Posted on 01/30/2013 4:34:14 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Two Naperville residents who have long opposed the city’s Smart Grid Initiative clashed with police Wednesday afternoon as municipal employees attempted to install an electric smart meter at one of their homes.
Malia K. “Kim” Bendis, president of the grass roots Naperville Smart Meter Awareness group, and board member Jennifer A. Stahl face trial in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton on misdemeanor charges. Bendis was cited for attempted eavesdropping and resisting a peace officer, and Stahl for interfering with police and “preventing access to customer’s premises,” according to a city of Naperville community relations officer.
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Stahl allegedly resisted installation of a smart meter at her home. Bendis reputedly filmed what happened after city workers and police arrived at the scene.
A video that accompanied an e-mail sent by the Naperville Smart Meter Awareness group depicts an installation in progress, despite a locked gate outside the house.
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Used to be a smart meter manufacturer headquartered not far from here.
Set up shop in a hillbilly poverty pocket Appalachian county (until they exhausted all the bribes....er, tax incentives coming from the State. Then they pulled up stakes and moved to another state further south to milk theirs). And the meters themselves were being manufactured in Mexico.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with THAT now, could it?
She already had a meter...had one for years.
The article says you could have a meter that had to be read for a fee...she had that...Charger her the fee abd be done.
Instead they had to pull this crap.
Not buying it.
In what area is that the case and how is that different from imposing rolling blackouts on entire areas when demand exceeds supply? In its basic form a "smart" meter merely provides an automated way for the power company to determine usage and enables suppliers to offer pricing incentives for people willing to shift power consumption from peak to off-peak demand times.
AFAIK, control of items in a specific home are tied in with the "smart" grid, which is a completely different thing.
Also, research where your power company easements are. For example, my property only has a easement that runs along the front of my home next to the street.
You can also find out if your State has an opt-out. That info isn't always easy to find but can usually be garnered by reading through the transcripts of the power company and government meetings on the subject. Additionally, neighbors can be very helpful. Some around you may already have done the research which makes it easier for you to go behind them and verify.
Exactly and my point as well. The terms of her service are clearly spelled out. Fulfill them or alter them contractually. The only argument she has is that government has granted a monopoly on the supply and delivery. Those lines to her house have, for the most part been depreciated to zero decades ago.
At my house I paid for the meter, fittings, and lines from the pole to my house. They are mine. The electricity or in other cases gas/water are not. If I built a closed water loop system I’d be exempt from sewer and water charges from my municipality.
At the heart of the problem is government.
“I don’t think that’s possible. Meters don’t contain an on/off switch they simply monitor power usage. A 200 Amp switch is pretty big.”
They can cut your power any time. My mom lives in El Paso and has these meters. One for the hot water heater and AC and another for the rest. A couple of months ago she missed a payment and they called her on the phone. She didn’t have the money to pay to when the operator hung up the power went off. My mom called me and I gave her my credit card. She called in and paid. They told her to go out to the meter and press a button on the front of the meter. She did and they power was restored.
Blocking the signal would be a real shame too. Really sad when the peasants refuse to concede to their betters. Buncha uppity rebels ...
[Paranoid hysteria. What FR does best.]
You have no reason to fear anyone here on FR, it’s not like the comments are going to threaten your job with the power company.
Your electrical union will protect you.
Thank you. There may be some defects or installation errors. It seems like some states are already looking into this.
My point about this not being a private property issue is still valid. You can refuse a meter if you refuse service altogether. That’s the law.
Simply refusing what the utility has the legal right to do is not going to solve anything.
As an aside, I live in a very rural, wooded area of aprox. 200 homes. About 10% of us refused meters. In the long run, FPL has had to have the smart meters read on site because our location is prohibiting their ability to get an accurate reading of the smart meters.
Wrong and wrong. Nice attempt at ad hominem.
I don’t work for a power company and am not in a union.
I’m just a person who can think clearly.
You are wrong. The whole idea of smart meters is to dole out electricity (say during a heat wave) as America’s generation capacity gets degraded due to green fanatics making coal plants close down. Not right now, but eventually residential customers will be charged differently going by the time of day and day of the week they draw electricity. Thus you will have an incentive to charge your electric car from 12 midnight to 3AM
That the meters can be read over a network is only half the story. Yes the utilities can lay off meter readers and run leaner...After the bill they sheeple $500 for the smart meter
I have an EMF meter. I will check the BS smart meter they installed. Why would a smart meter be on all the time broadcasting and giving some people headaches this way. Ol Bert thinks it’s just to read your meter. Why should they always be checking in on me?
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