There are concerns about health, privacy and corruption regarding the SmartMeters: A stand against the SmartMeter is a stand against the entire SmartGrid. I will be at the City Council meeting making my stand again.
source: Petaluma 360 Feb 14, 2011
The debate over PG&E’s controversial SmartMeters will be renewed Tuesday by the Sebastopol City Council, with opponents hoping that this time, with two new council members, a yearlong moratorium will be enacted.
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I will provide more updates on this event in the near future; I was with this group for the day today fighting tyranny in our backyards. Have you see the last video produced by NorCalTruth featuring local residents blocking SmartMeter installations?
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source: Press Democrat Dec 9, 2010
Demonstrators protesting continued installation of PG&E SmartMeters around Northern California closed down a company service and payment center in Santa Rosa on Thursday after blocking the entrance.
Police said the demonstration on Stony Circle was generally peaceful, and PG&E opted to close the customer service office for the day rather than seek arrests, spokesman Paul Moreno said.
A leader of opponents to the wireless transmission meters, meanwhile, said some of the protesters were ready to go to jail if necessary to make the point that PG&E and the California Public Utilities Commission have an obligation to fulfill demand for more thorough studies into health concerns related to radio frequency emissions from the meters.
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Nor Cal Truth Nov 30, 2010
The following video documents the latest efforts by California citizenry in blocking and slowing the “Smart”Meter installations:
As reported by others for a long time, PG&E is not accepting “opt outs”. The proper term is “deferment” or “delaying” as opt out is not an option in the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) mandates that PG&E is following blindly.
Reported a year ago in the San Jose Mercury News and carried by others including TURN:
Some consumers have been stunned to learn that SmartMeters are mandatory: There’s no way to opt out of getting one. The meters, as well as the wires and pipes that lead up to them, are PG&E property, and the utility says it has the regulatory authority to install and maintain them.
PG&E will eventually show up to customers doors with law enforcement to make sure that the “Smart”Meters are installed. This could become tricky, especially in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County or Fairfax, Ca where city ordinances have been passed banning PG&E from installing the new technology.
Watsonville has stepped up to the plate by issuing a ticket to PG&E with a fine of $100.00.
A Watsonville building official smacked PG&E with a $100 fine this week for installing a SmartMeter – likely the first citation the utility has received since several California cities began banning the controversial technology.
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