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APS Whistleblower on Smart Meter Recalls

Sedona AZ (September 2, 2014) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:

In the wake of several massive “smart” meter recalls due to component overheating and subsequent fires, is APS replacing tens of thousands of “smart” meters? An anonymous APS whistle-blower says Yes.

Read more in my letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission below:

Warren Woodward
Sedona, Arizona 86336

September 2, 2014

The ACC is tasked with the responsibility to protect AZ ratepayers by weighing the costs and benefits of all state utility requests.

The ACC is tasked with the responsibility to protect AZ ratepayers by weighing the costs and benefits of all state utility requests.

Arizona Corporation Commissioner (ACC)
Docket Control Center
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Re: Docket # E-00000C-11-0328

Commissioners;

A source within APS has revealed that APS “smart” meters are failing, and failing in a way that presents a fire risk to ratepayers.

My source, whose privacy I must protect, tells me that APS has replaced thousands of faulty “smart” meters, and is scheduled to replace 50 to 60 thousand this year alone due to heat induced failure of the remote disconnect switch and LCD display. (I have seen the failed LCDs.)

Remote disconnect switch failure resulted in a recall of over 10,000 “smart” meters in Lakeland, Florida where 6 house fires occurred [Meters overheating, to be replaced in Lakeland]. And in Portland, Oregon, remote disconnect switch failure resulted in a recall of 70,000 “smart” meters after 3 fires there [PGE replacing 70,000 electricity meters because of fire risk]. “Smart” meter-caused house fires have resulted in massive “smart” meter recalls in Pennsylvania (186,000) and Saskatchewan (105,000).

You must investigate APS at once. State statute demands it.

A.R.S. 40-361.B – Every public service corporation shall furnish and maintain such service, equipment and facilities as will promote the safety, health, comfort and convenience of its patrons, employees and the public, and as will be in all respects adequate, efficient and reasonable.

Smart meter fire while in service

Smart meter fire damage

A.R.S. 40-321.A – When the commission finds that the equipment, appliances, facilities or service of any public service corporation, or the methods of manufacture, distribution, transmission, storage or supply employed by it, are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, improper, inadequate or insufficient, the commission shall determine what is just, reasonable, safe, proper, adequate or sufficient, and shall enforce its determination by order or regulation.

APS has painted a very rosy picture of their “smart” meters over the years, but have they told you about this dangerous and potentially life threatening inherent flaw, one that analog meters do not have? APS has a history of concealing information from the public and regulatory agencies. APS refuses to come clean about their “dark money” political donations, and, earlier this year, it was revealed that APS did not report an explosion at their Palo Verde nuclear plant for 5 months [‘Explosion’ at Palo Verde nuclear plant not reported for 5 months]. Also, if APS is replacing tens of thousands of “smart” meters, how long will it be until APS comes begging for a rate increase so that ratepayers bear the financial brunt of their (and your) “smart” meter fiasco?

Sincerely,

Warren Woodward

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16 Comments

  1. Can you send this to Sedona Fire Department? I know they are keeping a very close eye on smart meter. Does anyone know the contact person for this at SFD?

  2. Appreciated and shared this article.

  3. Warren says:

    @ ALERT the SFD – This was sent to the Sedona Fire Marshall and the Sedona Fire Board.

  4. N. Baer says:

    Sedona residents check this out and if you or your business has not refused installation of the smart meter, please do so ASAP. Call APS 1-800-253-9405. If you have one installed get it replaced with a non-transmitting analog meter and share this with every Sedona resident you know.

    Businesses who opt out are listed on our website http://www.sedonasmartmeterawareness.com/SMART-METER-FREE-BUSINESSES.html and
    http://sedonacity.com/SmartMeterFreeBusinesses.htm

  5. Josh del Sol says:

    Dear SedonaEye.com,

    Quebec activist Jean Hudon brings us news that 111 municipalities in Quebec have now called for a moratorium and or free opt-out of “smart” meters:
    http://www.takebackyourpower.net/news/2014/09/05/more-than-110-municipalities-in-quebec-opposed-to-smart-meters/

    This news comes amidst Quebec’s emerging over billing scandal and fire-related recalls throughout North America —

    1) An anonymous APS whistleblower in Arizona leaked that 50 to 60 thousand faulty “smart” meters are being replaced:
    http://www.takebackyourpower.net/news/2014/09/05/tens-of-thousands-of-defective-smart-meters-stealthily-replaced-in-arizona/

    2) Lakeland, Florida recalls more than 10,000 meters:
    http://smartgridawareness.org/2014/08/27/domino-effect-of-more-smart-meters-being-replaced-due-to-fires/

    Those who continue to attempting to deploy unproven, harmful technology while withholding critical facts must be held to account.

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  6. Bud Ellis says:

    What about solar? APS claims solar will not work with analogue meters and refuses to replace the digital meter with an analogue one even when requested — multiple times. It’s a lie because the same analogue meter I had before solar worked fine for a year after I installed solar before APS unannounced replaced it with a digital one.

    They are setting a precedent so as/when people switch to solar, they will have no choice. Those with solar have no choice now.

  7. You can use analog with solar. THEY(aps) are lying. People in Sedona have done it. Be persistent.

  8. N. Baer says:

    Bud – APS successfully maneuvered the ACC and solar companies to go along with having smart meters installed because those same solar companies are requiring they be installed. I know many people who have refused installation of solar for this reason, but as SOLAR and ANALOG comments there are Sedona residents who have achieved this and, as noted, anyone wishing to do so needs to be persistent.

  9. September 13, 2014……..

    Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi
    Environment Ministry’s verdict on the health risks from wireless technology puts the British government to shame.
    By Geoffrey Lean

    People should avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the risks it may pose to health, the German government has said.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/germany-warns-citizens-to-avoid-using-wifi-401845.html

    Its surprise ruling – the most damning made by any government on the fast-growing technology – will shake the industry and British ministers, and vindicates the questions that The Independent on Sunday has been raising over the past four months.

  10. Nevada Fire Chiefs will investigate the use of smart meters after fires…

    http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/09/13/reno-sparks-fire-chiefs-call-smart-meter-probe/15580069/?sf31078760=%5B%22%5B%271%27%22%5D

    Nine fires in Reno and Sparks are linked to smart meters, but no official cause has been named.
    The city fire chiefs have asked the PUC to investigate whether the meters are safe.
    NV Energy says no structure fires have been caused by its meters and with cooperate in any probe.
    Sensus meters, the brand used here, have been removed from homes in Oregon, Philadelphia and Canada.

  11. Linda Hersey says:

    Yet another reason to opt out!

  12. We have to pay extra every month not to have a smart meter.

  13. Josh del Sol says:

    Dear SedonaEye.com,

    Sometimes, it has to get bad before getting better.

    Sadly, a 61-year old woman in Reno has died from yet another house fire which appears to be caused by a so-named “smart” meter. According to the Fire Chief, people should be “very aware, very vigilant” about meters causing fires. This would be at least the second fatal “smart” meter fire:
    http://www.takebackyourpower.net/news/2014/09/16/smart-meter-fires-spread-to-nevada-be-aware-vigilant-says-fire-chief/

    Meanwhile the manufacturer Sensus has confirmed that it’s not just their meters, but rather “these issues are systemic in the industry”:

    http://sensus.com/web/usca/news/display/results-of-smart-meter-investigation-point-to-external-factors-press-release

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    Remember, in the corporate world, it’s all about LIABILITY.

    Check out StopSmartMeters UK’s Notice of Non-Consent & Notice of Liability, with over 2,000 signatories so far:
    http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/dont-smart-meter-me-notice-of-non-consent-for-smart-meter-installation/

    Did you know that over 40% of the world’s population has radiation standards which are magnitudes more rigorous than ICNIRP, the FCC, and Health Canada? See 2 new reports from scientist Dr. Isaac Jamieson – “RF / Microwave Radiation Risk Awareness” and “Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Risk Awareness”:
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    producer & director
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  14. N. Baer says:

    IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A DRUG THAT KILLED MICHAEL JACKSON, GUESS AGAIN – IT WAS HIS YEARS SPENT IN RECORDING STUDIOS SURROUNDED BY EMF THAT DESTROYED HIS GUT FLORA, RENDERING HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPOTENT. . . .
    Brain Gut 9: What Really Killed Michael Jackson:

    You might see the way Michael Jackson died in a different light now. Was he a creative genius and talented to the max? Sure he was. But why did his career peak in 1984 and fall off a cliff? Thriller was when he was at his apex of ability. Ironically, it was also when the human brain fully matures and myelinates using ketosis biochemistry in the brain. Yes, safe starch folks, the brain myelinates via ketosis not using the Krebs cycle.

    Once again, Dr. Cunnane’s data comes back to teach you something paleo has not. He spent his entire young life in a studio surrounded by man-made EMF’s that altered his blood brain barrier and increased his brain’s sensitivity to glucose that also easily changed his gut flora. His primordial environment on this planet was a sea of man-made EMF’s from electrified music and performances.

    n 25 years, he went from supremely talented to total destruction. 25 years. Now think about when we electrified the planet and began to use EMF and think about when neolithic disease began. Yes, their is a fly in the ointment. EMF’s destroy your gut flora quickly.

    Summary Your gut can easily destroy your brain overtime, if you allow it to with your diet or to artificial light. The science is complex for sure. This blog open your mind to these possibilities now, and the science behind this is incredibly fascinating. I decided to leave the mind bending science out of this post.

    I just wanted you to see a birds eye view of how one small change in gut ecology might and can change the local micro-biome, the local microfilms of the gut and eventually give you things you just could not fathom in diseases. The people who have done educational consults with me can fully attest how these principles can be directly applied to their own situations. Today, I used the combination of examples of candida, antibiotics, and simple sugars like wheat bread, coke, fruits, and apple pie to be our examples of how this might happen. If you found this provocative you might be blown away about how artificial light, chronic stress, heavy metal toxicity, BPA, synthetic hormones, perfumes, cosmetics, and other ‘luxuries’ of modern life can destroy a body. Just ask those who have decided to come visit me in the rabbit hole of evolutionary medicine.

    And remember, no army can stop an idea whose time has come and I think things are changing for us all now. Mediocre health is self-inflicted by our actions and imprinted by the health care complex but your healthy genius is self-bestowed by your new thoughts. Own them and you own your life and control your health.

    http://jackkruse.com/brain-gut-9-what-really-killed-michael-jackson/

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