Category Archives: Smart Meters

Let the Games Begin! Part 2: Maine Supreme Court Ruling and Opening Briefs to CPUC Phase 2 Smart Meter Hearings

Posted on July 17, 2012 by melissalevine

As discussed in yesterday’s post, in a pre hearing last May on Phase 2 of the CPUC Smart Meter hearings, several parties urged the CPUC to make health impacts from Smart Meters front and center in Phase 2, especially because in Phase … Continue reading →

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Let the Games Begin! Opening Briefs Phase 2 CPUC Smart Meter Hearings: SCE; Wilner and Stop Smart Meters Irvine

Posted on July 16, 2012 by melissalevine

7/16/12 (Revised 7/17/12) In the next few days I will be posting links to the opening briefs on Phase 2 of the California PUC Smart Meter Hearings.  (I was up until 4 Am working on a brief myself.) In an … Continue reading →

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Free at Last: CPUC Approves Smart Meter Opt Out for SCE and SDG&E; Dr. Neil Cherry: RF’s Effect on Neurotransmitters; Public Space Increasingly Irradiated

Posted on April 19, 2012 by melissalevine

Good News.  🙂 Today the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)  approved a smart meter opt out option for  both Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric customers.  Please share this information with friends and neighbors. From the SCE … Continue reading →

Posted in "Opt Out" Issues, Analog Meter, CPUC/Complaints, Health Impact, Science, Radiation, Smart Meters, What Edison Says and doesn't Say, Wireless Ubiquitous | 2 Comments

James Woolsey and Cyber Expert David Chalk on Smart Grid: Massive Vulnerability

Posted on April 12, 2012 by melissalevine

This is from director Josh Del Sol’s upcoming film on Smart Meters  “Take Back Your Power.” “One of the most amazing things that has happened to mankind in the last hundred years is the Internet. It’s given us possibility beyond … Continue reading →

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CPUC Issues Smart Meter Opt Out Proposed Rulings For SDG&E and SCE: SCE Will Not Allow Everyone to Have An Analog

Posted on March 16, 2012 by melissalevine

The CPUC has issued their proposed rulings (to be voted upon in April) for opting out of a Smart Meter for both San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison.  Both proposals are similar to PG&E’s, with the utilities … Continue reading →

Posted in "Opt Out" Issues, Analog Meter, Smart Meter Resistance, Smart Meters, What Edison Says and doesn't Say, Wireless Ubiquitous | 4 Comments

Warning To SCE Customers with Wireless Utility Meters

Posted on March 6, 2012 by melissalevine

SCE’s SmartConnect website is urging consumers to go ‘read the fine print’ on the face of their new wireless meters once an hour to see what kind of energy use they’ve had. No one could make this up.  It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cindy Sage, FCC Standards, Radiation, Health Impact, Science, Smart Meters, What Edison Says and doesn't Say | 1 Comment

CPUC Smart Meter Opt Out Ruling: The Good and The Bad

Posted on February 3, 2012 by melissalevine

The CPUC, which seems bloated with industry insiders, voted on February 1, 2012, to approve a proposal which will allow PG&E customers in California  (see note*) who want analog meters to pay a $75 dollar upfront “install” fee (which you … Continue reading →

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“People Aren’t Going to Take Getting Microwaved in Their Own Homes” (Interviews Post CPUC’s Smart Meter Opt Out Ruling)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by melissalevine

“I think it was very very significant that Obama sent out I believe it was the head of the department of energy Chopra to speak to the CPUC on this.  They’re really worried about what is going and they know that we have a momentum … Continue reading →

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Chair of IARC Working Group: Designation of RF as a class 2B Carcinogen has “Broad Applicability” (which means it includes Smart Meters)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by melissalevine

“The designation of group 2b is radio frequency electromagnetic fields–that is unspecified as to source so the group 2b classification would have broad applicability to sources with this type of emissions”–-Jonathan Samet, MD, Chairman of the Working Group of 31 … Continue reading →

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Concerned Citizens Help with FCC Warning Sign Enforcement (Video)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by melissalevine

The FCC requires warning signs, but somehow the utility companies must have forgotten to install them.  Thank goodness, we have these dedicated, concerned citizens to help out. From FCC Website: WHAT IS THE FCC’S POLICY ON RADIOFREQUENCY WARNING SIGNS? Radiofrequency warning or “alerting” signs … Continue reading →

Posted in FCC Standards, Radiation, Smart Meters | 4 Comments

E-Mail Update: CPUC Meeting, Santa Cruz County Health Report, Inverse Square Law

Posted on January 29, 2012 by melissalevine

Three Items: Important CPUC Meeting this Wednesday: Please Write to Commissioners; 2. Physicians’ Group Recommends Moratorium on Smart Meters; 3. Santa Cruz Health Department Report on Smart Meters. 1. CPUC Meeting This Wednesday, February 1, 2012,  the CPUC will be … Continue reading →

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Dr. David Carpenter, Public Health Physician, Warns of Smart Meter Dangers

Posted on January 27, 2012 by melissalevine
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Physicians’ Group (American Academy of Environmental Medicine) Adopts Resolution Against Smart Meters

Posted on January 23, 2012 by melissalevine

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine “an international association of physicians and other professionals” has in a letter released January 19, 2012, and sent to the CPUC called for an immediate moratorium on wireless Smart Meters.  They state in their … Continue reading →

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Media Blackout on “Smart” Meter News?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by melissalevine

I sent this on 12/17/11 to twenty five reporters and editors on staff at the Los Angeles Times.  I decided to wait to see if I got a reply before sharing it.  They did not reply, but perhaps they read … Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Phones, Health Impact, Science, media blackout, Smart Meters | 5 Comments

“We’re Having A Dicken’s Moment.” Santa Cruz Board Grills PG&E For Shutting Off Power to Customers Made Sick From Smart Meters

Posted on December 15, 2011 by melissalevine
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Update: Irvine City Council Meeting Tonight, Joshua Hart’s Article, Opt Out Issues

Posted on December 13, 2011 by melissalevine

If you can, please come to  Irvine City Council Meeting tonight, 12/13/11:  Public Comments could be any time after 5 PM.  I agree with author B. Blake Levitt that we need to hold all our elected officials accountable. See Joshua … Continue reading →

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Radiation Exposure from a Smart Meter is 100 times Higher than from a Cell Phone

Posted on December 10, 2011 by melissalevine

This interview (see below) with Daniel Hirsch, a nuclear scientist from UC Santa Cruz, discusses how last January’s CCST report which was meant to be an “independent science based report” on “smart” meters  instead  “just reproduced claims” from the utility … Continue reading →

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Civil Disobedience to Protect Their Health: Northern Californian Residents Return Their Smart Meters

Posted on December 8, 2011 by melissalevine

When PG&E refused to remove their “smart” meters after they complained about health effects, a group of residents from Capitola, California, decided their utility company did not have the right to “sicken” them and hired a professional electrician to replace … Continue reading →

Posted in "Opt Out" Issues, Analog Meter, Health, Personal Stories, Smart Meters | 1 Comment

Shielding: Use Caution

Posted on November 19, 2011 by melissalevine

Another blogger asked about shielding in the”Take Action” section, and I thought I would post a precaution.    Shielding  the radiation from Smart Meters can be tricky, so I recommend that anyone who tries this get advice from an expert and … Continue reading →

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If You Received a Flyer on Your Doorstep or are New to this Site

Posted on November 18, 2011 by melissalevine

If you received a flyer on your doorstep or if you just came across this blog via a search engine, I would like to welcome you to the site and also, if this subject is unfamiliar, to the  topic of … Continue reading →

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Allan Frey, Modulation and Microwave Radiation Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier

Posted on November 17, 2011 by melissalevine

The information for this blog post is from a GQ article written by Christopher Ketcham in 2010 called “Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health.” It is beautifully written (very clear prose) and I am closely paraphrasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Cell Phones, Health Impact, Science, Smart Meters | 5 Comments

Edison Makes Irvine a “Living Laboratory”; Receives almost 40 Million in Special Federal Grant Monies

Posted on November 15, 2011 by melissalevine

According to the U.S. government’s official disclosure website, Recovery.gov, Rosemead based Southern California Edison applied for and received three grants totaling $39,621,208 to make the City of Irvine (their exact words) “a living laboratory” to test out their Smart Grid … Continue reading →

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NBC News (Video) on Smart Meter Forum

Posted on November 11, 2011 by melissalevine

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Smart-Meter-Critics-Say-Devices-Are-Not-Smart-Or-Safe-133669863.html The utility company spokesperson  said their Smart Meters have no health effect,  yet that woman has to wrap foil around her head at night to deflect the pulses.  There is scientific confirmation, a double blind study,  showing physical effect … Continue reading →

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Cindy Sage, Glendale Smart Meter Forum

Posted on November 11, 2011 by melissalevine
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Field Test Showing Radiation Peaks from Bank of Smart Meters

Posted on November 11, 2011 by melissalevine

Field Study measuring the “peaks” of radiation from a bank of Smart Meters.  The government uses the average. But according to Magda Havas, PHD of Trent University, Canada, this gives a “false low reading.”  “Engineers like to measure averages but … Continue reading →

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