Posted on 10/06/2012 6:35:05 AM PDT by Renfield
The story does not pass the smell test. It is written in one way perspective. I don’t believe the smart meter are dangerous but even if the woman believes it is is she then entitled to mess with NVEnergy property? If you accept utility service you give the utility company the right to maintain their equipment. She should have went and carbon copied her complaints letters to the Utility Commission and ask them to investigate. As the Utility personnel being armed I have met linemen who were threatened with guns for trying to turn power off and had to have sheriff deputy stand by to do their job.
Their nuc plants are wide open to terrorists but at least our meters are WELL protected.
Sounds like our Government and its goons
I dont believe the smart meter are dangerous but even if the woman believes it is is she then entitled to mess with NVEnergy property?
Besides, the tampering criminal laws are all about stealing unmetered electricity.
If you want Electricity you are then required to have the power company property installed and allow for maintenance. The power company is investigating the issue to include power theft. How would they know she wasn't stealing power or destroying their property?
Apparently there is no "opt out" law. FTA:
We asked Angel de Fazio, who has been on the front lines working to fight NVEs smart meter program, what is going on here? Doesnt Nevada have an opt out choice?
Angel says Nevada residents only won the right to be placed on the delay list, not a full opt out.
In other words, if you wised up before the installation trucks came and still have your analog, NVE has a delay list you can sign to delay your installation date. But if the power company managed to sneak on your property and install a smart meter even without permission then your choice is a smart meter or no power at all, as Mona discovered.
And THAT, boys and girls, is why you bring guns when dealing with crazy people.
She hired an electrician to come out, remove the smart meter, and replace it with an analog meter at her own expense. This, really, is what gets me the most - you call an electrician to install a meter, why not simply move the smart meter to the electric pole, well away from the house? That seems a whole lot cheaper than buying a replacement analog meter.
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