Tag Archives: Smart Grid

The “Smart” Grid Is Not Smart, Safe, or Green

“The smart grid is increasingly understood as an over-engineered, ill-advised, financial boondoggle at taxpayer expense, capable of endangering the security of the entire national grid, violating constitutional privacy protections, and endangering public health.  In addition, the smart grid/metering has not … Continue reading

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Impacts of RF and EMF Radiation Emissions on the Biosphere

For some smart grid advocates, wireless smart meters are an integral part of implementing a “green agenda,” an agenda where advocates selectively “tune-out” or ignore mounting evidence that wireless emissions from smart grid-related devices can have adverse effects upon our biosphere … Continue reading

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New Report – Smart Grid More Vulnerable to Remote Cyber Attacks

Introduction: A Congressional report was released May 21, 2013, entitled, “Electric Grid Vulnerability, Industry Responses Reveal Security Gaps.” The report listed two (2) cyber security-related findings: Finding 1:  The electric grid is the target of numerous and daily cyber-attacks. Finding 2:  Most … Continue reading

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Smart Grid Advocacy Group Disseminates Propaganda

Introduction A smart grid advocacy group, called the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC)*, has produced a video that claims to “separate the facts from the fiction about smart meters and provide consumers with reliable information about the technology that refutes the … Continue reading

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Cyber Threat To Get Much Bigger With Smart Grid

Cyber criminals are increasingly using the Internet, as well as traditional spying techniques, to infiltrate the computer networks of power companies and the larger electrical grid that distributes power between states. According to an investigative report WKYC TV in Cleveland, … Continue reading

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Smart Grid Advocates: Biased and Insensitive

On April 26, 2012, the Council of State Governments (CSG*) held a webinar with two policy experts from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI**), reportedly to address cybersecurity threats in the Smart Grid.  The webinar was represented to serve the purposes of … Continue reading

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