Tag Archives: lawsuit

More on EFF lawsuit: When Smart Meters turn into spy tools

Posted on July 24, 2025 by admin

[Ed: Is this practice common throughout the utility industry nationally and internationally?] Sacramento’s electric utility turned energy data into a blunt-force tool for unchecked home surveillance. From Reclaim the NetJuly 23, 2025By Ken Macon California’s robust privacy protections are facing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged consumption data, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, law enforcement, lawsuit, police, public utilities code, racial profiling, Sacramento, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, SMUD, surveillance, warrantless surveillance | Comments Off

Eugene, Oregon: Fundraiser for lawsuit to stop mandatory Smart Meters

Posted on July 4, 2024 by admin

Please contribute to their lawsuit! Stop Smart Meters in Eugene Oregon We are customers of the electric utility in Eugene, Oregon, trying to protect our right to be safe in our homes. Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) is pushing … Continue reading →

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Maine: Judge to hear Smart Meter disability discrimination case; denies CMP motion to dismiss

Posted on June 25, 2021 by admin

Press Release Press Contact: William Most (504) 509-5023 / williammost(at)gmail.com Portland, ME, April 1, 2021 –On July 7, 2020 Bowdoinham resident Ed Friedman filed a disability/discrimination lawsuit against Central Maine Power (CMP) in Portland’s U.S. District Court. The suit, brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ADA, CMP, disability, discrimination, Fair Housing, lawsuit, Maine, opt-out fees, surcharge | Comments Off

France: 85-yr-old wins lawsuit against EDF/Enedis for Linky meter overbilling

Posted on January 29, 2020 by admin

Linky meters are Smart Meters. Posted by Robin des Toits The Linky meter had multiplied its bill by five: Gilberte, 85 years old, made EDF fold – ladepeche.fr – 25/11/2019 The EDF bill for a Pas-de-Calais retiree had been multiplied … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Natural Resources Defense Council sues FCC, requests statements from members

Posted on June 19, 2018 by admin

NRDC Petition for Review From Arthur Firstenberg Cellular Phone Task Force June 18, 2018 The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit against the FCC on May 14, 2018. NRDC is challenging the legality of the FCC’s March 30, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Joel Moskowitz wins freedom of information journalism award for lawsuit releasing California Department of Public Health cell phone advisory

Posted on March 2, 2018 by admin

Northern California Society of Professional Journalists announced February 21 that Dr. Joel Moskowitz, Director of the Center for Family and Community Health at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Public Health, was a winner of its 2018 James Madison Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged California, California Department of Public Health, CDPH, cell phone advisory, Freedom of Information aware, Joel Mosko, lawsuit, SPJ, UC Berkeley | Comments Off

Landis+Gyr now using copyright to try to hide public records on their Smart Meters

Posted on February 15, 2018 by admin

From Tech Dirt by Mike Masnick February 14, 2018 from the what-they-don’t-want-you-to-see dept Back in 2016 we wrote about how Landis+Gyr, a large multinational company owned by Toshiba, completely freaked out when it discovered that documents about its smart energy meters, which … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Lawsuit forces French government to release data on cell phones; 9 out of 10 exceed regulatory limits

Posted on June 20, 2017 by admin

From Environmental Health Trust: Click here to read Spanish translation. (Washington, DC) Under court order, the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) of France has just disclosed that most cell phones exceed government radiation limits when tested the way they are used, … Continue reading →

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SF Chronicle — California 2009 cell phone advisory gutted in later versions, state refuses FOIA request; Sen. Kamala Harris blocked document access

Posted on May 22, 2017 by admin

From the San Francisco Chronicle New records show how state reworked secret cell phone warnings by Melody Gutierrez May 19, 2017 State health officials, over a five-year period, wrote and revised guidelines for safe use of cell phones. SACRAMENTO — … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged advisory, California, CDPH, cell phone, children, Joel Moskowitz, Kamala Harris, lawsuit, safety, warnings | Comments Off

Lawsuit update: California Dept. of Public Health releases 27 versions of cell phone safety guidance 2009-2014; suppressed by political appointees, say agency sources

Posted on May 22, 2017 by admin

From Safer EMR PDF of original fact sheet “Document 25” (file date: 6-17-2009) Updates on the lawsuit: http://www.saferemr.com/2017/03/cell-phone-safety-guidance-from.html by Dr. Joel Moskowitz May 19, 2017 The San Francisco Chronicle published this news story online May 19, 2017. The California Attorney General’s Office released … Continue reading →

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