Texans are gathering tomorrow for their freedom to choose to
have "Smart
Meters."AUSTIN, Texas, Jul 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
LIRPAGREEN issued the following statement on behalf of Ban
Texas Smart Meters:
Texans are gathering tomorrow for their freedom to choose to
have "Smart
Meters" installed or removed on the steps of the
Austin's capital tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until the state
takes up item 14 on Project 40404. Over 1 million Smart
Meters were installed in Texas by a silent force. Now Texans
are fighting. Consumers never had a right to choose and were
smacked with additional fees. The electric monopolies like
Oncor Energy and Centerpoint Energy used scare tactics, such
as threatening to shut off power and fines for tampering if
customers did not succumb, according to Ban Texas Smart
Meters. The Austin protest today is in response to Devvy
Kid, Journalist and Activist getting repeatedly refused a
trial by the PUC because of technicalities. This is just
another instance of Texans standing up for their freedoms.
Utility companies are swapping out electric, gas and water
analog utility meters and replacing them with pulsed
microwave radiation (RF) Smart Meters, which are costing
consumers more money, privacy, and there has been numerous
health and safety issues documented. The new Smart Meter
network is a 2-way data collection system with collection
points on some consumer homes or businesses that may serve
up to 5000 customers' meters. The collection points are
assigned to certain customer homes or businesses without
customers' knowledge or consent; the customer is exposed to
higher levels of continuous radiation. Additionally, it is
unlawful to use one customer's premises to service another
customer.
After consumer and state officials push back to the utility
companies outside of Texas, some utility companies allowed
opt-outs, including California, Maine, Nevada and Oregon.
Smart meters got a big boost in 2009, when the Obama
administration devoted $3.5 billion of its $787 billion
economic stimulus package to grants to help utilities
install the new technology. Most states with opt-outs can
charge fees for not switching over. In addition to the
health and the freedom to choose controversy, people are
wondering why the extra fees when the labor is smaller, the
systems are "more energy efficient" and their tax dollars
paid them to make the transition.
The march is being led by a web based organization called
Ban Texas Smart Meters. Their goal is to halt further
installation, ban the product all together or force utility
companies to add opt-outs.
www.bantexassmartmeters.com.
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