Utility companies are racing to replace electricity, gas and water meters worldwide with new generation “smart” meters at an unprecedented rate. With compelling insight from insiders, researchers, government representatives, lawyers, doctors and environmentalists, Take Back Your Power investigates claimed benefits and apparent risks of this ubiquitous “smart” grid program.
An Explanation For The Layman or How Smart Grid Will Affect Your Life This document is pseudo-technical in presentation. It attempts to convey the intended purpose of the Smart Grid Initiative’s pros and cons using an understandable and comprehensible language and style. As with all technical documents, each subject is numbered as main topic and…
By Cynthia Larson 2-27-12 I just heard the news that smart meters will begin being installed in Santa Barbara, starting next month. We’ve had them in my neighborhood now for more than a year, and I gradually became quite ill from them, much like the ‘boiled frogs’ who don’t notice at first that the temperature…