Archive for category Smart Meter

26 Smart Meters make person sick

Maryland woman suffers acute radiation exposure from a bank of smart meters Maryland Smart Meter Awareness volunteers visited with a Maryland resident to help her share her own smart meter story in hopes to help others avoid the suffering she endured. This woman was unaware of any potential issues with wireless smart utility meters and […]

Thousands of smart meters in Ontario to be removed over safety worries

Some 5,500 of Ontario’s 4.8 million smart meters are being removed and replaced because of a risk they could heat up, cause an electrical short and possibly spark a fire. SASKPOWER In Saskatchewan last summer, SaskPower removed a model of Sensus Corp. smart meter from homes and businesses after eight unexplained minor fires. By: Robert Benzie Queen’s […]

Chilliwack Smart Meter Fire

Moody Meter Fire Blaze apparently caused by smart meter explosion Friday, January 16, 2015 Staff/Voice photos Chilliwack fire crews were at the scene of a blaze on Moody Ave. apparently caused when a smart meter exploded. uestions have risen over the safety of smart meters after reports that one exploded and caused a fire around […]

Water leaking into Smart Meter

In February/March of 2014,  a home owner noticed water collecting in his smart meter. They phoned BC Hydro to complain and within 90 minutes, it was replaced. On Dec 17th, 2014  they noticed moisture again in his smart meter and on the 18th 2004  they received a replacement in about 90 minutes.  

WiFi, meters force longtime residents to move

Faye Carmody / The Star  January 8, 2015 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach – The mayor and his councillors should feel extremely proud of themselves. They sold out by allowing OptikTV into Qualicum Beach, they allowed Shaw to monopolize all of the beautiful streets and beaches with Shaw Open, they allowed Smart Meters into the town, […]

Kanesatake says no to Hydro-Quebec smart meters

Posted on 4/1/2015 1:44:00 AM by James Foster The Mohawk community of Kanesatake has said no to the installation of new Hydro-Quebec smart meters, and for the time being, the utility is listening. Radio-Canada is reporting that Grand Chief Serge Simon told Hydro workers himself that it would be in their best interest to leave. Simon said that some […]

Kamloops family mulls legal action against BC Hydro

By: Dale Bass  January 8, 2015  BC Hydro won’t reconnect a Kamloops family that had its power cut off last month unless the utility is allowed to install a smart meter that can have the radio turned off, for which there is a monthly charge. When the family called BC Hydro, the Crown corporation said that, because […]

Disconnected without power after BC Hydro Smart Meter dispute

Posted date: October 31, 2014 A Fanny Bay woman will spend her second night without power after BC Hydro disconnected her service on Thursday.  The 71 year-old is one of dozens of people in the Comox Valley who refused to give up their analog metre. She also refused to pay a monthly charge for someone to […]

Quebec : Router installed without the consent of citizens of d’Asbestos : Hydro-Québec backtracked

Updated Tuesday, December 23, 2014 At 15 h 10 PST Geneviève Proulx  Radio-Canada   english version via Google Translate original french release :  http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/2014/12/23/004-routeur-retire-hydro-quebec-asbestos.shtml Three months after the installation of a router on his property without his permission, a couple of d’Asbestos has finally been successful. Hydro-Québec has removed the device last week. This is a […]

Hydro-Quebec worker breaks into house to install optional smart meter

11:02 am, December 23rd, 2014   Credits: FILE PHOTO/QMI AGENCY SAINT-AGATHE-DES-MONTS, Que. – A Hydro-Quebec worker appears to have missed the memo that said the new smart meters are optional. The worker faces disciplinary measures for breaking into a home north of Montreal to install a new digital counter. Homeowner Lucie Racicot caught the installer […]

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