Smart Meters Action
1. Call your utility and tell them you do not consent to a Smart Meter and you want to retain or restore your analog meters at no additional cost. If you still have your analog meters, ask to be placed on the ‘delay list’ while this issue is worked out at the CPUC. They will not charge you.
- PG&E 877-743-7378
- SCE 1-800-810-2369
- SDG&E 1-800-411-7343
- So Cal Gas 877-238-0090
2. If you still have analogs, post signs on your meters: Sign for Utility Meters or Smart
SCE provided tags
Meter NOTICE or Do not Install Smart Meteror make your own sign! Some people are locking meters for additional security. See other ideas below.
3. Submit your complaint here: SmartMeterHelp Your complaint will be sent to other agencies and decision makers through the website which is a joint project of EMF Safety Network and StopSmartMeters.org.
In addition continue to complain to the California State Public Utilities Commission. They are the decision makers for this issue. You can file a CPUC Complaint and send this email or write to: CPUC c/o Public Advisor 505 Van Ness Ave. Rm. 2103 San Francisco CA. 94102. FAX: 415-703-1758 You can also follow up by calling:
Mike Florio 415-703-1840
Catharine Sandoval 415-703-2593
President Michael Peevey 415-703-3703
Timothy Simon 415-703-1407
Mark Ferron 415-703-2782
In all other states: Find your PUC here. Print out this PUC Letter and mail!
4. If you are stuck with a ‘Smart Meter’ and the utility is not removing it, some people are hiring an electrician and restoring the analog.
WANT TO DO MORE?
EDUCATE your neighbors, friends and family! (see links to flyers below)
EDUCATE your city and county to follow the actions of many cities and counties- call for a moratorium, or adopt an ordinance banning smart meters.
Write and send letter to the editor!
Contact Governor Jerry Brown to ask for President Michael Peevey’s removal from the CPUC. Requests for removal from a Governor appointment must be done by email, fax or mail. EMAIL Governor Jerry Brown
FAX: 916-558-3160
MAIL: Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814
Contact your CA State legislators,and CA Governor Jerry Brown
Hand out flyers:
NEW! CA flyer: Dumb Meters flyer
NEW! CA flyer: Restore the Analog Utility Meters
NEW! Flyer in Spanish(PG&E) Spanish SM flyer
NEW! PG&E flyer: Avoid PG&E Smart Meters for Free!
Smart Meters: Beyond the Greenwash
IS YOUR SMART METER MAKING YOU SICK (and other problems)?
Smart Meter poster designed by Kathy Boake, BC Canada
EDUCATIONAL PACKET: Reasons to say NO to Smart Meters
Handy Complaint and SCE Smart Meter Refusal Contacts
SCE How to Refuse Smart Meters
How to Help Environmental Organizations
OTHER IDEAS 
Take Action whether you have a meter or not!
Wear this: PiGie Sue T-shirt, Order NOW
Electrical Box Protector IDEAS
How to build a Meter Protection Cage and Smart Meter Cages Instructions
Utility meter locks call (707) 579-3183
See PG&E Deployment map of California and deployment Schedule
Find other SMART METER WEBSITES in your area
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What is being done at CPUC currently on the issue with emf from SMART meters? Can we legally stop PG&E from installing a SMART meter?
Yes, you can call the utility and get on the delay list, all utilities are ordered now to allow delay. We are fighting to keep the analog meters. Some areas have been able to stop them using public awareness and calling utilities and refusing meters. In the areas that have bans, this has helped, however they are still installing.
The proceeding documents for the PG&E filing can be found here: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/proceedings/A1103014.htm
Several parties are fighting to keep analog meters at no additional cost. See EMF Safety Network’s current opt out proposal below:
Judge Amy Yip-Kikugawa and service lists,
Pursuant to your ruling on 08-03-2011, EMF Safety Network (Network) provides these alternative opt-out proposal details.
The microwave Smart Grid is an environmental toxin, a threat to the health and well being of communities and the environment and ultimately should be dismantled and eliminated. Steps towards this goal begin with the following proposals:
1. Retain or restore analog meters on both individual and community wide basis, including the removal of Smart Meter infrastructure. This applies to gas, electric and water Smart Meters.
Any ratepayer can have analog meters retained or restored, upon request, for any reason. This request should be honored at any time, retroactive and in the future. Whole areas, including neighborhoods, condominiums, apartments, cities and counties can also request to retain or restore the analog meters and remove microwave Smart Grid infrastructure for any reason. In situations such as apartments or neighborhoods, if one person asks, it should be granted for the entire area. In larger areas, a board or council can request the opt-out on residents behalf. There should be no individual costs associated with this remediation.
Network believes that utilities were profiting well from the system of analog meters and monthly meter readers and Network seeks to continue with the same system, for purposes of accuracy, safety and ratepayer convenience.
All cost analysis should include: expected longevity, upgrades, security patches, batteries etc. of Smart Meters; costs related to Smart Grid equipment, maintenance, and data storage; and compare that data to the cost of the analog meter system. Past, present and future corporate profits should be scrutinized.
If an individual requests a Smart Meter, Network would consider the possibility of using fiber optics, depending on the technical specifications. An additional health concern is the SMPS in the Smart Meter, which adds microwave harmonics to the home’s electrical lines. This problem and the health risks, especially to children, created by the wireless home area network must be evaluated and resolved before Network can fully approve this option.
Network does not support a radio-off option, a statewide mandatory fiber optic or telephone system. The costs to the ratepayer to fund a new method for transmitting data is a burden ratepayers should not bear. In addition, the privacy and security concerns will not be addressed by authorizing a different type of Smart Meter system.
2. Immediately restore the analog meters for ratepayers with Smart Meter health complaints who request it.
The utilities have repeatedly ignored people with health complaints. These customers need relief now. All costs of this remediation should be covered by the utilities.
3. Impose an immediate moratorium on the installation of Smart Meters until this proceeding is finalized.
Although you have addressed this request for a moratorium in your ruling, and stated that customers are offered a delay list, the utilities are marketing heavily via television ads about the so-called benefits of the new meters. People are intimidated with more than a sales pitch when they call PG&E to opt-out, they are told they have to have a Smart Meter with the radio off. SCE does not offer a delay list. The delay list is not enough, we need an immediate moratorium.
Thank you,
Sandi Maurer
EMF Safety Network
PO Box 1016
Sebastopol CA 95473
http://www.emfsafetynetwork.org
Join the (SMR) Smart Meter Resistance and foil every meter you see. Take a red felt marker and mark the meter panel “SMR” then photograph the meters and send the photos to every news organization. Make youtube videos with ski masks on talking about the dangers, do everything you can to get attention to spread the word. but don’t break any laws. Save your bail money for tin foil!!!!!!!
http://www.electricalpollution.com/solutions.html
Shield transmitting water, gas, and electric utility meters. The following aluminum foil shielding technique was developed by a woman with radiofrequency sickness, using an HF35C radiofrequency meter to verify shielding effectiveness. It is not perfect, however it should substantially reduce exposure to radiofrequency radiation from the meter while you work on educating public officials and getting the meter removed. You may need to have someone who does not have radiofrequency sickness do the shielding.
Caution: Pregnant women should NOT perform the shielding and should avoid being near the transmitting meter(s)!
Caution: Before attempting the shielding, verify that the shielding material (aluminum foil, copper mesh, etc.) will not contact a bare wire or wires and pose an electrocution hazard. DO NOT CONTINUE SHIELDING IF IT WILL.
Disclaimer: The webmaster is providing information on shielding of transmitting utility meters to assist people who are experiencing serious health problems resulting from forced installation of transmitting utility meters, but cannot possibly verify the safety of the technique in each individual situation. Thus, PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Comment now or pay [$15/month] to have a non-radio or radio-off SmartMeter! (there is no choice to keep the analog meter)
Proposed Decision Would Allow Opt-Out for Customers Who Don’t Want SmartMeters
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Excerpt:
On Tuesday, the CPUC responded to PG&E’s plan with a proposed decision that included two potential options for residential customers—a non-communicating SmartMeter with the transmission turned off (which the commission refers to as “radio-off”) or a non-communicating meter with no radio installed (which the commission refers to as “radio-out”). The commission underscored that in either case, the hourly interval data that advanced meters offer are key, and that even customers who opt-out must—at least by 2014— have meters that provide this data.
In its proposed decision, the commission said PG&E’s implementation of the SmartMeter program has been consistent with earlier commission decisions and that its consideration of an opt-out option is in response to customers’ demands. The proposed decision sets the cost of this new alternative at $90 up-front, with a monthly charge of $15. The commission suggested a discounted cost structure for income-qualified customers: no up-front cost and $5 per month.
The CPUC’s regulatory process establishes a 25-day comment period for interested parties to offer input. This comment period will close on Dec. 19, and the commission may issue its final decision as early as January.
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Jerry Kirk, legal expert & RepublicBroadcasting.org radio host of The Gathering Offering ( Sat. nights @ 10 pm EST) asked his listeners to contact the emfsafetynetwork on his behalf – he does not use internet. Mr. Kirk is glad to inform you that he has written proof and photographic evidence “of an individual that has whooped the smart meter installation and the actual paperwork the man has used.”
He requests that you contact him (off air) @ 870-496-2727 BEFORE next week’s radio broadcast on Jan 21, 2012 & to listen in to this broadcast as well. Thanks!