Marti Oakley (C)copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved
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“Along with the known health hazards, the unwarranted and unlawful surveillance and inflated energy rates after installation of a SMART METER, is the threat of compromised national security. “
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As a nationwide revolt is growing against the invasive and costly electric Smart Meters, public utilities and corporations, intent on putting the entire nation under surveillance unlawfully, not to mention creating a massive health threat, are moving quickly to install phase 2 of the SMART GRID: Gas Smart Meters. It won’t stop there; they are planning on rolling out SMART water meters as quickly as possible.
On March 31, 2011 in Capitola California, it was reported that PG & E spokesman Jeff Smith said a total of 17 of the wireless devices were installed on residences and businesses where existing meters had been damaged by floods. Fifteen of the meters were for gas and two were for electric.
The City Council placed a moratorium on Smart Meter installations in February, though the California Public Utilities Commission has sole authority over PG&E.” (This authority over PG&E pertains ONLY to PG&E and cannot be construed and extended to mean authority over private citizens and communitites)
The CPUC has no authority to override a city council inititiative and to move ahead with a private corporate contract between CPUC and PG&E that the public is unaware of, has not seen and did not enter into.
The California Public Utilities Commission may have sole authority over PG & E, but they do not have authority over private property and the owner’s rights to refuse the meters. The statement CPUC is using is misleading as it leads people to believe that because the CPUC has authority over PG&E, that that authority is somehow extended to private citizens.
“The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorized the state’s investor owned utilities (PG&E) to replace conventional customer meters with SmartMeters in order to give consumers greater control over their energy use,” Chow said. “Section 8 of Article 12 of the California Constitution states that ‘[a] city, county, or other public body may not regulate matters over which the Legislature grants regulatory power to the Commission.”
PG&E has had to admit there is no mandate to install these meters. Because the legislature has issued no mandates and the governor has not signed off on any mandates, the claim by PG&E and CPUC of Sect.8 Article 12 of the California Constitution does not apply. This section applies only if the legislature directs CPUC to engage the program. Once this happens, CPUC can then enact regulations but these cannot arbitrarily infringe on property and civil rights.
No one is disputing CPUC’s authority to contract with whomever it pleases. What is disputed is CPUC contracting with PG&E and then foisting the provisions of this private, unrevealed contract onto the public. Clearly the California legislature did not intend for private contracts struck by CPUC to be used arbitrarily against the citizens, nor was their intent to enable a system of spying and endangerment of public health.
CPUC has NO authority over private citizens and cannot arbitrarily subject them to a product or service they do not want and surely do not need. This is a clear violation of the Commerce clause of the Constitution; no one can be forced to buy a product they do not want or be forced to enter into an unrevealed contract with another entity most especially through coercion and extortion. The jurisdiction referred to is actually a privately struck corporate contract and can be enforced only within the contracting party’s.
In an effort to deflect the growing revolt over the meters as a result of the health hazards they represent and, because the claimed savings from having one of these hazardous meters installed is non-existent, PG&E has resorted to extortion, using coercion to pressure consumers into allowing them to install the meter. While many citizens objected to the meters at town hall meetings with PG&E, the spokesmen for PG&E claimed there was no “opt-out” provision, but had to admit that there was in fact, no mandate giving them authority to install the meters. As no mandate exists, there can be no “opt-in”, such as forced compliance either, but PG&E carefully never mentions that.
These Meters represent a direct threat to the over all health of communities and should never have been installed on the first home, much less 15 million+ homes.
From electricalpollution.com comes this statement:
This is of great concern because the exposure to microwave and radiowave radiation from these meters is involuntary and continuous. The transmitting meters may not even comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “safety” standards (see http://sagereports.com/smart-meter-rf/). However, those standards were initially designed to protect an average male from tissue heating (cooking) during a brief exposure. These standards were not designed to protect a diverse population from the non-thermal effects of continuous exposure to microwave and radiowave radiation. Therefore, these “safety” standards were not designed to protect the public from health problems under the circumstances which the meters are being used.
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Having been faced with a rejection of their hazardous meters, PG&E in collusion with the energy provider, then decided to charge a $40 fee just to process the order of refusal from the consumer and followed that up with notice that they would be attaching as much as $12 a month as a surcharge (extortion fee) to penalize the consumer for refusing the meter. After all, a meter reader would have to be paid to walk by and scan your analog meter and they do not want to pay this expense….although they will write it off their taxes as an expense and re-title the revenue stream produced by this surcharge as an expense, also. Either way the utility gets an increase in revenue, which is part of the plan.
Smart Meters: A threat to national Security
Along with the known health hazards, the unwarranted and unlawful surveillance and inflated energy rates after installation of a SMART METER, is the threat of compromised national security. SMART GRID, the system intended to be linked together from Canada to Mexico and used to control power availability and usage has a back door “shut-off” switch. This switch makes the system vulnerable to hacking which could shut down not only localities and states, but also all government. The “shut-off” switch was installed to allow the federal or even state governments to arbitrarily shut down single homes or businesses, or entire cities or states.
From the Federal perspective, entire states or regions of the US could be denied access to power as a means of coercing citizens into complying with Federal mandates and encroachment. This switch would be invaluable in case of civil unrest …(its actual intended use)….in cutting phones, lights, heat, air conditioning and overall power access in the event of some paranoid fantasy being expressed in the homeland security agency, the military, or even in the White House. The switch has no other intended purpose other than disabling an area in order to cut communications and necessary power in order to disable a civil revolt. (I wonder why they are so worried about that?)
As the second and third phase of this control grid is put into place, water, electricity and gas will be delivered only as long as we are able to pay the inflated rates based on market activity and only so long as we cooperate with federal encroachment.
The noose tightens.
The problem with SMART GRID is its vulnerability to hacking which could directly affect all systems in the Federal government. But, as with most things the government does, the stated reason for doing anything bears little resemblance to what they actually intend. SMART GRID, SMART METERS, are intended to control every aspect of your daily life and to gather and report as much personal information from your residence or business as possible, all of it collected and stored in constantly growing files compiled by various domestic spy agencies. SMART GRID is not about energy efficiency and conservation. It is a system of spying and population control that can result in the immediate disruption of all utilities for any reason.
Don’t worry. If they ever shut the GRID or any portion of it down they will fabricate some wild story about how a terrorist living on the back of a three humped camel blew up the kill switch because he hated us for our electricity. And a fair number of you will believe it.
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Bill Spayships
Jan 05, 2013 @ 17:35:57
The only true means to mitigate the overarching security and civilian control implications of the smart grid is to commit to (as free, independent citizens) a decentralized/distributed power generation initiative. The key catalyst required for decentralized system propagation to be effective is continuing with a concerted, mindful and righteous effort to develop and implement onsite renewable energy technologies that are not owned/controlled by (at least not the IP) and/or contingent upon any contractual obligations to large, centralized public utility companies,
That being said, the utility companies are quite aware of the implications of decentralized power via on-site grid independent renewable energy tech, and thus regard it as a threat to their age-old oligarchy of centralized power distribution. It is also clear, they are and have been for quite some time, “preemptively” striking on this initiative to crush it before it has a chance to go anywhere. Evidence of this can be found under the guise of Renewable Development Grants and the like being issued by utility companies.
One only need look at the language in these “grant” applications – specifically the IP and licensing rights sections – to see the subversive tactics being used by respective utility companies to capture, control and own as many rights as possible to private renewable energy companies – especially those in the early stages of development. In other words, if we stand idly by, we will allow the utility companies to continue to stifle the potential for a future societal reality, where citizens of any given nation, could become truly energy independent as individuals and communities, without being subjected to a centralized power authority.
Bottom line, if we are to move beyond just being upset or concerned about the costs, invasive surveillance and/or health threats smart meters are potentially exposing us to, then it is time we begin to acknowledge the challenging, but necessary solution to this issue: committing to decentralized power generation via no strings attached, on-site, renewable energy technology implementation and the subsequent independent electricity produced, owned and operated by individual citizens and/or small neighborhoods/communities; free of public utilities and thus free of the smart meter’s negative consequences.
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Sep 08, 2011 @ 04:23:08
PG&E does not have the right to enter into/onto your property as they claim.
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Jul 28, 2011 @ 21:30:58
Bruce
Jul 28, 2011 @ 21:29:15
Thanks again, Marti, for another excellent post. Recall movement heating up against Sheriff Wowak in Santa Cruz, CA for not enforcing “Smart” Meter moratorium ordinance against PG&E’s contractor, Wellington Management.
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paul
Jul 27, 2011 @ 19:42:34
If they install a smart meter on your water or gas supply, how will they power it? Not from MY electrical supply!
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Justin Case
Jul 27, 2011 @ 17:24:06
Just start opting out of everything as much as humanly possible. I had a water well drilled in the back yard. I canceled my pay TV service, declared bankruptcy and canceled my cell phones. I work on a new way to take back my life and money everyday. I’m going to give the finger to all and in the end give the finger to the government by way of lower taxes. As one man I may make no difference in the big picture but at least I’m free of the garbage that we have all been told we needed. So far I have saved just under 50% of my monthly bills and that is nothing to frown on. The biggest and most difficult change was when I walked away from my house, bought an old mobile home on an acre of land for cash. That was a downgrade and I have been fixing it up very slowly but what the heck. Every morning I wake up I look around and say, “No mortgage, it’s mine”. Lastly, I canceled all my insurances, I refuse to pay these bandits. If my home gets blown away by a hurricane then I will buy another used/repossessed single wide in nice shape for about 5,000.00.
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greg
Jul 27, 2011 @ 16:20:08
Your too late. Smart water meter already installed BEFORE smart electric meter. Now how will they control my wood pile? LOL. Let them turn me off. I have generator, fresh mountain spring, plenty of firewood…hell, I may be the one to turn THEM off!
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Ruth
Jul 27, 2011 @ 16:19:43
We put 24 solar panels on our roof. When we had an analog meter our meter was running backward. We had very low bills. We did not understand to not let them put in a smart meter and now we receive no benefit from our solar panels. In fact we are now paying a lot for our electricity. They take our day time solar energy and then charge us for our use at night when we are actually home and using our house. They receive the benefit of our panels and then charge us for the electricity since the digital meter was put on…
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Jeremiah Johnson
Jul 27, 2011 @ 16:00:17
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Jeremiah Johnson
Jul 27, 2011 @ 15:57:37
They are in control of our seeds. they are buying all the water rights. They are making it illegal to collect rain water. They are going to do away with supplements. They will control your home with smart meters. They are talking about regulating the Internet, because terrorists can shut us down. What is very strange that we have arrested thosuands of terrorists, but it’s like they are stornger than ever. In fact growing.
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Jeremiah Johnson
Jul 27, 2011 @ 15:53:55
You know the 9/11 deal committed by the mossad, oh I mean the Arabs. Anyhow they almost did this country in. Washington was scared. George Bush didn’t know what to do. Saddam really did a number on us. Osama if that guy ever got his hands on at least one F-16 he could have destroyed this country. I mean the guy was in a cave and they didn’t know what to do. You got to handle it to the People he was surrounded by. Fifty million on his head, but nobody turned him in. Those people are loyal. I want no parts of those people if they ever get an aircraft carrier we are done. I would think Bush would want to talk to this guy about how he pulled it off?
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rickcarufel
Jul 27, 2011 @ 15:47:08
They installed a smart meter at my home in Minnesota. I asked them to replace it with the old one.
This is the lies they responded with.
Dear Mr. ———-,
Thank you for replying.
The meter installed at your property does not record anything other than your usage. The type of “smart meter” you are discussing is not being used for your home or anywhere in Minnesota for that matter. Special equipment must be installed in a home and with the meter for a “smart meter” to work. Your home does NOT have this capability. I assure you your home is NOT using a “smart meter”.
Xcel Energy owns the meter used to measure your consumption on a monthly basis and is required to repair and maintain the working condition of this equipment. Consent to replace a meter not required from the homeowner.
Sincerely,
Janelle P
Xcel Energy | Responsible By Nature home
So according to Xcel you need additional equipment for the smart meter to work, contrary to everything I have seen on such meteres thus far.
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Goofy Junior.
Jul 27, 2011 @ 14:59:02
The meters will be using the pressure to spin a small alternator/generator for gas or water models… the electrical model will get its juice directly from the grid. In effect the thing they meter, is the thing supplying the motion to generate the energy to power the smart meter. At least thats most likely how I’d do it. One needs to wind a coil and put it on a small handheld scope and go stand by the meter with the coil in one hand so you can move it about the meter and “detect” where the signal exits the most strongly… Then you can shield that area perhaps. At the very least one should be able to “pickup” the signal and worst case perhaps develop a way to “jam” it. Just determine what the frequency is that the thing is emitting and then build a transmitter to send the same frequency and it should null the generated signal from the meter, perhaps. Just some ideas…
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Jul 27, 2011 @ 13:01:49
MITCH
Jul 27, 2011 @ 11:23:18
if I ever catch my meter reader going through the yards reading the meter on a monthly basis,I mention Tesla and tell them your working for your own enslavement. Thanks Marti SO MUCH
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Pavel pospichal
Jul 27, 2011 @ 10:49:13
Either destroy the smart robber meter with hammer or bridge it or enclose in shielding led box
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smart_alec
Jul 27, 2011 @ 08:17:05
We have this threat [of smart meters] in the UK too, although it hasn’t gone quite as far yet…
Here, gas, electricity and water don’t necessarily enter at the same place on a property, so I’m unsure how water or gas smart meters will work if not near an electricity supply. (Water meters are normally in the street, for example.) The cost of implementing smart meters in this case would [for the utility companies] far outweigh the cost of taking a reading the in the usual way.
But yes, the thought of an electricity smart meter under the stairs does bother me, since I am hypersensitive to localized EM radiation at microwave frequencies.
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ppjg
Jul 26, 2011 @ 13:45:02
Already posted this video a couple of weeks ago, but thank you anyway!
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RobertWilliams
Jul 26, 2011 @ 07:47:41
MUST-SEE 4-minute youtube video on Smart meters:
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onephoenix
Jul 26, 2011 @ 04:05:54
GREAT article!!!!! Excellent research and right on point! Thank you for making so many observations about different aspects of Smart Grid. It seems like mainstream media has totally overlooked this (what a surprise).
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John
Jul 26, 2011 @ 03:22:56
Marti- you’ve done it again- right on target! Thank you.
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