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Utility Industry RF Safety Expert: Utilities need an opt-out strategy for customers who can’t tolerate a ‘smart’ meter on their house.
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Someone sent me a link to a smart grid-related webinar video from 2012 where a utility industry RF safety expert made some surprising but yet rational statements on the need for ‘smart’ meter opt-out programs. … Continue reading
Posted in Smart Grid, Smart Meters, and RF Emissions
Tagged Health Effects, Opt-Out, RF Emissions, Smart Meters
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‘Catastrophic’ Failures Expected with ‘Smart’ Meters
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions ‘Smart’ Meters are expected to occasionally fail catastrophically while analog meters do not normally have that failure mode. This was the information presented by an industry representative at a recent conference sponsored by the Edison … Continue reading
Oral Arguments to be Heard this Week by Maine Supreme Court in Smart Meter Case
Note: This article has been updated with additional information based upon the oral arguments held 11/3/2015. Refer to the end of the article for the updated content. Oral arguments in an ongoing smart meter case will be heard on November … Continue reading
GAO: Hacking ‘smart’ meters can disrupt the electricity grid and FERC not monitoring compliance with ‘voluntary’ standards
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions On October 21, 2015, Gregory C. Wilshusen, U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Director for Information Security Issues, presented Congressional testimony to the Subcommittees on Energy and Research and Technology, Committee on Science, Space, and … Continue reading
Posted in Smart Grid, Smart Meters, and RF Emissions
Tagged Cyber Threat, GAO, Lights Out, Smart Grid, Smart Meters, Ted Koppel
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Congressional Testimony: ‘Smart’ meters have a life of 5 to 7 years.
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Introduction Testimony was provided last week (October 21, 2015) at a Congressional hearing regarding “cybersecurity for power systems.” A surprising admission was provided by one of the expert witnesses that I will discuss here in … Continue reading
Do Not Trust ‘Smart’ Meters or the Utilities
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Why You Can’t Trust Smart Meters or the Utilities The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a grant in excess of $266,000 USD to Syracuse University to determine if smart meters will be ‘trusted’ by … Continue reading
Posted in Smart Grid, Smart Meters, and RF Emissions
Tagged Privacy, Propaganda, Smart Meters, Trust
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Are you ready to buy a self-sacrificing Autonomous Vehicle (AV)?
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Your government and colluding corporations are moving full-speed ahead with promoting the development of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) that would be enabled by vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. Some of the hype surrounding this technology-inspired initiative … Continue reading
‘Take your smart meters and shove’em’ Say Johannesburg Residents
Source for Article: Roodepoort Record Johannesburg, South Africa — City Power might face a civil law suit as residents are sick and tired of so-called ‘smart’ meters, their defects and resulting billing issues. A mob of infuriated residents had representatives … Continue reading
Universal Deployment of Smart Meters May Be Unnecessary in New York to Support REV Mandates
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions Introduction In June we reported that Smart Meters May Not Be Part of New York’s Electric Grid Vision and that: “The groups that are party to New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) program are still … Continue reading
Smart Meters Not Necessary to Modernize the Electric Grid Says a Major U.S. Utility
by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions On July 30, 2015, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued an ‘order of notice’ commencing an investigation into grid modernization in New Hampshire. In response to that order, Eversource Energy (formerly known as Northeast … Continue reading
Posted in Smart Grid, Smart Meters, and RF Emissions
Tagged Costs, Smart Grid, Smart Meters
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