1) Manitoba not proceeding with smeter program, concerned about various issues, including fires. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/no-plans-yet-for-wider-use-of-digital-smart-power-meters-274296661.html?cx_navSource=d-tiles-3 2) In Australia, the costs projected for the smeter program are being questioned. Has anyone asked why BC Hydro paid more for the ITRON meter and the program than any other place – as much as 2-3 times what other places … Continue reading 2014-09-08 Manitoba halting plans for $meters →
1) In a news release related to the Mt. Polley disaster, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner said its role was to ensure “legal requirements on public bodies to provide people with timely information where there is a significant risk of harm or where information is in the public interest” Accordingly, this office … Continue reading 2014-09-03 Office of the Info.and Privacy Commissioner re. “trusting Hydro”. →
1) In Arizona, there is a complaint against the utility for consumer fraud, charging the utility with giving false or misleading info. to the customers re. $$meter. The same thing should be done here. Time and time again BC Hydro and the government have given incorrect or deceptive info. about RF emissions and fire risk, … Continue reading 2014-09-02 EMF Summit — interview with Sam Milham re. dirty electricity →
In a news release related to the Mt. Polley disaster, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner said its role was to ensure“legal requirements on public bodies to provide people with timely information where there is a significant risk of harm or where information is in the public interest” Accordingly, this office has the … Continue reading 2014-09-03 Office of the Info.and Privacy Commissioner re. “trusting Hydro”. →
An excellent summary of the fire issues that pertain to areas other than Saskatchewan Fires have been reported in Ontario, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Australia, Quebec, Sask., BC – Landis Gyr, Sensus, ITRON. There are several design flaws. If you haven’t read the report from the Ontario Fire Marshall in awhile, I suggest you do. And … Continue reading 2014-08-03 Still nothing in media refuting Bennett and BC Hydro. →
Further to the fire in Michigan where an ITRON smart meter was believed to have been the cause. The utility company is now saying that “perhaps” there was a grow op that was the cause. I was sent this information from a friend of the couple who lost their home and their pets: “A young … Continue reading 2014-10-09 Summary of solar meeting in North Oyster + more letters →
More information (testimony and youtube) about severe health problems in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Parents need to know, but aren’t being told, that wifi offers little beside the convenience of carrying a laptop or wireless device from room to room. Hard wired via fiber optic cable is much faster, more efficient (carries much … Continue reading 2014-10-10 How a doctor learned he was ‘sensitive’ →
In Sask. the plan is/was to use a one-way communicating gas $$meter, that could potentially communicate via the electricity $$meter. The collectors on poles outside our homes have 8 transmitters, so most likely BC Hydro/Fortis are planning the same thing. http://globalnews.ca/news/1500467/new-sask-gas-modules-to-use-same-network-as-smart-meters/ “AMI is a precursor for a more far-fetched goal of smart … Continue reading 2014-08-10 $$mart grid potentially could be used by gas meters →
2014 October 01 – Major warnings about attack on the grid 2014 October 02 – Major power outage due to equipment failure 2014 October 03 – A youtube of a small business being forced to take a smart meter, causing damage by not turning power off 2014 October 04 – A legal decision in Ontario … Continue reading NEWSLETTERS 2014-10 – OCT →
For those who use Twitter, here is a recommendation from one of our members which I hope everyone who uses twitter will consider. We have only our word of mouth to compete against Hydro’s millions in advertising. We have numbers on our side, if we all spread the word. A simple way we can … Continue reading 2014-09-29 Spreading the word via Twitter is vital →
