Merrit Newspaper Editor John O’Connor interviews BC Hydro chief project officer Gary Murphy, June 9, 2011. Includes comments on the fluctuating marijuana grow operation numbers BC Hydro has used in justifying implementation of smart meters, health concerns over the meters, possibility of using ITRON’s wired system, and implementation schedule. Pictured in the photo is Juan de […]
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JUNE 14, 2011 The more I learn about the Smart Meter Program, the more concerned I become, I regard the plan and the Smart Grid a willful attack on our health by the provincial government and BC Hydro. A number of reasons to be concerned about Smart Meters exist. There is also an inconsistency in […]
The hydro companies and the Smart Meters projects are not considering people that are renting and have health issues, are they going to change the meters every time someone with sensitivity moves to a different location? And what about renters with a pace maker and other issues? And what about our freedom of choice of just not wanting a […]
THE TIMES JUNE 9, 2011 Editor, the Times: BC Hydro has been hitting the hustings lately with the message that its wireless smart meter program will save us money – it won’t. And that we need it – we don’t. Where the utility company introduced it in California, the residential rates went up by as […]
by Larry Dashchuk, Port Alberni Times Alberni Valley June 03, 2011: www2.canada.com/albernivalleytimes/news/opinion/story.html?id=8df01d8c-7dd7-40d6-b353-080ddc0fda85&p=1 Recently our B.C. government has given B.C. Hydro the green light to install smart meters on every home in B.C. this summer. What is a smart meter? It is B.C. Hydro’s new power metering device which they plan to replace our existing analog […]
JOHN O’CONNOR NEWS EDITOR June 2nd 2011 Premier Christy Clark said on the campaign trail last year that she wanted to give the people of British Columbia the choice of whether or not to scrap the HST. Now, she still claims to be offering that choice through a referendum, set for June 24, yet how free […]
http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20110205/KAMLOOPS0304/302059992/-1/kamloops/guest-column-more-questions-than-answers-on-potential-danger-of February 5, 2011 By SHAWN BUCKLEY Lawyer specializing in natural health On Jan. 11, I started a debate on the potential danger of the new water meters that the City is installing. My intention in seeking information on the new meters was simply to satisfy myself that they are not going to present a […]
Concerned citizens will be travelling to Victoria to demonstrate opposition to the BC Hydro plan at the B.C. Legislature on Wednesday, JUNE 1st 2011 at 12 noon.
At the same time, Energy Critic John Horgan, MLA, and Sue Hammel, MLA, are presenting petitions with hundreds of signatures to the Legislative Assembly, demanding a halt to the smart metering and infrastructure program, before the session ends on Thursday, June 2nd
SURREY NOW MAY 31, 2011 7:06 AM The Editor, Recently, a new kid has appeared on the technological block. And, oh joy, Surrey could likely be one of BC Hydro’s seven provincial “hubs” for this technology. BC Hydro’s misguided plan to deploy wireless “smart meters” throughout B.C. is being inaccurately promoted as a “green initiative” and […]
MAY 27, 2011 BY CAM FORTEMS DAILY NEWS STAFF REPORTER Kamloops will be one of seven provincial hubs for BC Hydro’s billion-dollar smart metering program set to roll out this fall. The Crown corporation has started an advertising campaign in markets across B.C., including here, to prepare homeowners for new meters with capabilities it says […]
