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Sage Associates: Wireless Smart Meters and Potential for Electrical Fires

Originally posted in 2014: Typical gauge electrical wiring that provides electricity to buildings (60 Hz power) is not constructed or intended to carry high frequency harmonics that are increasingly present on normal electrical wiring…. The use of smart meters will place … Continue reading

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Stop Smart Meters: PG&E’s “Fire Lies” (VIDEO)

From 2013 CPUC Santa Rosa Smart Meter Forum From Stop Smart Metershttp://www.stopsmartmeters.org PG&E claims that there have been no smart meter fires whatsoever. The people whose houses have burned down and who have lost loved ones because of smart metering … Continue reading

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California Gov. Newsom faces recall election Tuesday; Sacramento journalists expose California fires, PG&E, Gavin Newsom, and CPUC in series “Fire-Power-Money”

From ABC10 KXTV Sacramento Fire-Power-Money http://www.firepowermoney.com https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/abc10-originals/fire-power-money-california-wildfires-investigation-pge/103-c273fb35-1c43-4d9a-9bdc-3d7971e5540b For nearly three years, ABC10’s Fire – Power – Money team has been at the forefront covering California’s wildfire crisis, the danger of PG&E’s power lines, and how the company avoids accountability.  Now, … Continue reading

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New report: Fire and electrical hazards of Smart Meters and digital utility meters

Smart Meters and other digital utility meters are electronic devices which vary considerably from traditional analog electromechanical meters. Differences in design and function, including basic design flaws ignoring National Electrical Code rules, create an enormous fire and electrical hazard in … Continue reading

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Report – “British Columbia Utility Commission and Smart Meter Fires: The Failure to Protect”

This is an international problem. From the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters in British Columbia: 1)   No agency is tracking fires; 2)   Regulations and laws are being broken with impunity, e.g. meters are being removed from the fire scene, electrical … Continue reading

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British Columbia Utility Commission & Smart Meter Fires: The Failure to Protect — Report

From the Coalition to Stop BC Smart Meters 9-13-17 The BC Utilities Commission’s prime reason for being, as stated in the BC Utilities Commission Act, is to ensure that the citizens of BC receive service that is safe and secure. … Continue reading

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Lawsuits in California claim faulty PG&E Smart Meters started house fires

The video shows meter vendors GE and Landis & Gyr. http://abc30.com/video/embed/?pid=2660552 He noticed several PG&E employees got there almost as quickly, and he says one of them removed the smart meter while the firefighters worked. Firebaugh’s fire chief saw it … Continue reading

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Union claims Oncor violated worker’s rights in federal appeal over Smart Meter fire testimony

From Reuters By Robert Iafolla April 10, 2017 (Reuters) – An affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has told a federal appeals court that an electrical utility company in Texas broke federal labor law by firing a worker for … Continue reading

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Are ‘smart’ meters dangerous? Pennsylvania man wins round in fight with electric company

From Penn Live By Matt Miller February 10, 2017 At least for now, a Philadelphia man has won a round in his fight with the electric company. It came this week when a Commonwealth Court panel ordered the Public Utility … Continue reading

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Houston news investigated Smart Meter fires in 2011

This news investigation was in CenterPoint Energy’s territory. CenterPoint uses Itron Centron Openway Smart Meters. CenterPoint employees told IBEW union officer Bobby Reed that these meters have thinner blades, causing a poor connection. This causes arcing and a fire hazard. … Continue reading

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