"Smart" Meters are NOT Sexy!
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When you get your letter from the city saying you don't have a choice on what you put on your home, send a rejection letter "Valentine" to the city!
Put Do NOT Install Smart Meter stickers on your analog meter and front door!
We have the right to say NO!
Thousands of people around the country and world-wideare coming together and standing up for their rights and are saying NO! As a result, the UK has shelved its plans for mandatory installation, giving residents a choice.
California and Maine have real "opt-outs" and residents are able to keep their analog meters. Michigan has 11 resolutions and 4 moratoriums. California has 46 moratoriums or resolutions against the installation of smart meters.
Think back to all those dysfunctional relationships that we wish we had ended sooner... this relationship-gone-sour with our utility needs a "Dear John" - and FAST!
Our constitutional rights protect us, even as the city bullies and intimidates us into thinking we have no rights.
We have the right to say NO! Isn't this what we teach our kids?
Here's why "smart" meters are NOT sexy:
They DON'T save money:
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wrote an article titled "An Experiment Too Expensive for Consumers" where she states: "Consumers don't need to be forced to pay billions for so-called smart technology to know how to reduce their utility bills. How dumb do they think we are?"
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen: "The pilot results showed no beneficial impact on total energy usage."
They're NOT secure:
GAO (Government Accountability Office) states: "Utilities are focusing on regulatory compliance instead of comprehensive security. The electricity industry does not have metrics for evaluating cyber-security."
Pike Research: "end-to-end protection of private and commercial usage data is impossible."
They're NOT safe:
American Academy of Environmental Medicine on January 19, 2012: "The Board of the AAEM opposes the installation of wireless "smart meters" in homes and schools based on a scientific assessment of the current medical literature."
Harvard trained David Carpenter MD, current Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany SUNY: "We rely on statistical significance and weight of evidence when drawing conclusions about health effects. There is conclusive scientific evidence for adverse health effects in humans. Clearly the answer is not to install wireless smart meters to begin with." Video
Other Cities Say NO!:
UK: Plans to force households to have smart meters installed have been shelved over health and privacy fears. Offical's make smart meters voluntary. California: 49 local governments oppose installation of "smart" meters, representing 2.7 million people. Moratoriums resulted in PG&E allowing residents to keep analog meters. Maine: Legal action resulted in protecting resident's rights to keep analog meters. Michigan: 11 resolutions against smart meters and 4 moratoriums. Around the USA: 13 of 17 states who have "smart" meter programs under way have grass roots organizations pushing back, saying NO to their utilities.
Let's be the 3rd state in the country who is saying NO to being bullied, intimidated and frightened into accepting so called "smart" meters that don't make sense. Maine and California did it, now we need some mid-west representation. Michigan is well on their way to getting protection on the law books, we can do it too.
"Smart" meters are NOT sexy because they don't save money, are not secure and are not safe for us, especially our kids!
What's SMART about that?
"In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle stand like a rock!" - Thomas Jefferson |
City continues to install despite community concerns
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"Smart" meters are not federally mandated.
Naperville's utility and the City Council do not have authority to force a resident to accept a smart meter on their home. Know your rights! You have the right to say No!
If you do not want a "smart" meter on your home do the following:
Visit our What you can do page for signage and more information.
1) Post a letter of No Consent on your meter and send a copy to the utility, certified mail. 2) Request an Installation Delay. Call the installer (UPA) at 877-423-3194 and ask for the latest date possible. Ask for a specific date and time. Note the name of the person you speak with. 3) Post a "Do Not Install" sign on your meter and another on your front door. Samples & stickers available by clicking here. 4) Be home when the installer tries to replace your meter. Inform them of your rights to say no. Insist they wait pending legal action against the city. 5) Put up a yard sign, contact us and we'll drop one off. 6) Call Mayor Pradel and insist he protect your rights under the US Energy Act of 2005. mayor@naperville.il.us (630) 420-6018 7) Donate to support the filing for Injunctive Relief against smart meters in Naperville. Click here to donate
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