Tag Archives: Smart Meters

A Critical Review of the ComEd Radiofrequency ‘Fact Sheet’

by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions  I was recently asked to respond to a question posed by a ComEd customer regarding the technical content of a ComEd “Radio Frequency Fact Sheet” on smart meters. [1]  Upon review and without taking a strong … Continue reading

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Update on Last Week’s Ontario Smart Meter Fire: “Next time we might not be so lucky.”

Last week we reported on a ‘Ball of Fire’ from a Smart Meter Explosion at a home in Ontario, Canada.  Today the local media ran a story with a photo capturing the remnants of the smart meter for the Collingwood home. … Continue reading

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Smart Meters May Not Be Part of New York’s Electric Grid Vision

At this website we have many times discussed how Smart Meters Don’t Make a Smart or Wise Grid.  We have also highlighted the fact that Northeast Utilities in a submittal filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities in 2014 stated … Continue reading

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Doublespeak: Chicago Suburb Claims Smart Water Meters Don’t Overcharge. “They Misrecord.”

An extensive investigative report was published this week by the Chicago Tribune dealing with so-called ‘smart’ water meters.  The report deals primarily with accuracy and billing problems for the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park but also raises concerns as other … Continue reading

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Updated: Homeowner’s Vivid Account of Smart Meter Explosion in Ontario plus Initial Government Reaction

Earlier this week, we reported on a ‘Ball of Fire’ from a Smart Meter Explosion at a home in Ontario, Canada. Veronica Onyskiw was interviewed on Talk Radio AM 640 in Toronto yesterday regarding the smart meter explosion that resulted in … Continue reading

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‘Ball of Fire’ from Smart Meter Explosion

Veronica Onyskiw woke up to the sound of her dog growling and a loud noise like a revving engine coming from outside her Beech Street home (in Ontario, Canada). Worried someone was breaking in, Onyskiw tried to call police, but … Continue reading

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Regional District in BC Canada Calls for Immediate Rollback of Smart Meters

As reported today by CBC/Radio-Canada, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is calling for an “immediate cessation” of smart meter installations and to “remove those meters already installed.” The district’s board chair, Mark Pendergraft, said a recent report from 200 … Continue reading

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Smart Meters Don’t Make a Smart or Wise Grid

There has recently been increased recognition that smart meters are “not so smart.”  People are finally catching on everywhere to the clever use of “smart” semantics that was more hype and propaganda than reality.  Just within the past couple of … Continue reading

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Utilities ‘Very Excited’ about Mining Smart Meter Data and Invading Your Privacy

by K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions  At a recent IBM-related conference, Dr. Stephen Pratt, Chief Technical Officer for CenterPoint Energy, stated the following during an interview: “We have an entire organization that’s gotten behind data as an asset … We get … Continue reading

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Hundreds of Thousands of Smart Meter Billing Issues in the U.K.

As it turns out, “smart meters” are not very smart.  Horror stories are beginning to emerge in the U.K. where customers are being left in “billing limbo.” As reported today at the Daily Mail: “Hundreds of thousands of households left … Continue reading

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