Tag Archives: Smart Meters

Domino Effect: More Smart Meters Being Replaced Due to Fires

“A Major Consumer Alert” It is almost impossible to keep track of all of the smart meter fires and related safety issues.  We jump from country to country and from state to state.  The latest issue is in Florida where Lakeland … Continue reading

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Updated Report on How Smart Meters Invade Privacy

This past March, SkyVision Solutions released a report entitled, “A Perspective on How Smart Meters Invade Individual Privacy.” The report has now been updated with new information regarding investor owned utilities (IOUs) as well as addressing a White House report … Continue reading

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ComEd’s “Smart” Ice Cream Flavors Revealed

Adapted from a posting at StopSmartMeters.org Last week, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan recalled 105,000 smart meters after several homes caught fire, adding another major fire safety scandal to previous ones (including those in Portland, OR and Philadelphia, PA.)  Yet … Continue reading

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How to Attack a Smart Meter

SmartGridNews.com published an article today entitled, “How to attack a smart meter (Utilities: better find out before the criminals do).”  The SmartGridNews website is generally considered a propaganda mouthpiece for the smart grid industry, but lately, I am beginning to wonder.  … Continue reading

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Smart Meters Increase the Risk of Fires!

Smart Meter Fires: …  How much risk is finally too much when the results of  failure can be catastrophic? The Saskatchewan Smart Meter Fiasco The recent events in Saskatchewan, Canada have refocused attention on one of the many risks associated with … Continue reading

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Fires Prompt Saskatchewan Government in Canada to Order Removal of 105,000 Smart Meters

Referred to as “the smart meter debacle” by a CTV news anchor, the Saskatchewan government has ordered SaskPower to remove all 105,000 smart meters that have been installed across the province following several fires linked to the devices. In a news … Continue reading

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Questions to Ask about Wireless Smart Meters

Questions You May Want to Ask Your Electric Power Company about Wireless Smart Meters Introducing a new paper by Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D. … Wireless “Smart” Meters are being installed on homes, buildings, and businesses by many electric power companies … Continue reading

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When Will the Smart Meter Insanity End?

There have been a number of articles appearing in the national media over the past few weeks outlining the dangers and risks of so-called “smart” utility meters.  The smart grid mouthpiece website SmartGridNews.com even ran an article called, “Smart meters trapped between … Continue reading

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When Smart Meters Get Hacked: The Nightmare Scenario

Nick Hunn [1]  is a wireless technology expert who is quite skeptical of the purported benefits of smart meters and the current level of smart grid system security.  He recently  wrote an article entitled, “When Smart Meters Get Hacked” (June 8, 2014).  What follows … Continue reading

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Smart Meter Privacy Invasion ALERT

The headline at SmartGridNews.com on May 15, 2014, was “Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data).” [emphasis added] The above admission on what utilities can do with smart meter data is nothing new to … Continue reading

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