Comments on: ACC Smart Meter Opt Out Fees Appealed

By: Take Back Your Power

Take Back Your Power — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:23:47 +0000

Another “smart” meter fire has claimed a life — James Humphrey, Jr., a 74-year-old man in Dallas, Texas.

And in all likelihood, just like with HUNDREDS of other fires, the utility cartel will attempt to deflect blame.

Please join me in sending loving thoughts to James’ mourning family, and may we honour his memory by amplifying our commitment to bring awareness into the mainstream, enforce liability against those causing harm, and stop this dangerous for-profit global agenda.

Smart meter fire kills 74-year old man in Dallas, TX
http://www.takebackyourpower.net/news/2015/02/03/smart-meter-fire-kills-74-year-old-man-dallas-tx/
February 3, 2015
Article text by Monica Hernandez, ABC/WFAA

By: Nancy Baer

Nancy Baer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:27:49 +0000

Hawaiian Electric asks PUC to dump net metering – January 27, 2015 | By Doug Peeples

Following in the footsteps of several mainland utilities, the Hawaiian Electric Company (HEI) has asked state regulators to eliminate the state’s net energy metering program. If authorized, the change would affect only new utility customers who install their own solar power systems. Customers who already have installed systems would continue with the current program.

Net metering programs allow residential solar owners to sell excess power they do not need to the electric utility.

The utility’s argument is a familiar one…read the article here
http://www.smartgridnews.com/story/hawaiian-electric-asks-puc-dump-net-metering/

By: Virginia School Board Says No Cell Towers

Virginia School Board Says No Cell Towers — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:25:45 +0000

http://www.rappnews.com/2015/01/15/school-board-declines-cell-tower-lease-2/139129/

By: ACC Docket Submission

ACC Docket Submission — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:44:37 +0000

http://images.edocket.azcc.gov/docketpdf/0000159518.pdf

Sedona Smart Meter Awareness
Nancy Baer and Monnie Ramsell

By: Lenny Sedona Opinion

Lenny Sedona Opinion — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:57:27 +0000

Playing the game with Sedona the SFD punted. Welcome boys and girls to local and national politics anti-firemen and SFD personnel style. You sold your integrity, health, families, community for what? What did you get in return? To exponentially die in greater numbers from cancers? That station antenna takes aim at the school and entire area. How many deaths will now be in your hands because you didn’t stand up like the Boston brothers? How many will be radiated by your attena ? You should’ve been the heroes we know you to be but instead you didn’t follow the science and got gamed. How’s that anti-union directive on cell towers on fire stations workin’ out for you? Giving away union power to a weak local government and private sector entity says bargain for more healthcare bennies that wouldn’t have been needed if you did the right thing. You & your families will need it.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:44:20 +0000

@ Game Changer — all sarcasm aside, from just a publicity standpoint alone the City Council totally blew it by not standing up to APS and for residents by forbidding “smart” meters in Sedona. Even if a lawsuit ensued, it probably would have cost less than one year’s worth of the COC dole, and the subsequent publicity would have been phenomenal and way greater than any of the COC’s publicity efforts.

By: Game Changer

Game Changer — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:10:31 +0000

IMO the “game changer” within city politics would have been support of Smart Meters from the Chamber of Commerce and Lodging Council.

All they need to do is #1 go to vulnerable (stupid?) city council; #2 have their way based on the premise “trust us” (no questions asked); #3 manipulate election to assure continuation of council people who will mind their manners and just say “yes” to their never-ending greed with no accountability.

So Smart Meters do all these bad things? So what? City priorities are judged simply by the demands of the controlling “regional” Chamber of Commerce: Jennifer Wesselhoff and Steve Segner.

To hell with the rest of us. And that’s the way it is.

By: Sedona Smart Meter Awareness

Sedona Smart Meter Awareness — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:12:16 +0000

http://smartgridawareness.org/2014/12/30/hackers-can-now-harm-human-life/

By: Anti Smart Meter Fan

Anti Smart Meter Fan — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:20:27 +0000

When are you going to get mad as hell? The info is out there. It’s not just Woodward and Baer and Sedona Smart Meter Awareness:

Smart Meters Can Be Hacked to Order a Power Blackout
When Smart Meters Get Hacked: The Nightmare Scenario
Smart Grid Cyber Security in a State of Chaos and Deteriorating
New Report – Smart Grid More Vulnerable to Remote Cyber Attacks
How to Attack a Smart Meter

Article Citations

[1] Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) “Data Privacy and Smart Meters,” page 2.

[2] Smart Grid Security: An End-to-End View of Security in the New Electrical Grid, by Gilbert N. Sorebo (Author), Michael C. Echols (Author), Michael Assante (Foreword); Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 5, 2011). Book available from amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439855870/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=JQVO0DK288NY&coliid=I3HT55J613FATM.

[3] U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO Report #GAO-11-117, “Electricity Grid Modernization.”

[4] Pew Research Center, October 2014, “Cyber Attacks Likely to Increase”; Expert Opinion of Andrew Chen, Associate Professor Computer Science at Minnesota State University-Moorhead; report available at: http://www.pewInternet.org/2014/10/29/cyber-attacks-likely-to-increase/.
In this report, “widespread harm” was defined as “significant loss of life or property losses/damage/theft at the levels of tens of billions of dollars.”

Video Credit Citations

National Geographic Channel, “American Blackout,” October 2013; refer to http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/american-blackout/

C-SPAN, November 20, 2014, “Cybersecurity Threats,” at http://www.c-span.org/video/?322853-1/hearing-cybersecurity-threats#ftag=YHFb1d24ec

WKYC TV in Cleveland, Ohio; “Investigator: Cyber attack bigger threat than Sandy,” at http://archive.wkyc.com/news/article/267320/45/Investigator-Cyber-attack-bigger-threat-than-Sandy

Former CIA Director James Woolsey at http://vimeo.com/27770029.

By: Mark Short

Mark Short — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:38:27 +0000

Appreciates this article