connect businesses and residents with voluntary programs that provide free or low-cost energy efficiency audits and financing assistance for energy- efficient appliances.

Action 1.2.2. Work with the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP) to offer low-interest financing and technical assistance to property owners for energy efficiency retrofits.

Santa Rosa - Measure 1.3: Smart Meter Utilization

Encourage existing development and require new development to utilize PG&E's Smart Meter system to facilitate energy and cost savings.

Action Items:

Action 1.3.1. Require new construction and major remodels to install real-time energy monitors that allow building users to track their current energy use.

Action 1.3.2. Inform the community of metering options, such as online applications and in-home monitors.

Action 1.3.3. Connect businesses and residents with rebate programs that give priority to appliances with smart grid technology.

Measure 1.6: Energy-Efficient Appliances

Facilitate the efficient use of energy for appliances in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.

Action Items:

Action 1.6.1. Seek funding sources to develop a rebate program for residents and businesses to exchange inefficient appliances with Energy Star certified models.

Here is the link for Santa Rosa's Climate Action Plan:  

http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/CDP_SR_FINAL_CAP_20120711.pdf

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Cost estimates in the "Energy Action Plan" in San Gabriel to retrofit the average residence is $2,000 to $5,000 per household . . .

These plans discuss how increasing taxes, getting grants (bribes), structuring retrofit home mortgages to meet the costs requirements to implement the GHG reduction commitments agreed to by your city, for you. . .household and business monitoring programs will enforce the "required" reduction of resource use. . A third party energy manager will conduct monitoring, annually, to verify target GHG reductions are being met by the cities.  Keep in mind the partnerships are Private Public Partnerships . . 

Read the "Report from Iron Mountain" which is an agenda that was implemented that tells us how pollution was INVENTED and advanced by NASA to create the FEAR necessary for the Global Banking Cartel to maintain "control" of society. . created pollution - intentionally!

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Important links for further information -

“Imposing such controls by executive order seems merely designed to prevent the American people from finding out the truth before the policies are implemented," he said. "Obviously, the ... report is silly."

PCAP’s call for an executive order comes with specifics. It asks the president to issue clear criteria for carbon regulations and to reform the tax code and federal regulations to support “a low-carbon rather than a carbon-intensive U.S. economy.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/10/11/executive-order-for-action-on-climate-change/#ixzz2b4eU2KQR

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Note: Some of the supporters of the Presidential Climate Action Project are the Rockefeller Brother Fund and Rockefeller Family Foundation - the Rockefeller's were on the ground floor and worked with Harvard College along with the United States Air Force back in the late 1940's to create the silent weapons system to gain "total" CONTROL of the civilian population.  The Operation Research Manuel is a Declaration of War against the civilian population by a group of persons in position of great power and without full knowledge and consent of the public. Please read the     "Silent Weapons Quiet Wars"

Continue to read the following excerpt taken from the link provided below . . .

An enormously valuable National Advisory Committee has supported the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) over the past four years. Its members encouraged us to push the envelope of public policy in light of the urgency of global climate change, and they agreed that consensus would not be required, since consensus seeks the lowest common denominator in group work. Special thanks goes to Gary Hart and Ray Anderson for their co-chairmanship of the committee.

The project was the brainchild of Dr. David Orr of Oberlin College, who continues his cutting-edge leadership in the field of sustainability. PCAP was administered by the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs during its first three years, and by Natural Capitalism Solutions in its final year. Thanks to Deans Kathleen Beatty and Paul Teske and to Hunter Lovins, the president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions.

PCAP has been funded by a variety of individuals and foundations. The project simply would not have been possible without each of them. Adam J. Lewis; Michael Northrop and Jessica Bailey of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Ray Anderson and Mike Bertolucci at the Interface Environmental Foundation have been stalwart supporters throughout. Additional support came from the Sydney E. Frank Foundation, Tom and Noel Congdon, the Crown and Kunkler Family, the Arntz Family Foundation, the Krehbiel Family Foundation, John and Laurie McBride, the Rockefeller Family Foundation, the Bermingham Fund, Susan Sakmar, Rutt Bridges, Tara Trask, and Betsy Taylor. The Johnson Foundation provided invaluable support by hosting five conferences in which groups of national experts conceptualized and informed PCAP.

April Bucksbaum, Scott Bernstein and Jane Elder contributed significantly to the content of this final report. Jennifer Lukas helped enormously with research and proofreading.

PCAP has received ideas, advice and general intellectual support from hundreds of thought leaders and foot soldiers in the green movement in the United States and in Europe. In our 2008 report, we tried to list all of them to that point. We abandoned the effort in subsequent reports because contributors were simply too numerous to mention. But they know who they are, and we hope they know how much we appreciate their help. We’re grateful, also, to John Podesta and Todd Stern who as leaders of the Obama transition team sat down with us shortly after the election in November 2008 to go over our recommendations.

We also thank the many people, from Nobel Laureates to school children, who signed two of PCAP’s foundation documents: the Wingspread Principles on the U.S. Response to Climate Change and the State of the Climate Message.

http://www.climateactionproject.com/docs/PCAP_Report_2012.pdf

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Links with more important climate action or energy action plan information:

http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/state/state-examples/action-plans.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-executive-order-climate-change-2013-2

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BIG NEWS  - Natural Gas Equipment and Appliances are Being Phased OUT -

According to the Santa Rosa "Climate Action Plan" and other cities the plans require Energy Star ELECTRIC appliances:

BIG NEWS - This is in Chapter 4-10 of the Santa Rosa Climate Action Plan . . .

Measure 1.7: Appliance Electrification

Encourage residents and businesses to switch natural-gas- powered appliances to electric power, where appropriate.

Action Items:

Action 1.7.1. Utilize the energy-efficient appliance rebate program to facilitate the replacement of natural gas equipment with electric-powered equipment.

Action 1.7.2. Identify opportunities to implement additional programs that will switch appliances from natural gas to electricity.

Did you know there are NO Energy Star Gas Appliances?  

Did you know that the "Climate Action Plans" or the "Energy Action Plans" ALL Require Energy Star ELECTRIC Appliances?  

Did you know the cities Action Plans say Natural Gas and Coal are Non-renewables?

Did you know residents and businesses are to switch from natural-gas powered appliances and equipment to electric power?

Did you think about why electricity ONLY?  Of course this allows for greater "control" and restricts our choice of energy resources allowing for greater monitoring, higher costs and restrictions . . 

The city action plans "require" all new construction to implement smart meters and Energy Star Electric Appliances and Equipment.

Did you know BIG OIL Companies are shutting down coal and eliminating natural gas use?  This is a battle between the international banking cartels, and we are caught in the cross fire. .well not really.  Actually, the international bankers plan for us is in the "Silent Weapons Quiet Wars" agenda which discusses slavery and genocide.  The smart meter radiation is only part of the bankers silent weapons system to reduce the middle class, which the elites claim is a threat to their sovereignty, and to eliminate the majority of us for easier herd management.  We are being farmed and harvested as "cattle" - you will read this in the "Silent Weapons Quiet Wars".

Did you know that homeowners will be "nudged" at first to retrofit their homes and businesses with GHG reducing smart meters and RFID chipped, Energy Star Electric appliances?  If nudging doesn't work then mandatory polices will be put in place . .

Ever wonder WHY our aging underground gas pipeline system is NOT being repaired?  Lack of pipeline repair is why those suffered and died in the San Bruno Gas Pipeline Explosion, providing the story of what occurred, is correct.  Whatever the truth the story is gas lines blew up and we must fear gas lines blowing up under our streets in our neighborhoods . . . FEAR and media propaganda along with division and countless disinformation actors among us are leading us all into falsely created resource scarcity beliefs - which allow exactly what we all are witnessing with ever increasing toxins, lawlessness, no ethics or morals, more corruption and increasing danger to us all.  So, gas pipeline FEAR has been created and when the utilities tell us we MUST all go to electric we will comply and NEVER wonder WHY!

Ever notice how many street closures, in downtown San Francisco, occur that are due to underground gas line leaks?

The elimination of natural gas will explain why PG&E intentionally withheld repairs to the gas manifolds (meters) located on thousands of homes and businesses in Northern California. A PG&E gas employee went to the CPUC and the media when he discovered PG&E's internal documents that divulged criminal intent.  Here is a reminder of that event:

TV Coverage - PG&E - (Pacific Gas and Electric) in Northern California Finds Leaking Meters But Isn't Telling Homeowners -

http://www.kcra.com/PGE-Finds-Leaking-Meters-But-Isn-t-Telling-Homeowners/-/11798090/13460594/-/k3pga/-/index.html

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The StopTheCrime.net research team attended a PG&E Gas employee's meeting, in Northern California, and reported the following:

The gas employees were questioning management about why they were not filling the nearly 200 vacant job positions and why many excellent applicants were not be called back, much less hired.

Management responded by saying they were planning to update the gas department with newer technologies and younger employees that were computer literate.  That brought on a concerned debate with employees questioning their futures and the fact that management said they were an aging work force . . .The employees talked about a few resent young hires that were "completely" unskilled for gas work . . 

Most importantly, it was divulged that PG&E gas employees had not had any official company training for gas leak repairs.  The employees said they learned by working with the older experienced gas crews. . . Management told the employees that they were qualified experts and not to forget that.

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Bringing the Saudi's up to speed on smart grid strategies


http://www.saudi-sg.com/2012/files/A23.pdf

Aiming for Zero

• Sustainability is NOT the same thing as Zero Energy. There is no such thing as zero energy. Energy does not exist in a vacuum – it always comes from somewhere and goes somewhere.

• Because there is always a cost to energy, trade-offs are inevitable in order to find a harmonious balance that offers the greatest efficiency and least impact on the environment.

• THIS IS THE ULIMATE GOAL – TO NOT USE ENERGY. THE MOST EFFICIENT ENERGY IS ENERGY WE DO NOT GENERATE! This is not a technology, it is behavior modification, or learning to live in a new reality.

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Closing Comments:


Find out if you have a regional planning association in your city or area . .


Call your planning department and ask for the "Energy Action Plan" or the "Climate Action Plan".


Do NOT comply or allow a smart meter on you home or business . . .

We are in a new reality of massive data collection and the Global Smart Grid is being stealthily "deployed" for the purpose of transforming every we do . .

Here is yet one more article exposing the necessity of the 'system' to collect data.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/08/05/the-public-private-surveillance-partnership-the-death-of-privacy/

Go to StopTheCrime.net to learn more and visit the mind control link to see a new document . . called "Realizing the Full Potential of Government-Held Spectrum to Spur Economic Growth" - disturbing . . .


We are all being placed into a wireless microwave frequency cage for massive control purposes!  Worse, we are being physically redesigned by nano-fibers that are been sprayed on all of us from the aerial aerosol spraying program . . . Learn more about Morgellons on www.ToxicSky.org and go to DataAsylum.com


The fate of mankind is under the direction of a ruthless monolithic conspiracy that has relied on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence - on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day.  It is a system that has conscripted VAST human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.  in part by - John F. Kennedy . . .


"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion:  the stage where the government is free to do "anything" it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission;  which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." - Ayn Rand

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“I Want My ‘Smart’ Meter Off, Too!” The Widening Call for Return of Analog Meters

Friday, December 16, 2011

PG&E Shuts Off Power to Sickened Families 2 Weeks Before Christmas

See: PG&E Threatens to Disconnect Families Protecting Their Health (Part 1)

[News links follow.] Frightened by the prospect of a large scale public backlash against their stupid meter program, the cowards at Pacific Grinch and Ebeneezer have cut off power to at least 3 people in California who had been sickened by ‘smart’ meter radiation and had acted reasonably to have a safe analog meter replaced on their homes. [UPDATE: As of 2pm, Dec. 14, three more persons have been cut off by PG&E.]

Although PG&E has a policy of not disconnecting anyone during the holidays, they made a special exception for these families.   Apparently PG&E feels it is more appropriate to force people to shiver in the cold and stumble around in the dark than simply replace an analog meter on their home (which of course they have millions of).

Seventy-five year old Peggy Lindsay, who spoke about the ‘smart’ meter’s toll on her health and returned her meter last Wednesday to PG&E- is one of those who has been disconnected.

We’re worried about her safety, living alone, having been left in the cold and dark in the middle of December.  So far, none of our ‘elected leaders’ have intervened on her behalf.

Monise and Peter Sheehan made every effort to get PG&E to work with them to eliminate the terrible ringing that had plagued their house ever since the meter went in.

PG&E refused to fix the problem, and the Sheehans took reasonable action to replace their meter with an accurate analog model.   They got home last night and their home was dark and cold.   They were interviewed by local station KION news last night.

We need to be clear about this situation.  The utilities are acting like a criminal syndicate, switching off power to those suffering from their unsafe and poorly executed smart meter ‘deployment.’

They are getting increasingly nervous- and they should be.

What do we do?  The utilities are expecting that people will back down if they switch the power off.  They are expecting that people care more about their electricity and their gadgets than their ability  to sleep at night or live without headaches and tinnitus.

Having spoken to thousands of people who are suffering from these meters, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say- THEY ARE WRONG.  It is no time to back down and allow the noose of pulsed EMF to slip silently back over our heads.

If you are lucky enough to have had the foresight to lock up your analog meter before they came around, you might be reading these developments and thinking to your self, “well these people removed the meter- that’s why PG&E cut them off.

Surely I’m safe with my locks and chains or my sign- I even called the opt out line.”

I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but they want to switch off your electricity as well if you refuse to allow them to install a ‘smart’ meter- regardless of what you are reading about a possible opt out.  PG&E admits so themselves in a recent filing:

“For customers who continue to refuse to allow access to the meter, PG&E will have no choice but to temporarily discontinue service in accordance with existing Rules.”

If you still have your analog meter, make sure it is locked up and begin to make plans to live off the grid, or generate power locally with your neighbors. It’s not as hard as you think if you are willing to make a few lifestyle adjustments.

Convince your local authority- or perhaps general assembly- to take back the power and establish a municipal utility.  For now (if you are able- at least for part of the day), turn off your power at the breaker in solidarity with those being plunged into darkness.

Have a romantic candlelit dinner.   You may even feel a whole lot better in your home.

And no matter what your electrical situation is, now is the time to unite together and take care of each other- take care of your community- making sure that your elderly neighbor has enough wood and candles- perhaps a propane fridge- to make it through safely.

Our government/ utility is failing pretty miserably in this regard.

Monise Sheehan (left) came home to a dark home on Monday- retaliation for speaking out publicly about the damage PG&E has done to their health, and taking action to remove the hazard on their property. The others have been threatened with disconnection.

This threat is not isolated to California.  In the last few days, we’ve heard reports that more than 200 families in Minnesota who refused wireless water meters have been cut off.

Other scattered reports of disconnections from around the US have also been coming in to StopSmartMeters.Org

Let’s be clear about what’s going on here. This is an attack by PG&E and other utilities- who are owned by the 1% on Wall Street like Goldman Sachs, against the 99% whose exorbitant utility bills lead to investment returns of more than 11% in some cases.

This is when you can’t even get 1% from a savings account and many homes are being foreclosed on.

The rich are getting richer and the rest of us are left choosing between a headache and a blackout.  Welcome to 2011.

NEWS LINKS:

http://www.kcra.com/news/29997155/detail.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45673076/ns/local_news-sacramento_ca/t/woman-says-pge-smart-meter-was-causing-health-problems/

http://nation.foxnews.com/pge/2011/12/14/utility-company-turns-power-couple-who-removed-their-smart-meter

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

PG&E Threatens to Disconnect Families Protecting Their Health

StopSmartMeters.org December 12, 2011 Bianca Carn, Santa Cruz mother of 2, is now...

Hundreds of Households Having SmartMeters Removed as Health Toll Mounts

Capitola, CA- Last Wednesday, more than a dozen Santa Cruz County residents- including mothers and grandmothers- assembled outside Pacific Gas and Electric’s Capitola Payment Center with their unwanted wireless electric meters in hand, and spoke about what prompted them to defy their utility and replace the ‘smart’ meter on their homes with widely available analog meters.

After being interviewed by the media, they quietly got in line and waited for the next clerk. But before they could speak to anyone, PG&E called out half a dozen Capitola Police Officers, and kicked everyone out of the office.

The unwanted ‘Smart’ Meters were left piled up on the counter. Late last week, PG&E sent letters threatening to disconnect power to those who returned their ‘smart’ meters on Wednesday, including a family of four with headaches and a single woman in her seventies.

The dozen residents who assembled last week outside a PG&E office just 30 miles south of Silicon Valley are the most visible part of a growing movement of people suffering from insomnia, headaches, tinnitus and other symptoms linked to smart meters- fed up with being ignored by the monopoly utilities and state regulatory agencies (who have received over 10,000 health complaints about the new meters).

Many have begun taking matters into their own hands and having their smart meters removed from their homes. Their efforts have been bolstered by online videos showing how to do the switch, and ‘smart meter replacement kits’ are now being sold online for $49.95. (See FreedomTaker.com)

Despite thousands of threats, not one household has had their power disrupted for refusing or removing a ‘smart’ meter in California. According to many legal experts, utilities do not have the legal right to force a carcinogen on people’s homes. Nevertheless, the threats continue.

Last week’s events in Capitola should send shivers down the spines of utility executives, who are facing a growing backlash against their ‘smart’ meter programs.

While investment banking and tech firms are looking forward to potential profits of $49 billion from rolling out the ‘smart grid’ worldwide- mainly through utility rate hikes- increasingly customers are rejecting ‘smart’ meters as surveillance devices, fire hazards, and as dangerous sources of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation- what the World Health Organization now identifies as a Class 2B carcinogen.

“The ‘smart’ meter was installed outside my children’s bedroom,” says Bianca Carn resident of Santa Cruz and mother of an 8 and a 6 year old.

“Since the meter was installed, they are both complaining of headaches. I asked PG&E multiple times to take it off- they refused. So we hired an electrician and had it removed.”

PG&E’s ‘smart’ meters emit radiation bursts that are more powerful than wireless consumer devices and have been measured at levels that would exceed safety limits for RF exposure in much of Europe.

“PG&E does not care about health and safety and does not respect private property rights,” said Joshua Hart Director of Santa Cruz County based Stop Smart Meters! “Threatening to turn off the power to a family who are simply trying to protect their children from radiation-induced headaches- two weeks before Christmas- is about as Scrooge-like as you can get.”

The County of Santa Cruz, all 4 municipalities in the county, and 42 other local governments throughout the state have demanded a halt to deployment because of health damage, privacy violations, and safety concerns.

At the time Santa Cruz County was “deployed” with ‘smart’ meters, a County Ordinance prohibiting their installation was in force and PG&E chose to ignore it. According to Hart, “it appears that PG&E’s chickens are coming home to roost as hundreds are returning unwanted utility equipment that was installed illegally in the first place.”

Source: The Intel Hub – Cross-Posted at AskMarion h/t to Jean Stoner

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Smart Meters… Making People Sick!

“I Want My ‘Smart’ Meter Off, Too!” The Widening Call for Return of Analog Meters

Tuesday’s post documenting the return of Caitlin Phillips’ analog meter by PG&E brought a great number of emails to Stop Smart Meters! in the days that followed.

This was confirmation of what we already knew: many of California’s ratepayers are very eager to have their “smart” meters removed and replaced by an analog—often these are people who have been suffering with persistent health complaints, like insomnia and headaches, since installation.

Caitlin jumped through many hoops before PG&E stooped to her simple request: to regain what she never consented to have removed—her old, fully functioning electric meter. She wrote to PG&E, the CPUC, and when her requests were ignored, bought a replacement analog meter and had the smart meter removed.  Only when she spoke at a CPUC meeting on Oct. 20th and told the Commission what she had been forced to do, did President Peevey direct PG&E to replace the analog meter on her home.

Unfortunately, right now, anyone wanting to get back an analog meter will also have to work hard to get this to happen. If you are within driving/transit distance of San Francisco, we urge you to come to the next meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission, on Thursday November 10, 2011, 9 a.m. Arrive 15 minutes early to sign up to speak. Chandu Vyas and Elizabeth Barris both asked for and were granted analog meters during the public comment portion of CPUC meetings. (CPUC, 505 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco CA.) For those who cannot make the trip, see the end of this post for a way to participate via phone.

Make sure you ask for—and get—an analog meter, not a “non-transmitting” digital meter, as these have also been linked with health effects. Basically, it is your home and no one has the right to force a device on your home that you don’t want—it’s as simple as that! Don’t give your utility the power over you by asking them if they can please remove the meter—demand that they do so immediately and let them know you will contract with a professional to get the job done if they refuse.

Other news: Article on SFGate.com confirming the huge number of data pulses each day from electric “smart” meters:  “SmartMeters send almost 10,000 signals a day”. Some ‘smart’ meters send out over 190,000 signals every day!  We’ve been warning the Commission and the public about this for months and it turns out we were right!  Read more analysis of the radio-frequency problems of ‘smart’ meters disclosed by the utilities  in this recent post on EMFSafetyNetwork.org.

Participating via phone in the public comment portion of the CPUC meeting: If you cannot make the trip, then, please contact the CPUC and request accommodation to speak during public comments by phone. They say they need three days to arrange accommodation, so contact them by Monday morning Nov. 7. The Public Advisor’s office is (415) 703-2074

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  Originally Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin at Stop Smart Meters! – Cross-Posted at Ask Marion

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