The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) once again delayed the smart meter opt-out proceeding by another two months, until April 7, 2014. The opt out proceeding started nearly three years ago, amid a strong customer backlash against the overcharging, privacy snatching, radiation emitting smart meters and demand for the return of the analog meters.
In 2012, customers were ordered to pay extortion fees to retain or restore an analog meter, even though the CPUC never held hearings on the legality of those fees, or investigated the safety complaints.
In 2012, briefs were filed arguing the fees were unlawful, testimony was taken, evidentiary hearings and five public hearings were held. A second round of briefs, based on the testimony and hearings were filed in January of 2013. Read the EMF Safety Network’s brief here.
The opt out proceeding is in the hands of CPUC judge Amy Yip-Kikugawa who said she would rule on the legal issues in January of 2013. A full year later, no rulings or decisions have been issued and the discussion on the right for a community to opt out is still pending. Nothing has happened for a full year, except delays.
The Commissioner overseeing the proceeding is Michael Peevey who cannot be trusted to care about utility customers when he is personally invested in a “green” technology economy. Peevey is on the board of The California Clean Energy Fund, a multi-million dollar investment fund created to “spur investment and innovation in California’s clean energy economy.”
“With world-renown research universities and a supportive policy-making climate, California has proven to be a leader in developing clean energy innovations,” said Michael R. Peevey, chairman of CalCEF and president of the California Public Utilities Commission. “CalCEF’s investment strategy to help commercialize these innovations fills an important need in realizing California’s goal of becoming the world’s premier clean energy economy.”
Peevey is also an advisor for the UC Davis Energy Effiency Center, and the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.
The CPUC states they need more time on the opt-out proceeding because the issues are complex and require additional time to resolve.
Are you frustrated and fed up with the CPUC’s lack of safety oversight and extortion fees? The California State Auditor conducts investigations into improper governmental activities by state agencies. They take anonymous complaints from the public and whistle blowers:
- By phone: (800) 952-5665
- By mail: Investigations California State Auditor P.O. Box 1019 Sacramento, CA 95812
- Online complaint form: https://www.auditor.ca.gov/contactus/complaint
My personal experience with digital meters–both the kind that transmit over the power line and the opt-out (radio-off) meter provided in Michigan–make it clear that dirty electricity is as terrible a problem as the wireless. After staying one week in a home with a digital meter, I became so sensitized to everything that I can no longer us a cell phone or watch TV. Computer use is problematic. To see a partial list of symptoms experienced by people from digital meters, go to http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/health-effects-experienced-nontransmitting-dte-itron-centron-cl200-c1s.html
Digital meters emit what the industry calls “unintentional radiation” unto the home’s electrical wiring. This radiation is also known as dirty electricity. Analog meters do not emit any radiation onto the wires, or by wireless, which is why we feel they are safer utility meters. Analogs do emit a magnetic field, which is also something people should avoid sleeping or working next to- but analogs don’t pollute the wiring or the neighborhood with radiation.
Also do you really want your detailed use of energy- which can be used to profile you provided to your utility- and the government?
We know radiation is not good for human beings
We could wire anything we want.
We have the technology ie fiber optics
WHY DON”T WE WIRE THE DIGITAL METERS??????????