Smart Meter as a Weapon?

[burntheships]

get a reader and show the company that those levels are above what is considered harmful.

I think this is a good idea as well.

At least that way people will know what they are exposed to.
Every power company has their own way of dealing with this.

In California as an example, Nor Cal has an opt out program.
(yes, they charge you to remove the meter, and charge you
every month) 

The stated reason they allow opt out in Nor Cal: the large
distances required for transmission. People own large
plots of land, and the meter has to be transmitting all of
the time to reach the other meters. (they work as a network).
Also, dense trees will interfere with transmission, making
the meter continuously transmit. (lots of dirty transmissions).

However, the people in Southern Cal dont have an opt out,
(not that I know of ) yet there must be the same situation
down there with some people, large plots of land, and trees.
So go figure!

Also, maybe this is harmful to the bees?
That is really a concern, these meters are being installed
everywhere; and the lady in the video said it drove her bees away.

Undo, thanks for the video, I am finally watching it now.

The fact that PGE sent in a spy, ( a fake name assigned to
a person in the PGE program ) is astounding. Why would
they do that if everything was on the up and up?

[burntheships]

While I agree this is a very long video, I am watching this
to glean the real information from it.

Here is the link to ICLEI
http://www.iclei.org/

ICLEI is the world's leading association of cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development.

We are a powerful movement of 12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities and urban regions, 450 large cities as well as 450 medium-sized cities and towns in 84 countries. 

We promote local action for global sustainability and supports cities to become sustainable, resilient, resource-efficient, biodiverse, low-carbon; to build a smart infrastructure; and to develop an inclusive, green urban economy with the ultimate aim to achieve healthy and happy communities.

So, we can see that the smart meter is only one of the first steps
into the smart grid. At first I thought it was over hyped, now I can
see this is actually what is taking place....

I guess when the CIA said they would spy on us through our dishwashers,
they were not joking.    Gee whiz, why dont they just partner up
with the NSA? 

So, it seems that the new models of appliances will have
RFID Chips in them, be "smart" and communicate with
the Smart Meters....Hmmmmm.

http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?1332

[Gigas]

This should concern every one. I know my usage should be way down since I have most everything unplugged and wash/dry clothes late at night.

TV consumer news report, a group of college students were trying to figure out why their wireless smart meter was reporting such high energy usage and gave them such a high bill of $400.


"When we were gone for the week, we turned off all the circuit breakers, and so we were expecting to see a pretty low baseline in energy usage for that week," Izumi Hinkson recalled.

They created a chart using information supplied by PG&E. It shows spikes in energy usage when no one was home even with the circuit breaker turned off.

The co-eds took their complaints to PG&E and their landlady. PG&E told them they were using more energy than they thought.

"When we would communicate with PG&E, they had no real reason to explain why it was so high," said Parisi-Amon.


So the students used a TED 5000 unit to compare actual usage against their wireless smart meter and found that the smart meter was wrong.   PG&E, which at first denied the wireless smart meter was the source of the problem, finally sent out installers to check on the meter.

The comparison seemed to confirm their suspicions. A blue line on their chart represents the energy readings from the TED for the last six weeks. A red line represents the energy readings covering the same time period, but measured by the SmartMeter. Those energy readings are nearly 2.5 times greater than those measured by the TED.

"It doesn't necessarily prove either of these methods is correct, but it does raise the question about whether or not the SmartMeter readings are accurate and valid," Hinkson said.

7 On Your Side contacted PG&E and it sent out three technicians to investigate. They blamed the problem on an installation error. It seems the students' meter got mixed up with their neighbors. PG&E says the students were paying their neighbors bill and vice versa.


PG&E issued a refund of $1,600 to the students.


"PG&E has so far admitted that 23,000 SmartMeters have been installed incorrectly."

Watch and read the report, KGO-TV ABC, San Francisco, 7 On Your Side: "Experiment raises questions about SmartMeters," May 7, 2010, http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7424533

A local CBS TV news report put that figure higher: PG&E, in May 2010, admitted errors in more than 50,000 meters.



The utility company says there were installation errors in about 23,000 units, another 11,000 had data storage problems, and 17,000 had communication issues. Many customers were either over or under billed.

Source: CBS 47.com, "PG&E Admits Problems with Smart Meters," May 11, 2010: http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/PG-E-Admits-Problems-with-Smart-Meters/IA-XqsKuREWCBulgRzd5pw.cspx?rss=153[/b][/size]


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