By Cassandra Anderson
EMF Consultant & Regulatory Advisor David Wilner of Novato California filed a lawsuit against utility provider PG&E concerning SmartMeters that have been deployed to over 8 million homes, at a cost of $2.2 billion. PG&E contends that SmartMeters are safe, yet they have asked the California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to give customers an opt-out choice of radio-free SmartMeters or returning to analog meters. The CPUC’s decision is still pending.
It is hard to imagine how PG&E could defend itself against the following causes of action in Wilner’s lawsuit:
• SmartMeters emit radio frequency (RF) radiation which is a health danger.
• PG&E said that their SmartMeters emit only 1 watt of RF radiation, but they really emit more than 2 watts, so the radiation cloud in the entire network area is more than 16 million watts of RF pulsed radiation! Wilner’s lawsuit seeks to reduce the radiation down to PG&E’s stated level of 1 watt.
• The mesh network is a 2-way data collection system with collection points on some homes that may serve up to 5000 customers’ meters. The collection points are assigned to certain homes without customers’ knowledge or consent; the customer is exposed to higher levels of continuous radiation. Additionally, it is unlawful to use one customer’s premises to service another customer.
• Some customers who complained on video at PG&E meetings were offered replacement analog meters while others were discriminated against and refused a return to analog meters.
• PG&E failed to consider the health risks and complaints against their SmartMeters.
• SmartMeters pose other dangers that include dirty electricity that can interfere with home wiring, some of the meters were defective and some were not registered with the Underwriters Laboratory to ensure safety and reliability.
• The Home Area Network (HAN) is an option that allows appliances enabled to communicate with SmartMeters to shut down remotely to save energy during peak energy use times. The HAN duty cycle is 100 times greater than the SmartMeter duty cycle because it is on 100% of the time. PG&E has failed to warn people about the additional radiation.
PG&E has offered to replace SmartMeters with analog meters as an opt-out if the CPUC approves it.
PG&E may have made the offer because they would have trouble defending their actions listed above and the lawsuit threatens other monopolies like cell phone communications towers and the Wi-Fi industry that also emit RF radiation.
PG&E has also run into opposition from local governments that have banned SmartMeters, which are supposedly voluntary. The PUC in Maine backed down from forcing SmartMeters on citizens because they have not been proven safe, so they offered an opt-out (for a price) to limit avoid liability.
PG&E does not want to admit any liability as there will likely be future injury claims from the radiation, so the opt-out is a way around assuming responsibility.
Even if analog meters are offered as an opt-out, Mr. Wilner will still pursue the reduction of RF emissions to 1 watt.
The analog meter option may cost customers a $90 fee and monthly charge of $15, which is a form of extortion. Analog meters were safe and perfectly efficient in billing customers, so why should the customer assume the cost of PG&E’s mess?
The big picture threat of SmartMeters is that they are planned for electricity, gas and water with a remote shut off feature designed for power over resources. Imagine a utility company and the government rationing your water, which is a stated strategy/goal for control under UN Agenda 21.
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here in oregon the “opt out”fee,that wont protect u from the mesh network anyway,is 254$plus51$a month.i have tried a faraday cage and it doesnt work.they are also using the earth as their return current,killing every tree here
I still have not heard anyone suggest a Faraday Cage to block the EMF from Smart Meters, and what possible objections PG&E may have?
After all I would believe my personal safety trumps PG&E’s wishes every time.
I am real close to creating one for my home.
Any comments?
SMART METER PRIVACY VIOLATIONS.
1. Must-See 4-minute youtube video on Smart meters
SMART METER HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CANCER.
2. The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION May 31 2011 placed the Non-ionizing radiation coming from Wireless smart meters (& some other wireless devices) on the Class 2-B Carcinogen List.
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf
3. The NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Feb 2011 found biological changes in the brain after only minutes of exposure to non-ionizing radiation.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/8/808.abstract
4. LABORATORY SCIENTISTS have observed
(1) Human Cell Damage
(2) DNA Chain Breaks
(3) Breaches in the Blood-Brain Barrier
from levels of non-ionizing radiation lower than emitted by WIRELESS Smart meters.
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cc-video/
5. INSURANCE COMPANIES won’t insure smart meters due to biological damage seen by scientists they hired. TV Video (3 minutes)
http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=382
Cell Phone use and other devices are Voluntary and can be shut off at the user’s discretion, but Smart meters mounted on homes are emitting radiation 24/7 and can not be shut off.
6. WIRELESS SMART METERS – 100 TIMES MORE RADIATION THAN CELL PHONES. Video Interview: Nuclear Scientist, Daniel Hirsch, (5 minutes)
http://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/04/20/daniel-hirsch-on-ccsts-fuzzy-math/
7. WIRELESS SMART METERS – CANCER, NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE, ADVERSE REPRODUCTION AFFECTS. Video Interview: Dr. Carpenter, New York Public Health Department, Dean of Public Health, (2 minutes)
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=3946
PG$E, California’s Utility Monopoly, recently admitted that each smart meter transmits radiation between 10,000 & 190,000 times each day.
This corrects previous false statements repeated often by utility companies across the country.
NOTE: many of the tests on non-ionizing radiation (the type of radiation emitted by smart meters) have been done using devices other than smart meters because smart meters have only been in people’s homes for a very short time.
But as a Wireless smart meter emits 100 times more radiation than a cell phone, it is not difficult to project. If a machine gun (smart meter) fires 100 bullets in the same time that a pistol (cell phone) fires one bullet, it is not difficult to project the harm that the machine gun can do, even if the tests were done with the pistol.
CUSTOMER UTILITY BILLS AFTER SMART METERS INSTALLED.
8. Skyrocketing Utility Bills after installation
TV News Video (3 minutes)
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/63581287.html?tab=video
NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS DUE TO SMART METERS.
9. CIA Director James Woolsey calls Smart grid “Stupid” due to National Security problems caused by so-called smart meters.
News Video (1 minute)
http://www.energynow.com/video/2011/08/10/preview-mix-james-woolsey
This Smart Meter Program Reminds Me Of The Old Soviet Union.
If you don’t accept something that is harmful for you and your family and your entire community, then they penalize you in another way.
$90 extortion penalty plus $15 each day for simply avoiding a toxin that obviously does damage to our children and is now classified as a class 2-b carcinogen by the World Health Organization.