Private and commercial “clouds” inter-operate, making our data “their” data. And when BCHydro/FortisBC activate the zigbee chip, even more data will become available. The utilities have been told that the data they obtain will be more valuable than the product they sell. VMware demoed the unified hybrid cloud concept in which the public and private … Continue reading 2015-09-05 More ways to get our data →

  Some had trouble with the link to the CHEK news article about the fire in Langford in last night’s update. Try this if you did: http://www.cheknews.ca/fire-sooke-lake-road-10519/     As a result of the Paris Appeal Congress in May,  a major call for the Precautionary Principle while more research is done re. EHS. Please share … Continue reading 2015-09-04 A new call for the precautionary principle and for research on EHS →

Happy Canada Day!   1)   An industry group, the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), which has been promoting what an improvement smart meters are, earlier wrote an important report acknowledging many of the problems we have been complaining about as well as praising the dependability of the analog—even saying they wish we could keep them.  … Continue reading 2015-06-30 Industry report (2010) admits serious problems →

  Katie Singer, author of “Electronic Silent Spring” has a monthly newsletter to which you may wish to subscribe. Her current newsletter addresses cell towers, and provides, among other things, instances where cell towers that have crashed or caught fire. http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/august-2015-newsletter/   Earlier this week President Obama spoke about the benefits of the smart meter … Continue reading 2015-08-27 Locations of collectors in BC →

  A member is receiving faulty bills from BCHydro and is wondering why. I would encourage everyone to read their meters on the “next read date” that is on each bill, and confirm the accuracy of each bill before paying. This is happening too often. I believe Hydro is depending on people’s trust and naïveté. … Continue reading 2015-08-20 Comcast is using homes for their business →

  An archived 60 min. program from back east from a couple of days ago. Melissa Chalmers is an airline pilot who developed EHS and is fighting to inform people about what exposure to microwave radiation can do. It is under the Aug. 17 WJFF Connections.  http://www.wjffradio.org/parchive/xml/connect.xml     There have been complaints of higher … Continue reading 2015-08-19 Airline pilot speaks about EHS →

  Below in Letters is an article that a member was able to provide about the way that Health Canada bows to industry at our expense. It is a farce and the government allows our health and safety to be bought and paid for whether it is in regards to our food, our water, or … Continue reading 2015-08-16 Health Canada works for industry, not for us. →

 FORTIS GAS APPLYING FOR SMETER PROGRAM See anticipated time table below.   FEI stands for FortisBC Energy Inc. and deals only with natural gas. So far they seem to plan on a streamlined approach, Oct. 2015- March 2016. I know little about gas smart meters but will share with you when I get any info.  … Continue reading 2015-08-14 FortisBC Gas is applying to the BCUC for the smart meter program →

  A brilliant, simple concept for generating electricity being used in  http://themindunleashed.org/2015/02/portland-just-installed-water-pipes-generate-electricity.html   “The idea of bridging the gap between the cyber world and the physical world has been around for a while,” Kruegel said, referring to long-standing fears of possible cyber attacks on power grids, water plants, and other infrastructure targets. “Now, these proof-of-concepts … Continue reading 2015-08-02 Another study shows RF can effect DNA →

  FortisBC is disconnecting people, and from the sounds of it this is not a rare occurrence. Bullies who are putting lives and health at risk multiple ways. How do they know that there are no people with medical devices requiring electricity living in the home? What about people suffering from the heat, with no … Continue reading 2015-07-29 FORTISBC IS CUTTING POWER FOR REFUSAL OF SMART METER →