2014-07-01
‘Smart’ Meter Spying Finally Admitted by Industry Cheerleaders
‘Smart’ Meter Spying Finally Admitted by Industry Cheerleaders.
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/05/smart-meter-spying-finally-admitted.html
by Activist Post
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/05/smart-meter-spying-finally-admitted.html
by Activist Post
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by Warren Woodward
Activist
Post
Industry
mouthpiece SmartGridNews finally admitted that “smart” meters are
surveillance devices.
Of course they didn’t quite put it that bluntly. In fact, they celebrate the ability of utilities to know what appliances people use as another tool to help craft the wonderful world of the future.
Below is my letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission pointing out that industry has finally come out and admitted what I and others have been saying for years.
[Note from Take Back Your Power: It's important that you send your utility your notice of Non-Consent via registered mail. Subscribe to our Newsletter for forthcoming news, and see our Solutions page for current links to templates.]
The SmartGridNews article, entitled “Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data),” is here.
Of course they didn’t quite put it that bluntly. In fact, they celebrate the ability of utilities to know what appliances people use as another tool to help craft the wonderful world of the future.
Below is my letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission pointing out that industry has finally come out and admitted what I and others have been saying for years.
[Note from Take Back Your Power: It's important that you send your utility your notice of Non-Consent via registered mail. Subscribe to our Newsletter for forthcoming news, and see our Solutions page for current links to templates.]
The SmartGridNews article, entitled “Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses (just from the smart meter data),” is here.
May 15, 2014
Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
Docket Control Center
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Re: Docket # E-01345A-14-0113
Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
Docket Control Center
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Re: Docket # E-01345A-14-0113
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Here is breaking news. SmartGridNews
has just come out of the closet and admitted what I and others have been saying
all long: “Smart” meters are surveillance devices.
APS and utilities nationwide have been denying the surveillance capability of “smart” meters but here is one of the foremost “smart” meter cheerleaders in the world finally admitting the truth.
APS and utilities nationwide have been denying the surveillance capability of “smart” meters but here is one of the foremost “smart” meter cheerleaders in the world finally admitting the truth.
SmartGridNews calls such “smart”
grid industry names as Telvent, Silver Spring Networks and Lockheed Martin its
“major sponsors”. So of course the news story attempts to put a positive spin
on the surveillance, hyping such nonsense as an “over 4% conservation [of
energy] after just a few months”.
Wow, that means I might save four
whole dollars and change on a one hundred dollar electrical bill. Where do I
sign up to be spied on?
Enclosed is the SmartGridNews
article, Now utilities can tell customers how much energy each appliance uses
(just from the smart meter data).
Sincerely,
Warren Woodward
Warren Woodward
PS
– In the article, note the creepy picture of a guy dressed in black and using
binoculars. SmartGridNews is shameless to promote Peeping Toms as
cool. Note also Orwellian phrasing such
as "behavioral science" and turning ratepayers into "willing
partners". It’s not a “smart” grid; it’s a sick grid.
Related Activist Post Article:
Primer: What is the Smart Grid?
Related Activist Post Article:
Primer: What is the Smart Grid?
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1 comment:
Thank you for the important intel
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