Yearly Archives: 2014

ZigBee: The Wireless Standard for AMI, HANs and Demand Response https://docs.zigbee.org/zigbee-docs/dcn/07-5177.pdf HAN = Home Area Network AMI is de­fined as the communications hardware and software  and  associated  system  and  data  management   software   that   creates   a   network   between advanced  meters  and  … Continue reading →

The February 6 Los Angeles Times article below raises the specter of machine-gun-armed terrorists storming substations. Attack on electric grid raises alarm Damage to power station in shooting last year prompts worries over terrorism, Evan Halper and Marc Lifsher Shooters armed … Continue reading →

Well-known as the leader of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg’s latest article “INVISIBLE THREAT: The Link Between Wireless Radiation and a Host of Serious Illnesses” is published in the February 1 issue of Vitality Magazine http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/invisible-threat/ Clegg co-founded Canadians for Safe … Continue reading →

On TV, advertisements show people using their mobile devices, including Smart Phones and iPads, to unlock doors, monitor cameras inside homes, and change settings on appliances inside homes so conveniently. Being promotional pieces, they do not reveal the downsides. Former … Continue reading →

Question: Why did the utility industry buy in so readily to the supposedly revenue-cutting Smart Meter program? This program is hyped as helping consumers manage and reduce energy use. Answer: The Smart Meter program is a revenue-generating program. Smart Meters … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8JNFr_j6kdI Smart Meter privacy violations Video (4 minutes)

Perspective by Cindy Sage, Sage Associates December, 2013 Excerpts: How could one bad idea so completely galvanize such enormous and widespread public resistance? It is really quite stunning how a single failed corporate/governmental strategy could backfire so rapidly and so … Continue reading →

Maine Coalition to Stop Smart Meters P.O. Box 43 Richmond, ME 04357 207-797-3716 dgforever57@gmail.com January 28, 2014 Our precedent-setting Maine investigation into the safety of smart meters continues with the recent filing of final legal briefs at the Public Utilities … Continue reading →

Palm Springs, California — Greg Lee, KESQ News Channel 3 & CBS Local 2, reported January 21, 2014: “Firefighters plan to be on scene at the Sunrise Villas all night because of another flare-up in one of the condos.  The … Continue reading →