Utility companies around the world are swapping out electric, gas and water ANALOG utility Meters and REPLACING them with Pulsed Microwave Radiation (RF) Smart Meters.
Citizens' groups, organizations, neighborhoods, communities throughout the US, Canada and Europe have launched legal action to stop the installation of Smart Meters! Cost increases, health risks, privacy concerns, grid vulnerability and the lack of democratic process are issues that have been cited. Legal Opt out programs now exist in California, Maine, Vermont, Georgia, Michigan, Quebec, The UK and the Netherlands. Other states are currently moving toward the same common goal.
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mandatory smart meter installation in our state.
SMART METERS ARE:
PRIVACY VIOLATIONS & SECURITY RISKS: Possible cyber-attacks and hacking potential exst. This presents a new vulnerability to sabotage and inadvertent access to private information. Because the Smart Meter networks are wireless, they facilitate a direct link to home computers and personal data. CNN launched a "Cyber Shockwave" program on February 20, 2011. The program details national concerns over the security of the internet and of wireless communications.
NOT SAFE: Medical research has documented that smart meters can impact health. Smart meters can cause medical devices to malfunction, i.e., pacemakers, insulin pumps and deep-brain stimulators used with some Parkinson's patients. Many people exposed to smart meters are experiencing insomnia, ringing in the ears, headaches, anxiety, skin rashes, nausea, thirst, nosebleeds, and memory difficulties. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) states, based on the science, that smart meters are "serious public health issues" and that "continuing with their installation would be extremely irresponsible." Click here for the full AAEM article
NOT GREEN: Smart meters damage wildlife, trees and bees, and have little to no energy savings.
POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS: Smart meters are a risk to many home owners. Smart meters have been implicated in fires, especially in homes with old wiring. http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?page_id=1280
VIEW WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT DELITERIOUS EFFECTS OF
SMART METERS. http://thepowerfilm.org/
WIRELESS SMART METERS – CANCER, NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE, ADVERSE
REPRODUCTION EFFECTS.
Video Interview: Dr. Carpenter, New York Public Health Department, Dean of Public Health, (2 minutes)
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7L21XOC2wA&feature;=youtu.be
Massachusetts utilities and the Public Service Commission are forcing people to install on their homes pulsed microwave radiation (RF) Smart Meters that emit bursts of microwave radiofrequency radiation round-the-clock. In May 2011, The World Health Organization classified all microwave technology as a possible Class 2B carcinogen.
We Demand:
No mandates
Freedom of choice to not accept a wireless/smart meter on our home or business which will effect our health, safety, security and privacy.
It's time for Massachusetts residents to "take charge" and insist on a Smart Meter Opt-Out Law without a penalty fee.
How you can make a difference in four simple steps:
#3 Compose a brief personal complaint regarding smart meters to be sent to:
Department of Public Utilities
Consumer Division, Attn: Donna Marchant
One South St.
Boston, Ma. 02110
Direct link to DPU OPT-Out Form to use, print, post, e-mail and share widely.
Give a form to everyone you know, encourage them to fill it out and opt-out.
#4 Send a letter by certified mail to your utilitiy company's agents. Inform them not to install a wireless/smart meter anywhere on your property.
Center for Electrosmog Prevention chart
Benefits of Analog Meters vs. Smart Meters – Why you should opt-out today!
According to some experts / reports by consumers:
Analog (Electromechanical) Meters
Smart Meters (Electronic)
RF Radiation Exposure
No
YES
Part of mesh network that blankets community with RF radiation
No
YES
Health complaints
No
YES
AAEM physicians’ association warnings about health effects
No
YES
Santa Cruz Health Dept. warnings about RF radiation emissions
No
YES
Privacy Intrusion
No
YES
Hackable
No
YES
Utility collects personal energy use data
No
YES
Data on your personal energy use may be provided to 3rd parties
No
YES
Can cause “dirty electricity” emissions on wiring
No
YES
Can be used to power down or shut off your appliances
No
YES
Can be used to remotely shutoff your utility service
1. Locate your utility company's Terms and Conditions of Distribution Service.
The MDPU has copies.
You can go to The Energy and Environmental Affairs site at http://www.Mass.gov/eea and do a search
or you can locate these documents by googling the key words:
Service documents, Terms and Conditions of Service, Customer Rights, etc...
For National Grid it was found by googling Terms and Conditions of Service, and was found on the National Grid website under Service documents, after googling National Grid.
2. Once you have the document, read it carefully to locate your rights about removing or requesting a new meter.
i.e. National Grid allows customers to request a change in meter when customers request such changes in writing. National Grid's Terms of Service state the company will replace the meter within 30 days of such request.
3. Whether or not your company has such a clause allowing you to make a request in writing, send a written request to your utility company, with your account number and address, asking them to replace your wireless meter with an analog meter that has no radio frequency transmitters, no chips, and no wireless capacity. Keep a copy for your records.
4. Send a demand letter to your company regarding your wish to have the right to opt out of the smart meter program as per the US Energy and Policy Act of 2005, as per the demand letter format provided by Jerry Day at www.freedomtaker.com. In this letter, make a demand that your utility company remove the current wireless meter and replace it with a meter that has no radio frequency transmitters, no chips, and no wireless capacity. Notarize the letter, keep the original and send a copy to the Utility and a copy to your PUC.
5. If/When the company sends you a letter saying that they will either not replace the meter or that you will have to wait until they can accommodate you, send another letter requesting that the meter be replaced within 30 days or you will replace the meter yourself with an analog meter that you can purchase on your own from Jerry Day @ www.freedomtaker.com
6. Whether or not the company responds, when 30 days have passed, call the company to let them know you are ready to replace the meter, and that you have an analog meter in your possession and you wish one of their technicians to come out to install it. They will probably tell you that you cannot do that, but tell them on the phone that you will give the company 1 week from the date you called to come out and do the exchange. Keep a log of the phone call and who you spoke with at the company.
7. Whether or not the company responds, send a complaint to the Department of Public Utilities on The Energy and Environmental Affairs site @ http://www.Mass.gov/eea and do a search for online complaint form. In your complaint, be sure to outline all of the steps you have taken to have the meter replaced, and the letters you have sent, phone calls you have made, give dates and names of people you spoke to. Inform DPU that you will replace the meter yourself unless the utility company makes a plan to do so within the next week. Let DPU know that the meter you have purchased has been tested by the manufacturer and has been deemed to be safe and appropriate (this will be true) and you feel the company has failed to respond to your requests in the past, which you believe is a violation of your customer rights. Let DPU know you believe the company has violated your rights as per Chapter 93A, fraud and deception. Try to cite as many references from your company's Terms and Conditions of Service that apply in your case, where the company did not abide by its terms of service or denied your requests, including failure to respond, or denying prompt service. Ask DPU to forward this complaint to the utility company, and email the content of the complaint to your utility company. You can do this by cutting and pasting it into an email.
8. In most cases, the DPU will not authorize electric companies to terminate service unless a customer has failed to pay a bill. So continue to pay your bills on time.
If the company threatens to terminate service, remind the company that you have paid your bills and that they will have no reasonable basis to terminate service should you change the meter yourself. Give them permission to come to test the meter themselves, but let them know the manufacturer has already deemed it to be safe and appropriate. Let them know you would prefer the company to change the meter but that you will do what you need to do to remove the meter yourself if the company refuses to comply with your request. Ask the company to inform you of your rights to a hearing in such cases. Tell them you will expect to receive this information immediately.
9. Send all copies of your correspondence with the utility companies to the DPU, via complaint forms online or by mail. Let your company know you are doing so.
10. If still no response from the utility company, be prepared to replace the meter yourself. It is VERY EASY TO DO. See Jerry Day @ www.freedomtaker.com OR
11. Contact the Department of Public Utilities and request a hearing.
Toronto Hospital is First to Recognize Symptoms from Wireless Radiation
Canada NewsWire
TORONTO, June 18, 2012
TORONTO, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Women's College Hospital says family doctors must learn to detect the symptoms of exposure to wireless radiation. The hospital released a statement saying the symptoms include disrupted sleep, headaches, nausea, dizziness, heart palpitations, memory problems, and skin rashes. These symptoms are now labelled Electro-magnetic Hyper-sensitivity, or "EMS". "Health-care practitioners need to better understand EMS so they can help their patients," said Dr. Riina Bray, medical director of the hospital's Environmental Health Clinic. Dr. Bray says the world is becoming dominated by wireless internet, cell phones and cell towers, and there can be a broad range of health impacts. The hospital's Environmental Health Clinic has begun holding educational workshops on the subject for doctors.
Last year the World Health Organization placed microwave radiation from wireless internet and cell phones on an official Cancer watch-list. Since then several schools have removed their wifi systems and the Catholic teacher's union in Ontario has called for a moratorium on wifi installations in classrooms.