thanks kelly for your ongoing coverage
fairfax residents called for this meeting at the last council session
i will request that we discuss a community opt-out, including west marin, an area also highly organized against the wireless smart meter rollout

For the past 10 years, Michael Peevey, a former President of SoCal Edison, has pushed energy companies into unpopular smart meter programs. His smart meter opt out eliminated the possibility of a public hearing on their safety and merit. Two independent investigations have concluded that the CPUC’s laxity under President Peevey were a contributing factor to the fatal San Bruno explosion. It is reasonable for the Fairfax Town Council to send a letter to Governor Jerry Brown requesting the removal of Peevey from the CPUC board.

You can take action here.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/746/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8168

PG$E MISREPRESENTATION: smart meters only transmit about 1 minute per day.

TRUTH: Smart meters transmit 30,000 bursts of radiation per day.

That computes to a radiation transmission every 2.88 seconds 24/7, 365 days per year from your smart meter (and each radiation transmission travels through the brain and body of each adult, child and pet in your home).

Radiation transmission pulses are 2/1000 of a second long each, so PG$E adds up 30,000 of them and calls that one minute per day because people interpret that to mean that only during a single minute of the day radiation is occurring, when in fact most people would call a burst of sound or radiation or anything every 2.88 seconds as continuous.

PG$E MISREPRESENTATION: Smart Meters only transmit utility information a few times per day.

TRUTH: The other 99.94% of the time, Smart Meters transmit radiation that carries NO utility information, but the Smart Meter still sends radiation through all living things simply to keep the Wireless Smart Meter Communication Mesh Network System "Active and Ready." PG$E calls this "Mesh Network Message Management and Time Synch."

PG$E MISREPRESENTATION: Smart Meter Information is Real-Time.

TRUTH: Smart Meter radiation emissions only actually carry utility information a few times per day, so the information CANNOT be Real-time.

PG$E generally takes an additional 12 hours to get the information onto their website so Smart Meter information is generally 18-24 hours old.

PG$E MISREPRESENTATION: Smart Meter Information helps the customer control their energy use.

TRUTH: Smart Meter Information does NOT help customers to control their energy use.

Smart Meter Information does NOT show the customer how much electricity any individual device used. It only shows TOTAL usage during the period of an hour, approximately 18-24 hours ago.

That Smart Meter information does NOTHING to assist a customer how to make current choices on their energy use today or in the future.

The kilowatt (Kwh) usage on monthly utility bills, though it can be approved upon, is actually a more representative and relevant usage of electricity that the customer can use to adjust current choices for purposes of conservation or lowering their total monthly bill.

And Smart Meters cost each customer about $312 each, hidden effectively into their utility bill, spread out over many months.

PG$E MISREPRESENTATION: Smart Meters are safe.

TRUTH: Smart Meters are NOT safe since they harm human biology.

THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY 2012 finally completed a report on Smart Meter Health Effects.

- Smart meters expose persons in the home to FULL BODY RADIATION EXPOSURES 50 to 450 times greater radiation than cell phones depending on proximity in the home to the smart meter attached to outside wall.

- Smart meters emit radiation almost continuously throughout the day 24/7, 365 days per year.

- Increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier in the head, harmful effects on sperm, double strand breaks in DNA which could lead to cancer genesis, stress gene activation indicating exposure to a toxin, and alterations in brain glucose metabolism.

- Electro Hypersensitivity is a real and sometimes debilitating problem for the affected persons.

- FCC guidelines are irrelevant and cannot be used for any claims of Smart Meter safety unless heat damage is involved.

- Smart meter exposure is Involuntary exposure. Governmental agencies for protecting public health and safety should be much more vigilant towards involuntary environmental exposures because governmental agencies are the only defense against such involuntary exposure.

As for the plan, it has all the elements of classic extortion. A smartmeter is mounted on the consumers home while he's not home. He pays through the nose for the new smartmeter (as all ratepayers do), suffers health effects over time, then pays an added amount to opt-out. What about the poor apartment dweller with 25 meters right outside his/her bedroom? He needs to be an accomplice to the crime. He better hope he can pressure his neighbors to cough up the cash for PG$E or he'll get no relief. Its immoral. Sorry Mr. Peevey, I don't think you quite appreciate the problem. Could this have been the plan from the start?