PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate RELEASE
“There are thousands of analog meters being stored by B.C. Hydro that they plan to dispose of before mid-December of this year.
“Vicki Lightfoot of the Merritt chapter of the coalition to stop smart meters is calling on Premier Clark, and B.C. Hydro to not destroy these meters so that the option to switch back to analog meter is still available to all B.C. Hydro customers.
“Two families in British Columbia are on record as having their smart meter replaced back to analog meter after complaining to B.C. Hydro about adverse health reactions after the smart meter was unknowingly installed on their homes. According to B.C. Hydro spokesperson, Dag Sharman, this will no longer be an option after mid-December of this year because B.C. Hydro will no longer be storing the analog meters. Asked by Lightfoot what B.C. Hydro plans to do with the meters, Mr. Sharman replied that he did not know.
“A close look at the agreement between B.C. Hydro and the company contracted to install the meters, Corix, has revealed that the Provincial Government is giving Corix our analog meters as of mid-December of this year. “Vicki Lightfoot, member of the Merritt chapter of the coalition against smart meters, has submitted a letter to Premier Clark, Energy Minister Rich Coleman, and B.C. Hydro board members requesting that they keep the meters until such time as each British Columbian has had the option of keeping their smart meter or not.
“Lightfoot contends that the World Health Organization’s ruling in May of this year to classify radiation emitted from such devices as wireless meters as a class 2-b potential carcinogen, came after Hydro’s decision to go ahead with the wireless meter program. Given that the radiation emitted from the smart meter is now a class 2-b carcinogen, the public has a human right to decline additional exposure to the electro-magnetic radiation emitted from Hydro’s smart meters.”
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/uploads/scribd/analogue%20disposal%20issue.pdf
B.C. Hydro to dispose of analogue meters now in storage
Letter sent to Premier Clark, Minister of Energy, and B.C. Hydro Chairman and
Board members regarding use of analogue meters removed from premises in
British Columbia. It was sent by a member of the Merritt Chapter for coalition
against smart meters, in response to an email from B.C. Hydro manager for
Thompson/Okanagan/Columbia Region.
Premier Clark; Hon. Mr. Rich Coleman;
Dan Doyle, Chair B.C.; Hydro;
B. C. Hydro Board members: Chief Kim Baird; Stephen Bellringer; Larry Blain;
James M. Brown; John Knappett; Tracy L. McVicar; Janine North; John Ritchie; Fiona Taylor
Dear Sirs/Madams:
On Friday, November 18, 2011, I received an email from Dag Sharman, B.C.
Hydro manager, Community Relations for the Thompson/Okanagan/Columbia Region.
In his email, Mr. Sharman, informed me of two very important matters. The first
matter is confirmation that B.C. Hydro did indeed reverse a smart meter back to
an analog meter at a home in Cache Creek on November 14 of this year.
The second important piece of information from Mr. Sharman is that B.C. Hydro
will be disposing of the old analog meters before the middle of December of this
year.
We, citizens of British Columbia, and shareholders of B.C. Hydro, ask you to place
an immediate halt to the disposal in any matter, of the analog meters. According
to Joanna Sofield, Chief Regulatory Officer for B.C. Hydro, in her response to the
B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) on March 11, 2011, pages 5-7:
http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2011/DOC_27644_B-1_BCHSMI_RAC_F201-Expenditures-App.pdf
(3) If it is impracticable because of distance, electromagnetic
interference, physical obstruction or other similar cause for the
authority to establish a telecommunications link between the
smart meter at an eligible premises and the computer hardware
and software system referred to in subsection (1) (b) (ii), the
authority is not required to install or put into operation the
communications infrastructure referred to in subsection (1) (b) (i)
for the purpose of establishing that telecommunications link.
I believe that this clause, as submitted by B.C. Hydro to the BCUC, is the reason
for B.C. Hydro’s practice to reverse smart meters to analog meters after customer
complaints of impracticability of having a smart meter attached to a home.
Given that B.C. Hydro is reversing meters, and that many citizens throughout
British Columbia are rejecting a smart meter and requesting that their smart meter
be reversed back, it is only reasonable that B.C. Hydro keep all analog meters in
their possession until such time that public concerns are alleviated.
The expense to B.C. Hydro to repurchase analog meters at a later date, will have
to be covered by the citizens of British Columbia. Due diligence over tax-payer
money is required to avoid greater costs to B.C. electrical consumers in the future.
Yours truly,
Vicki Lightfoot
Member, Merritt Chapter for coalition against smart meters
#1 by Mia Nony on December 13, 2011 - 3:20 am
HEADS UP: Never mind the date they SAID they would destroy the evidence. Corix is funnelling every perfectly working analog meter they as good as steal by stealth from you and me and they are handing it all over to Bay Metals, an American corporation which is already destroying them all, smashing OUR analog meters, started before that “December 15th.” date, (anyone adding up the lies yet?) – like right now, so they won’t have to return a single one of these reliable safe items to anyone for any reason whatsoever. Secure your analog now!
Hydro has no mandate for wireless meters. You are within your rights to keep them off your property.
On Annacis Island in Delta RIGHT NOW, an American company called Bay Metals has as temp license to demolish the analogs it turns out we OWN. As of this writing they are smashing the glass and stripping down the analogs, good for 30 to 50 years with one or two calibrations they never once did. Demolishing and recycling the metal from all 1.8 million analogs. Publicly owned utility? Controlling interest held buy the public shareholders? No one rising up against them to stop this wanton destruction of the era of durability in exchange for toxic made in china junk with a 40% malfunction/failure rate, already obsolete, bought three years ago, too smart by half meters?
And $12+ billion still to go for the video and audio ready aggregators on those utility poles on the easements Hydro does not own either? What’s it going to take…..?
Bay Metal Inc
604-516-8224
Suite 208-590 Ebury Pl,
Annacis Island, BC
V3M 6K7
#2 by [email protected] on December 16, 2011 - 9:21 am
Too bad so many people have allowed the smart meter to be installed without knowing the potential risks to health. Very sneaky how they just come and do it without warning. Just a letter and advertising about how great they are. TV ads and so on.
They will not be doing it at my house. Have protested properly and so far all good.
#3 by Ken on December 18, 2011 - 6:19 pm
Did you know that these smartmeters have a second transmitter in them (not turned on yet) It is in the
2.4 Ghz frequency range and will connect with gas meters etc in future! Also Hydro is looking right now for
interest from developers for other electronic devices to interconnect other appliances in your home!
Then you will have 900 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz radiation in your homes! Also these meters act as relays for other smartmeters, so when Hydro talks about your meter’s transmit time, that is only part of the story!