Utility Pumps Customers’ Smart Meter Data To Police Without Warrant
Police are routinely breaking the law to enforce the law, which is patently absurd. Smart meter data is on electricity usage is sent via WiFi…
Smart Meters
Energy Bills Skyrocket due to Smart Meter Glitch Following New Price Cap Update
By B.N. Frank Privacy invasive and hazardous utility “Smart” Meters (electric, gas, and water) are often promoted as being vital to “energy efficiency programs”. The…
Smart Thermostats Sold on “incomplete, if not entirely false promises” by Data Aggregators, Manufacturers, Utilities and Municipalities
By B.N. Frank In August smart thermostat proponents announced that some researchers have determined that smart thermostats provide a wee bit of energy savings; however,…
Utility Smart Meters Could Eventually Be Used “to control your individual energy use”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to hazardous and privacy invasive utility “Smart” Meters – (electric, gas, and water) – is worldwide for numerous reasons including fires…
Controversial Smart Thermostats “helped the country to consume 1.4% less energy on space heating and cooling” in 2021
By B.N. Frank Earlier this summer, research revealed that smart thermostats could be damaging local power grids. Most would agree that’s not a good thing…
Customers “had no control over the temperatures in their own homes” When Utility Took Control of Smart Thermostats
By B.N. Frank Utility companies, regulators, and various experts continue to warn that American power grids are extremely vulnerable and prone to blackouts (see 1,…
$92M for Energy Efficiency Program with Est. 1% Annual Energy Savings Includes Hazardous “behavioral demand response” Smart Meters
By B.N. Frank When American utility companies promote “energy efficiency programs”, they often ask that the cost of these programs be passed onto customers. That…
Former Director Linked to Scandalous “Smart City” Investigation Resigns
By B.N. Frank American opposition to “Smart Cities” and all the costs, risks and privacy violations associated with them has been ongoing for years (see…
“Utterly Useless”: Millions of Smart Meters Reporting Inaccurate Readings (UK)
By B.N. Frank Opposition to costly, privacy invasive, unreliable, and unsafe “Smart” Meters (electric, gas, and water) has been ongoing worldwide since utilities first started…
Utility Offers to Pay Customers to Install Smart Thermostats to Allow It to Remotely Control Energy Use
By B.N. Frank Utility companies, regulators, and various experts continue to warn that American power grids are vulnerable and prone to blackouts (see 1, 2,…
Study Says Smart Thermostats Are Hurting Power Grids; Utilities Encourage Customers to Install Them Anyway
By B.N. Frank Tempted to install a smart thermostat in your home? In June of 2021 smart thermostats being remotely controlled by a Texas utility…
Documentary Director Claims His New Film Outlines How to Fix the Vulnerable American Power Grid
By B.N. Frank Experts continue to warn that the American electric grid is extremely vulnerable. They warn of blackouts and some blame the risk of…
Utility Accused of Disproportionately Disconnecting Service in Low-Income Neighborhoods “to preserve the grid”
By B.N. Frank According to the company website, Smart Grid – AEP Ohio: “As of 2021, AEP Ohio has installed more than one million smart…
Itron and Microsoft Pledge to Speed Up Development of Controversial AMI “Smart” Meter Infrastructure, Data Management
By B.N. Frank Opposition to utility “Smart” Meters (electric, gas, and water) has been worldwide since they first started being deployed (see 1, 2, 3,…