I want to follow up on the December 7, 2010 telephone call
to you by my colleague Shannon Ray to discuss your request
for San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) to remove the
electric smart meter installed at your home on May 6, 2010.
Thank you for sharing your questions and concerns about SDG&E's
smart meters. We understand from your telephone
communications, and from the doctor's letter you faxed, that
you are concerned that the radio frequency (RF)
electromagnetic fields emitted from the smart meter wireless
communication equipment could possibly contribute to your
pre-existing health conditions. It is also our understanding
that you declined SDG&E's offer to take measurements of RF
from the smart meter at your home. [Note: this is
inaccurate, as I now do not trust SDGE, I did not want them
INSIDE my home, they could measure from outside. sb]
SDG&E is committed to providing safe and reliable service
for our customers, as well as a safe work place for our
employees. To this end, we monitor the science concerning
possible effects of RF from smart meters. The information
that SDG&E has reviewed from the scientific community and
regulators has not identified that radio frequencies, at the
levels emitted by the smart meters, can cause adverse health
effects. Specifically, we understand from respected agencies
such as the World Health Organization, the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission, and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, that there has been no demonstration of
either long- or short-term health effects from RF exposure.
Vole will continue to monitor the situation closely and
respond as necessary to any new scientific information and
studies released in the future.
As explained on SDG&E's Smart Meter website(http://www.sdge.com/smartmeter/faq.shtml)
the meters near your home transmit a radio frequency only a
few times each day and only for a few seconds each time, for
an average total of less than one minute. When the meters
are transmitting, your exposure to RF from the smart meter
is much lower than the exposure from energy than smart
meters!
I also wanted to mention that the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) has directed SDG&E to install
smart meters at the homes and businesses of all of our
customers and has carefully considered any potential for
smart meters to affect health. SDG&E is a regulated company
and required to comply with the CPUC program. Also, the
Americans with Disabilities Act mentioned by your doctor,
does not require SDG&E to remove your smart meter. We
received your letter to the CPUC Consumer Affairs Branch,
dated December 8, 2010, and we agree that such a submission
is the next appropriate step in resolution of your request
for removal of the meter at your home. In this regard, SDG&E
has carefully reviewed available factual information, and at
this time respectfully declines your request to remove the
smart meter at your home.
Sincerely,
SDG&E's Smart Meter Program
[Enclosed]
Source: Richard Tell Associates. Inc
RF Energy Compared to a Smart Meter from 2 feet:
Microwave oven, two inches from door, 550 times more
Holding walkie-talkie at head, 55 - 4,600 times more
Cell phone at head, 3.2 -1.100 times more
Laptop computer, 1.1 - 2.2 times more
Wi-Fi cyber cafe, 1.1 - 2.2 times more
[Note: The Smart Meter is inches from my head, not two feet.
Also, I do not accept the above table, as no authoritative
references are given, and it is too general. Nowhere are the
technology effects for Smart Meters deemed safe.
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