To say that 32 cities and nine counties in California have passed ordinances and declared moratoriums banning the installation of SmartMeters but they haven”t a legal leg to stand on, is saying that the Fourth Amendment is just a piece of paper, that local laws are fine just as long as they don”t interfere with state or federal agendas wedded to private interests, that crime of any magnitude is permissible if you have friends in the right places and that we might as well throw the Constitution out the window because it”s not worth anything anymore.
Had enough?
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has essentially given the utility companies in our state the right to steal in return for the rewards they enjoy sitting on the regulatory board. Read: The Secret Life of Michael Peevey on line at: www.sfbg.com/2011/05/24/secret-life-michael-peevey
Then tell me about the all too cozy, incestuous relationship between the CPUC and the utility companies it is chartered with regulating. It looks like the final C in CPUC should stand for collusion.
Maine faced the same battle we did here in California and, its Public Utilities Commission upheld citizens rights to retain their existing analog meter and for a nominal charge in a decision reached May 17.
We in California have not been given the option to stay with an analog meter.
Maine”s Public Utilities Commission said “We have reviewed every filing, every complaint and every letter sent to this commission regarding SmartMeters. Based on our review, we conclude that any CMP residential or small commercial customer should have four choices: 1) The default SmartMeter, which will become the standard meter in CMP territory; 2) The ability to select a SmartMeter with the transmitter-off; 3) The ability to keep the customer”s existing analog meter; or, 4) The ability to move the new SmartMeters elsewhere on their property at the customer”s expense.”
Based on Maine”s PUC ruling, the customer who chooses an opt-out option will pay the associated costs of that option: a) SmartMeter with transmitter off will carry an initial charge of $20 and a monthly charge of $10.50; b) Existing analog meter option will carry the initial charge of $40 and a monthly charge of $12. Compare that with PG&E”s proposal before the CPUC asking a fee of $270 to turn the transmitter off and no option permitting customers to have an analog rather than a SmartMeter.
Could it be that the difference between decisions in California and Maine is that in the state of Maine, the public utilities commission hasn”t been completely corrupted?
It”s time we flooded Sacramento with calls the likes of which they haven”t seen in years. If we”re sick of being ignored by our government, let”s call, fax and write Governor Brown”s office and demand an immediate investigation into this wrongdoing.
I encourage everyone reading this to take action by contacting the Governor”s office directly: Governor Jerry Brown, c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841. Fax: (916) 558-3160. Web: http://gov.ca.gov/m_contact.php
The World Health Organization just added the type of cancer causing radiation emitted by SmartMeters (electromagnetic radiofrequency radiation) to its list of class 2B carcinogens.
Among the most vulnerable groups are pregnant women, small children and senior citizens.
How many people will have to get sick before we take action?
How many deaths does it take before government will take action?
How long are we willing to wait while the wheels of injustice continue to turn but go nowhere as we watch our rights disappear and our health go with it?
What kind of world do we want to live in?
Howard Glasser
Kelseyville
