‘Smart’ Meter Spying Finally Admitted by Industry Cheerleaders
‘Smart’ Meter Spying Finally Admitted by Industry Cheerleaders.
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/05/smart-meter-spying-finally-admitted.html
by Activist Post
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by Warren Woodward
Activist Post
Industry mouthpiece SmartGridNews finally admitted that “smart” meters are surveillance devices.
Of course they didn’t quite put it that bluntly. In fact, they celebrate the ability of utilities to know what appliances people use as another tool to help craft the wonderful world of the future.
Below is my letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission pointing out that industry has finally come out and admitted what I and others have been saying for years.
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The SmartGridNews article, entitled “Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data),” is here.
May 15, 2014
Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
Docket Control Center
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Re: Docket # E-01345A-14-0113
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Here is breaking news. SmartGridNews has just come out of the closet and admitted what I and others have been saying all long: “Smart” meters are surveillance devices.
APS and utilities nationwide have been denying the surveillance capability of “smart” meters but here is one of the foremost “smart” meter cheerleaders in the world finally admitting the truth.
SmartGridNews calls such “smart” grid industry names as Telvent, Silver Spring Networks and Lockheed Martin its “major sponsors”. So of course the news story attempts to put a positive spin on the surveillance, hyping such nonsense as an “over 4% conservation [of energy] after just a few months”.
Wow, that means I might save four whole dollars and change on a one hundred dollar electrical bill. Where do I sign up to be spied on?
Enclosed is the SmartGridNews article, Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data).
Sincerely,
Warren Woodward
PS – In the article, note the creepy picture of a guy dressed in black and using binoculars. SmartGridNews is shameless to promote Peeping Toms as cool. Note also Orwellian phrasing such as “behavioral science” and turning ratepayers into “willing partners”. It’s not a “smart” grid; it’s a sick grid.
Related Activist Post Article:
Primer: What is the Smart Grid?
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The city council in my town just voted to axe stupid meter after spending 7 mil over last 2 years. Nothing but problems with software and has never worked for their reported functions although I suspect they worked for survail and harassment. I think the feds may step in and push the agenda anyhow…time will tell.I was 1 out of 2000 lucky test subjects who were blessed with a stupid meter. The Gestapo like tactics used to install were less then constitutional.
I sent my opt out notice to my utility the day after I received notice of their installation for the week of June 16th, 2014..
As of today July 1st, 2014.. No smart meter, no smart meter installations for my entire block.. It seems my opt out “written as constructive notice with an offer to contract with their director that he personally agrees to compensate me for any and all future medical expenses for all known and unknown side effects associated with the smart meter”
Opt out from their DEATH MACHINE,
I believe I got someone’s attention and they are avoiding installing their death meters in my entire neighborhood!