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Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI ‘Smart’ Meters in Massachusetts “Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.” Earl Warren, 14 th Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

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Page 1: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

AMI lsquoSmartrsquo Meters

in Massachusetts

ldquoBen Franklin may have discovered electricity but

it is the man who invented the meter who made the moneyrdquo

Earl Warren 14th Chief Justice US Supreme Court

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ldquoIt may take some sort of catastrophe to get peoplersquos attentionrdquo said Frank Clegg former president of Microsoft Canada and founder

of Canadians 4 Safe Technology referring to the increasing saturation of Wi-Fi technologies on the public at large and especially children

v

HaltMAsmartMeters assembled this comprehensive resource on lsquosmartrsquo meters their infrastructure and

their imminent deployment in Massachusetts We strove to present the complex and ever-evolving information

to the best of our ability We also strove to present verifiable original sources in context both pro and con and relegate HMSM opinion to discrete entries labeled

lsquoCommentrsquo readily identifiable in this font

Please visit HaltMAsmartMetersorgComprehensive_Booklet to view in PDF format to access the 300~plus source links

October 2013 ~ Edition 12

Please consider donating to HaltMAsmartMeters (see back cover)

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Contents (Click to link to entry)

What is the big deal 4 What are lsquosmartrsquo meters 5

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter 6 lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid 7 Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters 8 Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN) 9

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters 10 Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters 11

Privacy 11 Privacy invasion mechanisms 12

Security hacking amp terrorism 13 Fires 14 $$$ 15

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics 16 Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass 16

The Green Mask 17 RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview 18

Epidemiology 19 Moccasin walk (Comment) 20 In perspective 21 Research 22 Mitigating every day microwave exposure 23

FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo 24 RF of common items industry data vs industry data 25 RF apples oranges amp watermelons 26 Dirty electricity 27

National Grid amp industry bandwagon 27 Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov 28 Worcester Pilot Ground Zero 29

Pilot infrastructure 11-129 29 Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position 30 Telecommunications Act of 1996 32 Propagandapredetermined outcome 33 Without informed consent 34

Smarter alternatives 35 Action 36 ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics 37

RFmicrowave time averaging 38 Index 39 Two ways to donate 40

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What is the big deal

So-called lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being

deployed around the globe at an alarming rate under the

guises of sustainability and updating

Groups like HaltMAsmartMeters are waging lsquoDavid and

Goliathrsquo battles because lsquosmartrsquo meters pose a clear and

present danger to

Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety and Property

Security amp

Wallet

Massachusetts is too smart to be hoodwinked We are

waking up before our billions are spent and there is no

going back We do not buy intentional omissions absurd

comparisons and politely put industry spin We do not

buy the invocation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

abuse the law which gagged Worcester taxpayers in order

to site huge private data cell-like lsquosmartrsquo towers We know

many other countries use hard-wire technology and that

much of the world has far more stringent microwave

radiofrequencywireless safety limits

This booklet is the culmination of thousands of hours of

careful thorough research of original scientific industry

and lsquodot govrsquo sources

Information is power It is now in your hands now

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What are lsquosmartrsquo meters

Paradigm altering lsquosmartrsquo electric advanced or AMI or e-meters go far beyond the definition of meter an ldquoofficial measurerrdquo lsquoSmartrsquo meters are plastic portals that

- Receive amp implement instructions from utilities and third parties - Control thermostats appliances hot water heaters etc - Wirelessly transmit data and other information to utilities and third parties - Utilizes switch mode power supply inverter (see dirty electricity p 27)

- Make remote shut-off of appliance and electric service possible

A lsquosmartrsquo electric meter

- Has an FCC ID because it transmits wirelessly using RFmicrowaves in both the 900 (ish) MHz and 24 GHz unlicensed ranges

- Requires three separate wireless networks 1) in-home 2) neighborhood mesh and 3) wide area networks (towers and large antennas)

- Facilitates lsquoTime of Usersquo pricing (much higher rates by time of dayyear) - May also be a camouflaged network collectorrepeatercell relay - May not help integrate solar (a separate lsquonet meterrsquo is often required)

- Is a peripheral component of a smart grid

Over 40 million lsquosmartrsquo meters have been installed in the US since the 2009 ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo jump-started the stalled initiative Total stimulus funds spent is approximately $28 - $30 Billion Note ($45 Billion is often erroneously cited)

Grassroots anti-lsquosmartrsquo meter battles are being fought in over 30 states lsquoSmartrsquo meter moratoriums have been instituted around the world because of hazards to

Customer Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety Property

Security

Wallet

This booklet focuses on electric lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure Water and gas lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data often in the 450-470 MHz range but do not implement instructions adverse health effects have also been attributed to them

Comment Worcester is referred to so often in this booklet because if

the National Grid pilot is not derailed (its success is a foregone

conclusion in utility and DPU circles) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure

will soon be deployed throughout the Commonwealth

stopsmartmetersorguk

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Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

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Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

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Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

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Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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ldquoIt may take some sort of catastrophe to get peoplersquos attentionrdquo said Frank Clegg former president of Microsoft Canada and founder

of Canadians 4 Safe Technology referring to the increasing saturation of Wi-Fi technologies on the public at large and especially children

v

HaltMAsmartMeters assembled this comprehensive resource on lsquosmartrsquo meters their infrastructure and

their imminent deployment in Massachusetts We strove to present the complex and ever-evolving information

to the best of our ability We also strove to present verifiable original sources in context both pro and con and relegate HMSM opinion to discrete entries labeled

lsquoCommentrsquo readily identifiable in this font

Please visit HaltMAsmartMetersorgComprehensive_Booklet to view in PDF format to access the 300~plus source links

October 2013 ~ Edition 12

Please consider donating to HaltMAsmartMeters (see back cover)

3 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Contents (Click to link to entry)

What is the big deal 4 What are lsquosmartrsquo meters 5

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter 6 lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid 7 Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters 8 Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN) 9

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters 10 Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters 11

Privacy 11 Privacy invasion mechanisms 12

Security hacking amp terrorism 13 Fires 14 $$$ 15

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics 16 Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass 16

The Green Mask 17 RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview 18

Epidemiology 19 Moccasin walk (Comment) 20 In perspective 21 Research 22 Mitigating every day microwave exposure 23

FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo 24 RF of common items industry data vs industry data 25 RF apples oranges amp watermelons 26 Dirty electricity 27

National Grid amp industry bandwagon 27 Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov 28 Worcester Pilot Ground Zero 29

Pilot infrastructure 11-129 29 Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position 30 Telecommunications Act of 1996 32 Propagandapredetermined outcome 33 Without informed consent 34

Smarter alternatives 35 Action 36 ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics 37

RFmicrowave time averaging 38 Index 39 Two ways to donate 40

4 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What is the big deal

So-called lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being

deployed around the globe at an alarming rate under the

guises of sustainability and updating

Groups like HaltMAsmartMeters are waging lsquoDavid and

Goliathrsquo battles because lsquosmartrsquo meters pose a clear and

present danger to

Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety and Property

Security amp

Wallet

Massachusetts is too smart to be hoodwinked We are

waking up before our billions are spent and there is no

going back We do not buy intentional omissions absurd

comparisons and politely put industry spin We do not

buy the invocation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

abuse the law which gagged Worcester taxpayers in order

to site huge private data cell-like lsquosmartrsquo towers We know

many other countries use hard-wire technology and that

much of the world has far more stringent microwave

radiofrequencywireless safety limits

This booklet is the culmination of thousands of hours of

careful thorough research of original scientific industry

and lsquodot govrsquo sources

Information is power It is now in your hands now

5 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What are lsquosmartrsquo meters

Paradigm altering lsquosmartrsquo electric advanced or AMI or e-meters go far beyond the definition of meter an ldquoofficial measurerrdquo lsquoSmartrsquo meters are plastic portals that

- Receive amp implement instructions from utilities and third parties - Control thermostats appliances hot water heaters etc - Wirelessly transmit data and other information to utilities and third parties - Utilizes switch mode power supply inverter (see dirty electricity p 27)

- Make remote shut-off of appliance and electric service possible

A lsquosmartrsquo electric meter

- Has an FCC ID because it transmits wirelessly using RFmicrowaves in both the 900 (ish) MHz and 24 GHz unlicensed ranges

- Requires three separate wireless networks 1) in-home 2) neighborhood mesh and 3) wide area networks (towers and large antennas)

- Facilitates lsquoTime of Usersquo pricing (much higher rates by time of dayyear) - May also be a camouflaged network collectorrepeatercell relay - May not help integrate solar (a separate lsquonet meterrsquo is often required)

- Is a peripheral component of a smart grid

Over 40 million lsquosmartrsquo meters have been installed in the US since the 2009 ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo jump-started the stalled initiative Total stimulus funds spent is approximately $28 - $30 Billion Note ($45 Billion is often erroneously cited)

Grassroots anti-lsquosmartrsquo meter battles are being fought in over 30 states lsquoSmartrsquo meter moratoriums have been instituted around the world because of hazards to

Customer Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety Property

Security

Wallet

This booklet focuses on electric lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure Water and gas lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data often in the 450-470 MHz range but do not implement instructions adverse health effects have also been attributed to them

Comment Worcester is referred to so often in this booklet because if

the National Grid pilot is not derailed (its success is a foregone

conclusion in utility and DPU circles) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure

will soon be deployed throughout the Commonwealth

stopsmartmetersorguk

6 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

9 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
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Page 3: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

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Contents (Click to link to entry)

What is the big deal 4 What are lsquosmartrsquo meters 5

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter 6 lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid 7 Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters 8 Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN) 9

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters 10 Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters 11

Privacy 11 Privacy invasion mechanisms 12

Security hacking amp terrorism 13 Fires 14 $$$ 15

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics 16 Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass 16

The Green Mask 17 RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview 18

Epidemiology 19 Moccasin walk (Comment) 20 In perspective 21 Research 22 Mitigating every day microwave exposure 23

FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo 24 RF of common items industry data vs industry data 25 RF apples oranges amp watermelons 26 Dirty electricity 27

National Grid amp industry bandwagon 27 Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov 28 Worcester Pilot Ground Zero 29

Pilot infrastructure 11-129 29 Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position 30 Telecommunications Act of 1996 32 Propagandapredetermined outcome 33 Without informed consent 34

Smarter alternatives 35 Action 36 ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics 37

RFmicrowave time averaging 38 Index 39 Two ways to donate 40

4 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What is the big deal

So-called lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being

deployed around the globe at an alarming rate under the

guises of sustainability and updating

Groups like HaltMAsmartMeters are waging lsquoDavid and

Goliathrsquo battles because lsquosmartrsquo meters pose a clear and

present danger to

Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety and Property

Security amp

Wallet

Massachusetts is too smart to be hoodwinked We are

waking up before our billions are spent and there is no

going back We do not buy intentional omissions absurd

comparisons and politely put industry spin We do not

buy the invocation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

abuse the law which gagged Worcester taxpayers in order

to site huge private data cell-like lsquosmartrsquo towers We know

many other countries use hard-wire technology and that

much of the world has far more stringent microwave

radiofrequencywireless safety limits

This booklet is the culmination of thousands of hours of

careful thorough research of original scientific industry

and lsquodot govrsquo sources

Information is power It is now in your hands now

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What are lsquosmartrsquo meters

Paradigm altering lsquosmartrsquo electric advanced or AMI or e-meters go far beyond the definition of meter an ldquoofficial measurerrdquo lsquoSmartrsquo meters are plastic portals that

- Receive amp implement instructions from utilities and third parties - Control thermostats appliances hot water heaters etc - Wirelessly transmit data and other information to utilities and third parties - Utilizes switch mode power supply inverter (see dirty electricity p 27)

- Make remote shut-off of appliance and electric service possible

A lsquosmartrsquo electric meter

- Has an FCC ID because it transmits wirelessly using RFmicrowaves in both the 900 (ish) MHz and 24 GHz unlicensed ranges

- Requires three separate wireless networks 1) in-home 2) neighborhood mesh and 3) wide area networks (towers and large antennas)

- Facilitates lsquoTime of Usersquo pricing (much higher rates by time of dayyear) - May also be a camouflaged network collectorrepeatercell relay - May not help integrate solar (a separate lsquonet meterrsquo is often required)

- Is a peripheral component of a smart grid

Over 40 million lsquosmartrsquo meters have been installed in the US since the 2009 ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo jump-started the stalled initiative Total stimulus funds spent is approximately $28 - $30 Billion Note ($45 Billion is often erroneously cited)

Grassroots anti-lsquosmartrsquo meter battles are being fought in over 30 states lsquoSmartrsquo meter moratoriums have been instituted around the world because of hazards to

Customer Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety Property

Security

Wallet

This booklet focuses on electric lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure Water and gas lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data often in the 450-470 MHz range but do not implement instructions adverse health effects have also been attributed to them

Comment Worcester is referred to so often in this booklet because if

the National Grid pilot is not derailed (its success is a foregone

conclusion in utility and DPU circles) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure

will soon be deployed throughout the Commonwealth

stopsmartmetersorguk

6 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

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Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

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National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

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Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

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Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Page 4: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

4 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What is the big deal

So-called lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being

deployed around the globe at an alarming rate under the

guises of sustainability and updating

Groups like HaltMAsmartMeters are waging lsquoDavid and

Goliathrsquo battles because lsquosmartrsquo meters pose a clear and

present danger to

Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety and Property

Security amp

Wallet

Massachusetts is too smart to be hoodwinked We are

waking up before our billions are spent and there is no

going back We do not buy intentional omissions absurd

comparisons and politely put industry spin We do not

buy the invocation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

abuse the law which gagged Worcester taxpayers in order

to site huge private data cell-like lsquosmartrsquo towers We know

many other countries use hard-wire technology and that

much of the world has far more stringent microwave

radiofrequencywireless safety limits

This booklet is the culmination of thousands of hours of

careful thorough research of original scientific industry

and lsquodot govrsquo sources

Information is power It is now in your hands now

5 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What are lsquosmartrsquo meters

Paradigm altering lsquosmartrsquo electric advanced or AMI or e-meters go far beyond the definition of meter an ldquoofficial measurerrdquo lsquoSmartrsquo meters are plastic portals that

- Receive amp implement instructions from utilities and third parties - Control thermostats appliances hot water heaters etc - Wirelessly transmit data and other information to utilities and third parties - Utilizes switch mode power supply inverter (see dirty electricity p 27)

- Make remote shut-off of appliance and electric service possible

A lsquosmartrsquo electric meter

- Has an FCC ID because it transmits wirelessly using RFmicrowaves in both the 900 (ish) MHz and 24 GHz unlicensed ranges

- Requires three separate wireless networks 1) in-home 2) neighborhood mesh and 3) wide area networks (towers and large antennas)

- Facilitates lsquoTime of Usersquo pricing (much higher rates by time of dayyear) - May also be a camouflaged network collectorrepeatercell relay - May not help integrate solar (a separate lsquonet meterrsquo is often required)

- Is a peripheral component of a smart grid

Over 40 million lsquosmartrsquo meters have been installed in the US since the 2009 ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo jump-started the stalled initiative Total stimulus funds spent is approximately $28 - $30 Billion Note ($45 Billion is often erroneously cited)

Grassroots anti-lsquosmartrsquo meter battles are being fought in over 30 states lsquoSmartrsquo meter moratoriums have been instituted around the world because of hazards to

Customer Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety Property

Security

Wallet

This booklet focuses on electric lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure Water and gas lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data often in the 450-470 MHz range but do not implement instructions adverse health effects have also been attributed to them

Comment Worcester is referred to so often in this booklet because if

the National Grid pilot is not derailed (its success is a foregone

conclusion in utility and DPU circles) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure

will soon be deployed throughout the Commonwealth

stopsmartmetersorguk

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Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

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Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

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National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

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Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

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Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

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PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

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Please donate $4 for this printed

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5 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

What are lsquosmartrsquo meters

Paradigm altering lsquosmartrsquo electric advanced or AMI or e-meters go far beyond the definition of meter an ldquoofficial measurerrdquo lsquoSmartrsquo meters are plastic portals that

- Receive amp implement instructions from utilities and third parties - Control thermostats appliances hot water heaters etc - Wirelessly transmit data and other information to utilities and third parties - Utilizes switch mode power supply inverter (see dirty electricity p 27)

- Make remote shut-off of appliance and electric service possible

A lsquosmartrsquo electric meter

- Has an FCC ID because it transmits wirelessly using RFmicrowaves in both the 900 (ish) MHz and 24 GHz unlicensed ranges

- Requires three separate wireless networks 1) in-home 2) neighborhood mesh and 3) wide area networks (towers and large antennas)

- Facilitates lsquoTime of Usersquo pricing (much higher rates by time of dayyear) - May also be a camouflaged network collectorrepeatercell relay - May not help integrate solar (a separate lsquonet meterrsquo is often required)

- Is a peripheral component of a smart grid

Over 40 million lsquosmartrsquo meters have been installed in the US since the 2009 ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo jump-started the stalled initiative Total stimulus funds spent is approximately $28 - $30 Billion Note ($45 Billion is often erroneously cited)

Grassroots anti-lsquosmartrsquo meter battles are being fought in over 30 states lsquoSmartrsquo meter moratoriums have been instituted around the world because of hazards to

Customer Choice

Health

Privacy

Safety Property

Security

Wallet

This booklet focuses on electric lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure Water and gas lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data often in the 450-470 MHz range but do not implement instructions adverse health effects have also been attributed to them

Comment Worcester is referred to so often in this booklet because if

the National Grid pilot is not derailed (its success is a foregone

conclusion in utility and DPU circles) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure

will soon be deployed throughout the Commonwealth

stopsmartmetersorguk

6 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

9 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

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Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

14 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

15 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

16 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

17 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
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6 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Do I have a lsquosmartrsquo meter

Analog electro-mechanical electric meters are glass and metal devices with dials and wheels which measure and record kilowatt hour (kWh) usage They must be read manually very few remain in service They neither transmit data nor consume energy They function for many decades

AMR analog (AutomaticAutomated Meter Reading) type meters look like old-fashioned electromechanical meters but contain one wireless transmitter (white arrow left) and have an FCC ID Many homeowners assume AMRs still emit a signal once per month when lsquowoken uprsquo by the roving utility truck National Grid reports that 92 of its Massachusetts electric meters are AMR Most or all continually emit RF

microwaves 247365 many times per minute or hour Data however may only be collected once per month by a truck or via fixed wireless network AMRrsquos in National Grid territory will function for 20 more years

AMR digital metersrsquo one transmitter emits microwaveRF pulses many times per minute or hour They have an FCC ID Data is collected by a drive-by truck or by fixed network infrastructure Digital AMRs are frequently deployed as AMR but without consent or knowledge of the

ratepayer become lsquosmartrsquo meters with a keystroke andor new infrastructure

Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) lsquosmartrsquo e-meters have at least one FCC ID For example many Worcester pilot lsquosmartrsquo metersrsquo FCC ID is ldquoSK9 AMI7rdquo (see deployed

Massachusetts communities p 28 amp lsquosmart meters are p 5 )

The termsrdquo ERTrdquo (Encoder Receiver Transmitter) amp ldquoAMRrdquo are often interchangeably used Early ERT meters lsquowoke uprsquo to transmit once per month then lsquowent back to sleeprsquo

To check the functionality of your utility meter Locate ldquoFCC IDrdquo on the meter face or often on a label inside the glass on the underside sides or top Lettering is extremely small Note ldquoOrdquo vs zero ldquoLrdquo vs 1 The 6 to 9 characters follow ldquoFCC IDrdquo Include hyphen if present Enter the FCC ID at lttransitionfccgovoeteafccidgt Industry performed (and submitted to FCC) test documents and the

authorization grant (see icon right) help discern functionality

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lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

8 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

9 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

14 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

15 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

31 Go to Table of Contents

any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
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  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
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  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
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7 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

lsquoSmartrsquo meters vs smart grid

Interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meter with smart grid benefits is common one must be read carefully and be informed For example outage prevention amp shortening are often touted by National Grid and others as lsquosmartrsquo meter benefits but four plus years and 40 - 60 million meters later (092013 email to C Donegan of HMSM) While we have anecdotal evidence there has not been any publicly vetted data that is shown to be statistically valid concerning the impact of smart metering alone on outage restoration times and events according to Barbara R Alexander Consumer Affairs Consultantrdquo (Alexander also submitted testimony for the Worcester pilot)

The grid is a ldquocomplex patchwork system of regional (equipment with) widely varying ages conditions and capacities (and owners)rdquo resulting in a ldquolack of agreement on (nistgov)

standardsrdquo for hardware software amp security

ldquoNobody has responsibility for the survivability and protection security of the gridrdquo said James Woolsey former CIA Director ldquoa so-called smartrsquo grid that is as vulnerable as what weve got is not smart at all its a really really stupid grid (hacking amp terrorism p 13)

POWERGRID International Many billions of dollars later the ldquoUS (earned a)

ldquoD+ rating this year as it did in its previous assessment four years ago The Energy Policy Act of 2005 developed in the wake of the August 2003 blackout called for and provided a framework for incentives to leverage technology to improve the efficiency reliability and capacity of the gridrdquo The blackout caused by ldquotrees training and toolsrdquo is an example of what smart grid may prevent lsquoSmartrsquo meters are often also mentioned erroneously as preventative tools as well

China Central and Eastern Europe Belgium Italy Switzerland and the Fitchburg MA pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters are hard wired which can mean data over power lines (PLC BPL interference and other drawbacks (see dirty electricity p 27)) copper wire or fiber optic cable (which) ldquoprovides the fastest most reliable and secure way to transmit computer data But it is often an expensive approachrdquo (see VT Public Radio)

The aging US electric grid needs updating Some components of smart grid are long-term solutions that actually improve reliability and reduce outages and duration Their benefits are often however misattributed to lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoSmartrsquo Reclosers (a) (b) for example act like giant circuit breakers and are the true lsquoself-healerrsquo of the grid Reclosers can be hardwired

2013 DHS 2012 DHS

- 3200 electric utilities

- 17000 power plants

- 165000 miles high voltage

- 6 million miles distribution

- 140 million meters (nistgov)

8 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

9 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

14 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Networks amp infrastructure for lsquosmartrsquo meters

Two transmitters in each lsquosmartrsquo meter communicate wirelessly utilizing three new separate but related private microwave networks HAN MeshLAN amp WAN

Home Area Network (HAN)

Home Area Network (HAN) - lsquosmartrsquo meters control voluntarily for now thermostats appliances etc via wireless communication with the utility and third parties HAN uses and Wi-Fi-esque frequencies technology and ZigBee platforms

The ZigBee platform is integral to the ultimate goal of residential consumption It is frequently marketed as and is for the time being mostly voluntary However 100 saturation of lsquosmartrsquo meters and ZigBee control is necessary to achieve lsquosmartrsquo goals (see privacy p 12Error Bookmark not defined and

hacking p 13)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wide Area cityregion Network many private cell-like towers (see Telecommunications Act p 32) and tens of thousands of WiMax antennas carry data from and instructions to lsquosmartrsquo meters Map (left) is of only 163 of the 242 National Grid Wi-Max antennas and 4 of the cell-phone-like towers for just the 15000 or 20 of Worcester in the pilot (see Ground Zero p 29 -gt 33)

Worcesterrsquos is a 4G Wi-Max pilot Wi-Max is a more powerful version of Wi-Fi-esque technology but has far greater range the hundreds of antennas must be able to lsquoseersquo each other (line of sight) to function

link

9 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

14 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
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  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
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Meshlocalneighborhood network (LAN)

Mesh NeighborhoodLocal Area Network (LAN) each lsquosmartrsquo meter wirelessly relays data upstream and downstream via the next homersquos meter and the next and the next and so on for many hundreds or thousands of meters to one homersquos often camouflaged collectorrepeatercell relay meter then to a router then to the cell-like tower Plus each meter continually pulses 247365 to maintain the network 14000 to 190000 times per day or 132 times per minute - A homersquos location up or downstream is a factor in RFmicrowave emissions - Industry literature often cites data transmissions as ldquox timesrdquo or a percentage

per day omitting tens of thousands of network transmissions and neglecting to cite increased emission data for the many collectorrepeater cell relay meters

- Massachusetts network details are redacted in DPU documents - When data is transmitted from a neighborhood homersquos collectorrepeatercell

relay it goes to National Gridrsquos lsquoconcentratorrdquo lsquoaggregatorrsquo Connected Grid Router (CGR) then to the cell-like tower then to National Grid and third parties

- Mainegov ldquohellip internet Wi-Fi systems and routers get interrupted garage door openers misfire cordless phones donrsquot work CMP has logged well over 250 such complaintsrdquo but ldquoItron (meter manufacturer) believes that the likelihood of interference between our meters and other RF devices is extremely lowrdquo

link

10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

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Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
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  • Load_Signatures
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10 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science amp Tech

Rationale for lsquosmartrsquo meters

National Institute for Science and Tech (gov) ldquoThe smart grid will span the globerdquo

Smart grid goals ldquoa) more reliable b) more secure c) more economic d) more efficient e) more environmentally friendly and f) saferrdquo

MA DPU Grid Modernization Round Table September 2013 lsquosmartrsquo metersgrid is ldquoThe Grid We Wantrdquo (MA DPU Chair Berwick) The rat must smell the cheese (National Gridrsquos Peter Zschokke) Peak Time Rebates are the gateway drug to Time of Use MD DPU Chair

World Health Organization ldquoair conditioning is (an) unsustainablehellip maladaptationrdquo

According to National Grid ldquohelliphelp customers control how and when energy is consumed hellip give customers the ability to measure electricity in near real-time hellip alert National Grid about a power outagerdquo

National Gridrsquos 0813 the lsquosmartrsquo meter consumer benefit (not that of smart grid) is an internet tool to lsquoseersquo usage (see web portal p 28) National Institute for Science amp Tech

lsquoSmartrsquo meters add a layer of outage notification and map outages marginally faster with a lsquolast gasprsquo ping Other equipment however is responsible for shorter andor avoided outages (see reclosers p 7 amp interweaving lsquosmartrsquo meters with lsquosmartrsquo grid benefits p 7)

GreenTechMedia ldquohellipbenefits from smart grid are for the utilityrsquos bottom linerdquo

Energygov ldquoIn terms of reaching worthy societal and economic goalshelliprdquo

HaltMAsmartMeters asked June 2013 MA Senator Marc Pacheco about the rush to deploy lsquosmartrsquo meters ie 40M in 4 years Pacheco replied ldquoglobal warmingrdquo

Nistgov (E-Vehicle batteries) ldquocould provide power during peak demandrdquo

lsquoSmartrsquo meters enable ldquoTime of Userdquo (billing more at designated times) to help educate customers to perform tasks at night AG Coakley on Worcester Pilot non-rsquosmartrsquo pilot pay 8cent 247 per KWh lsquoSmartrsquo pilot pay 5cent from 8pm- 8am amp 7cent from 8am-8 pm (14 times more) amp 63cent at lsquocritical peakrsquo (126 times more)

National Grid ldquoWe expect the Smart Grid to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissionsrdquo

Gro Brundtland MD grandmother of The UNrsquos lsquoThe Future We Wantrsquo former

PM of Norway amp former head of the WHO is electro-hypersensitive ldquowe should

implement the precautionary principlehellip especially when it comes to childrenrdquo

11 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

12 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

13 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

14 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

15 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

16 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

31 Go to Table of Contents

any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

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Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters Privacy

Congressional Research Service- ldquoWith lsquosmartrsquo

meters police (amp others) will have access to

data that might be used to track residentsrsquo daily

lives and home routines while in their homes

including their eating sleeping and showering

habits what appliances they use and when

and whether they prefer the television to the

treadmill among a host of other detailsrdquo

Without warrants a California utility turned over

3807 customersrsquo 2012 lsquosmartrsquo meter

consumption data to ten agencies including FBI

amp DEA 74 without subpoenas 62 customersrsquo

data went to unspecified third parties

Harvard Journal of Law amp Technology PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID

ldquoNonetheless amid this confusion the home has remained (according to Supreme

Court Justice Scalia- ) ldquothe realm of guaranteed privacyrdquo

NISTgov- ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing

physical financial and reputational risksrdquo and ldquohellipappliances hellip will communicate

even more specific information directly to utilities hellip and other entitieshelliprdquo

National Grid ldquohellipprivacy protectedrdquo ldquoIt is not shared with any of your neighborsrdquo

Illinois Judge- (if a lsquosmart meter can) ldquomeasure electrical usage and load to such

minute detail and one were able to ascertain personal details about a residents

life from such data the mere existence of such a capability does not reasonably

lead to an inference that it is actually being employedrdquo

TheGuardiancom (UK newspaper) If ldquoNSA hellipwants in hellipits inhelliprdquo

US Constitution 4th Amendment- ldquoThe right of the people to be secure in their

persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and

seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable

cause supported by Oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be

searched and the persons or things to be seizedrdquo US Senate ldquoApplying hellip to

searches of persons homes and other private places this amendment requires a

warrant thereby placing a neutral magistrate between the police and the citizenrdquo

Other fronts- Public Utility Act of 1978 the 14th Amendment due process amp

unreasonable search and the 5th Amendment

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Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

15 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

16 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

17 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

18 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

19 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

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PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

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Privacy invasion mechanisms

Itron (manufacturer or Worcester pilot meters) meters reportedly collect data in 5 -

15 minute increments and can communicate with each and every meter whenever you want as often as you want One-minute on demand intervals are possible

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ldquoa leading consensus building organization that nurtures develops amp advances global technologiesrdquo published ldquoProfiling the usage of electrical devices within a smart home can be used as a method for determining an occupants activities of daily livingrdquo via load signaturesrsquo ldquounique electrical behaviour of an individual devicerdquo

American University rsquo01 ldquohellipwhen (lsquosmartrsquo meter) information is synthesized with personal data from other sources credit cards store databases telephone records driving records etc that the information can become extremely usefulrdquo Computer Security

Resource Center (gov) ldquoSmart meter data raises potential surveillance possibilities posing physical financial and reputational risks hellip sub-15-minute intervals hellip can reveal much more detailed information about the activities within a dwelling or other premises than was available in the past (ie)hellipusage patterns for individual appliancesmdash(via) appliance load monitoring to identify individual appliancesrdquo

Security measures engaged No

Security measures

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

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Security hacking amp terrorism

Cyber attackers are no longer bored kids in Momrsquos basement New York Times 0513 the Chinese ldquohighly organized team of hackersrdquo ldquotook aim at companies with

access to the nationrsquos power gridrdquo

SmartGridNews 0513 New questions are being raised about the electric grids vulnerabilityhellip If we dont change our course national

electric grids could be headed for disaster And our societies cannot survive Leon Panetta Former CIA Director amp Defense Secretary ldquoIve often said that theres a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our power systems our gridrdquo

- Remote shut-off terroristsrsquo dream US citizensrsquo nightmare - govca ldquofurther research will be necessary to addresshellip security issuesrdquo - MIT ldquohellipthe more smart meters hellip the greater the risk of security breaches or

cyberattacks on the systemrdquo - Sacramento State ldquoThe Smart Grid hellip (every) layer and technology used

represents a potential avenue of attack - Billion dollar bill for lsquosmartrsquo grid security Markey Report 0513 rdquohellip threat of a

crippling cyber-attack against the US electric grid increase(d) significantlyrdquo - Televent lsquosmart gridrsquo company (Worcester pilot) was recently hacked

- UK Register Smart meters are essentially crap computers in a crap box - NIST (via Iowagov) ldquohellipit is important to assume devices will become penetratedrdquo - Business Insider ldquoone-third of these ARRAStimulus lsquosmart gridrsquo projects failed to

put in adequate security controlsrdquo (Massachusetts deployed municipalities p28) - Gen Keith Alexander NSA amp US Cyber Command Chief ldquoWhat I am

concerned abouthellipis when these transition from disruptive to destructive attacksrdquo says Alexander ldquoAnd I think those are coming We have to be ready for that hellip The probability for a crisis is mountingrdquo

- NetworkWorldcom ldquoIf you use the (ZigBee) for home automation then you might prepare to have your warm fuzzy happiness bubble burstrdquo

- sefepeu ldquomany actors (were) deceived by the effective progress in smart grids The development of standards is behind schedule investments are behind expectations and enthusiasm for the envisaged smart-meter rollout is fading

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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

26 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

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  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
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  • Load_Signatures
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Fires

The total number of lsquosmartrsquo meter fires in

the US and the world is unknown Similar

to epidemiological challenges correlating

fires to lsquosmartrsquo meters requires knowledge

few have in the early lsquosmartrsquo deployment

stage when most fires seem to occur

Florida Light amp Powerrsquos summary ldquo(plastic) Smart meters just like traditional (glassmetal) mechanical meters cannot combust or igniterdquo is directly contradicted by the Ontario Fire Marshalrsquos ldquosmouldering fires andor explosions involving either the electrical smart meter or the meter baserdquo Incident after incident have been correlated and documented NBC Philadelphia 26 incidents fires overheatings IEEE Energywise editor ldquonot just a matter of freak incidentsrdquo WND ldquosmart meters turn incendiaryrdquo EMF Safety Network has documented many lsquosmartrsquo meter fires CA Insurance Adjuster 2 fires ldquoSmart Meters were hellip responsiblerdquo Smart Grid News cites a lsquocouple of dozenrdquo fires Last fall a couple of dozen

(known) lsquosmartrsquo meter fires occurred in just two PA counties Fires however are not the only risk interference arcing surges GFI outlets tripping amp appliance blowouts have occurred shortly after lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Utilities take no responsibility as they own only the meter (See anecdotes at

EMFsafetyNetwork Smart Meter Fires amp Explosions)

The causes seem to be substandard installation by volume incentivized poorly trained subcontractors faulty lsquosmartrsquo meters or possibly wiring that worked fine before but was been compromised by lsquosmartrsquo meter installation Not one lsquosmartrsquo meter is Underwriters Laboratory recognized even though they UL are trying Analog electric meters are circuit breakers etc are A meter must be UL listed in some code requires meter bases be recognized

Internet Blog on California lsquosmartrsquo meter wrongful death lawsuit

Comment The current and very real fire hazards are substantiated but

often overshadowed by other huge lsquosmartrsquo meter hazards

15 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

16 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

31 Go to Table of Contents

any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

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Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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$$$

Connecticut heeded their Attorney General No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

New Jersey heeded their Consumer Advocate No large scale lsquosmartrsquo meter deployment

Germany heeded Ernst amp Young (see Germany p 16)

Not deploying large scale despite predictions Each cited no or too little costbenefit for consumers

- Maine retracted savings8 rate hike audit DPU health suit See next page - Texas smart meters were installed amp the bill went uphellip no one (is) living there - Toronto 84 of lsquosmartrsquo electric bills rose after lsquosmartrsquo meters

- OCregistercom (CA) Bill skyrockets after smart meter ndash ldquohellipwas $150hellipOne

year later the bill was $514hellip The only change hellipwas a new smart meterrdquo

Congressional Research Service August 2012 ldquoRate increases have accompanied Smart Grid-related projectshelliprdquo

EIAgov 2012 ldquonet benefits of this technology to consumers remain unprovenrdquo

GreenTechMedia ldquohellip benefits hellip are for the utilityrsquos bottom line not the consumerrdquo

$28 - $30 Billion in ARRA lsquostimulusrsquo funds jump-started the stalled lsquosmartrsquo meter initiative $45 Billion from the Deprsquot of Energy is often erroneously cited

NStar $20M pilot program $12625 per meter National Grid $45M pilot program $2973 per meter The town of Danvers $18M deployment $1649 per meter

A new innovation being implemented pre-pay lsquosmartrsquo metered electricity similar to prepaid cell phones where when your minutes are gone your service is gone Therdquo process promises ldquoBetter monitoring of energy consumption by the customerrdquo and

ldquoImprovement in energy conservationrdquo Comment will unplugging

California establishes kilowatts households should use (right) and charges escalating tiers

Czech Republic ldquoNo to Smart-Meter Deploymenthelliprdquo

Comment The Worcester pilot Time of Use bait

and switch rate structure will give the illusion that lsquosmartrsquo meters will lower bills

post deployment Also a pricing guarantee is built in

the refrigerator to keep the lights on become commonplace

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

21 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

22 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

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Germany Rejects Smart Meters Based on Economics

September 2 2013 (verbatim) The German Federal Ministry of Economics retained Ernst amp Young a widely respected accounting firm to evaluate the economics of a full smart meter rollout Its conclusion -- smart meters are not in the interest of German consumersExaminercom

Of course for countries such as the US where growing

the economy is a high priority smart meters provide a

wonderful mechanism for stimulating the economy First

you throw away perfectly good meters Then you replace them with new meters

thereby incurring manufacturing costs and installation costs Then you use

electricity to power these meters that broadcast then you create incentives for

people to buy new products that will lower electricity use during peak hours On top

of that you have new health problems for which people will seek medical attention

perhaps resorting to pharmaceutical solutions to their headaches and sleep

problems Smart meters were brought to us with the Federal stimulus money

because they would not have been justifiable without it

Maine lsquosmartrsquo savings become costs compare to Mass

Central Maine Power amended lsquosmartrsquo savings to costs and requested an 8 rate

hike in May 2013 An audit is underway Comparecontrast

Judy Kosovich Examinercom

The $338M supply-side savings projection a major factor in approval is in doubt Maine PUC

(DPU) - ldquowhether CMP reasonably and prudently managed the hellipsupply side programs the

benefits of which were envisioned by the Commission at the time it authorized the projectrdquo

Central Maine Power did not include lsquostimulusrsquo dollars in their net costsavings calculations Had

ARRAstimulus dollars been lsquocountedrsquo as a cost the $meter figure would be $317

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

30 Go to Table of Contents

Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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The Green Mask

MANY lsquoENVIRONMENTALISTSrsquo STRONGLY SUPPORT lsquoSMARTrsquo METERS

THE IDEAL (VTgov) ldquoWith a smart meter wersquoll be able to track our electricity use more accurately hellip and help us save money But what really excites me and other environmentalists about the smart meter is that it is the technological innovation needed to enable us to integrate more renewable energy into our system and reduce our contributions to global warmingrdquo

THE REAL (COAKLEY) ldquoNone hellip demonstrated a statistically valid overall usage reduction or a statistically valid peak load usage reductionrdquo THE APPEAL (TheNationcom) lsquoAt Copenhagen (climate summit) I couldnrsquot believe what I was seeingrdquo says Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch (who) sides with indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin ldquoThese (environmental) groups are positioning themselves to be the middlemen in a carbon market hellip helping to set up in effect a global system of carbon launderinghellipthat will give the impression of action but no substance They look much more like industry front groupshelliprsquordquo

IDEAL VS REAL Electric vehicles are a major impetus for smart gridmeters Smartrsquo gridmeters are a major impetus for electric vehicle mandates Massachusetts has adopted California laws that will impose fines for non ldquozero emissionsrdquo vehicles As of April 2013 there were 900 electric vehicles in Massachusetts NYTimes ldquoShe wanted to reduce emissions and spend less on gas buthellipThe car gets 22 miles on a chargerdquo ClimateCentral ldquohybrids are lsquogreenerrsquo than electric vehicles hellip gas powered is greener considering manufacturingrdquo

biolmedonline Jan 2013 ldquoRF-EMF radiation has been reduced to one-tenth of the existing level hellipafter the (India_

Ministry of Environment and Forests hellipconcluded that out of the 919 research papers collected on birds bees plants other animals and humans 593 showed impacts 180 showed no impacts and 196 were inconclusive studiesrdquo

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

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RadioFrequency (RF) health effects overview

Boilerplate stance National Grid Q Are the new smart meters safe ldquoIndustry research has found that smart meters pose no health threats hellip The smart meters being installed by National Grid are in complete compliance with the FCC standards and guidelines for environmental exposure to RFrdquo

FCC (quotes) CONSENSUS 1) ldquoexposure to very high levels of RF

radiation can be harmful due to the ability of RF energy to heat biological tissue rapidlyrdquo but

2) ldquoat helliplevels lower than those that would produce significant heating the evidence for production of harmful biological effects is ambiguous and unprovenrdquo but

3) ldquofurther research is neededrdquo

1) Cooking living tissue harms it 2) FCC Biological ldquomicrowave

hearing effect has been shown to occurrdquo well below the thermal threshold but the possibility of harmful biological effects is ludicrous for some unproven for some compelling for some and irrefutable for some

3) Further research is needed QUESTIONS

2) What is the line of demarcation for compelling science to warrant cautionrsquo Who determines the criteria One sub-thermal biological effect is confirmed but myriad other sub-thermal effects are beyond the pale

3) Further research by whom What are their influences motivations amp funding Who will pay for it When What action would be taken in the wake of proof Who will bear the astronomical costs What is a life worth How to you compensate someone for years of diminished quality of life

DISCUSSION Landscape 2) ldquoThe microwave auditory effect hellip can be caused by a single microseconds-long pulserdquo ldquoFrey (lsquo62) hellip a human could detect this kind of transmission at (low) power levelsrdquo WHO ldquohellippeople with normal hearing (perceive) hellip buzzing clicking hissinghellipProlonged or repeated exposure may be stressful and should be avoided where possiblerdquo The effect is not well understood 50 plus years later 3) FCCgov ldquohellipnon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations such as Motorolardquo EPA and FDA stopped conducting research in 1996 when funding was cut

Washingtonedualumni ldquoMotorola (internal documents) point to an

organized plan to war-game (Henry) Lais workrdquo

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

27 Go to Table of Contents

Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

30 Go to Table of Contents

Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

31 Go to Table of Contents

any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Epidemiology

Since lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure was jump-started in lsquo09 reports of new or worsening health problems (2000 in two years in California alone) have accumulated Symptoms include (EMFSafetyNetwork amp HMSM Survey

- Insomnia difficulty falling asleep waking nightmares melatonin

- Heart palpitations arrhythmias pain - Head aches sharp pain pressure - Endocrine thyroid diabetes - Agitation anxiety irritability - Ear ringing (tinnitus) ear pain - Concentration memory learning - Fatigue muscle weakness - Disorientation dizziness vertigo - Leg cramps or neuropathy

- Nausea flu-like symptoms - Sinus problems nose bleeds - ADDADHD or behavior changes - Respiratory cough asthma - Skin rashes facial flushing - Urinary problems - Highlow blood pressure - Changes in menstrual cycle - Eye pain andor pressure - Arthritis pain sharp stabbing - Seizures

RFrsquos exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis has been well documented see 3 minute video of DPU testimony of a Maryland man and his Johns Hopkinsrsquo doctorrsquos hearing submittal Also see compelling lsquosmartrsquo meter story of a Maine woman with a pacemaker Similar information has been documented in Massachusetts

Sweden officially recognizes ElectroHyperSensitivity (EHS) also known as rapid premature aging syndrome as a functional impairment and estimates 35 are affected3 seriously Other countries are following suit The US is not

RF Symptoms are often attributed to aging stress etc The doctor if consulted may have no knowledge of EHS or may have dismissed it out of hand years ago Only those who are aware 1) of RF issues 2) lsquosmartrsquo meters and infrastructure are being deployed and 3) had some respite where symptoms abated away from RF or the meter may piece the puzzle together Even then few report their scenario

RF radiation has increased 1000000000000 - fold amp is ubiquitous No control group or locale exists as for every other ailment and toxic entity in history This and other factors make epidemiology extremely difficult HMSM is in contact with the Mass Department of Public Health in hopes of finding both data and a solution

Comment Who would even think to think electric meters could make people

sick At first glance correlating symptom(s) with lsquosmartrsquo infrastructure and

meters seems on the surface is ludicroushellip until one takes a broader view

disregarding well funded propaganda and actually explores the evidence

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Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

21 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

22 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

23 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

24 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

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20 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Moccasin walk (Comment)

IMAGINE while visiting old friends you start

sneezing After you leave you feel better You

donrsquot give it thought until you visit again and

sneeze again and again You visit another

friend with three cats two minutes after you

enter your nose runs and you itch all over You

mumble apologies and donrsquot let the door hit you as

you hurry out You postulate you may be allergic to cat and invest in some

Benadryl You mention it to your brother who laughs and says itrsquos impossible

because nobody in the family has allergies You visit elsewhere you react again

Your doctor performs tests and declares you are not allergic She suggests

dietary fiber and therapy You wonder if yoursquove gone off the deep end You visit

here and there but you react over and over It starts taking days to recover but

you tell yourself itrsquos not real because your brother and doctor told you so

Benadryl mysteriously makes your symptoms all but disappear but maybe thatrsquos

in your head toohellip the placebo effect But the sneezing itching and feeling ill are

most certainly real You finally conclude your doctor is wrong and so is your

brotherhellip who stopped returning your calls Your doctor insisted you see her

therapisthellip so now you donrsquot have a primary care physician You find it

disconcerting that sometimes you react when no cat is in sight but often you

later discern a cause and effect your companion had multiple cats or the like

but sometimes you donrsquot Life goes on maybe for years then to your horror you

discover cats popping up in every store restaurant and hospital and on every

street corner You have trouble working because the cats under your desk make

you sick Then the electric company tells you that you must house and feed their

cats or pay them extortive protection fees Welcome to EHShellip except EHS is

much much worse You are allergic to calico but not coon cat and so allergic to

tiger cat that even fur on a fleeting sweater makes you react but the Siamese

that rubs your leg doesnrsquot affect you a bit Your symptoms vary from skin

flushing to embarrassing digestive (ahhem) issues to debilitating pain Onset and

severity depend on what you were exposed to yesterday how well you slept

how hydrated you are and other factors You are openly ridiculed and called a

liar in the press and to your face You move frequently chasing an elusive low RF

or RF-free home but it is gets harder as new cell phone and lsquosmartrsquo meter data

towers go live Soon there will be nowhere left for you to go

IMAGINE walk in these moccasins for a mile

Are sure you EHS doesnrsquot exist Why are you so sure How sure were you that

Gulf War Syndrome did or did not exist How sure are you now NBCNews lsquo06

ldquoThere is no such thing as Gulf War syndromerdquo MedicalNews Today lsquo12 ldquoProof

Gulf War Illness Does Existrdquo Step back walk a mile and ask is it possible

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In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

En

gla

nd

C

an

ad

a

Au

str

ali

a

25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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21 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

In perspective

Maine Supreme Court found the Public Utilities Commission did not do its due health diligence instead they gave customers permission to lsquoopt outrsquo of a lsquosmartrsquo meter for a fee A decision was expected summer of 2013 (see video at 13 minutes)

The Communication Workers Union ldquohellip medical and scientific literature indicates a tremendous need for more scientific researchhellip upon the effects of microwave and radio wave radiation hellipexposure to long-term low-level biological effects of microwave and radio wave radiationhellip exposure to potentially harmful microwave and radio wave radiation emissions from microwave amp radio wave transmittershelliprdquo

Health Risks - SmartMeters Namkung MD Santa Cruz CA Public Health Officer - ldquo(no) relevant public safety standards for pulsed RF involving chronic exposurerdquo - ldquono scientific data to determine if there is a safe RF exposure hellip given the

uncertainty of safety the evidence of potential of existing and potential harm should we err on the side of safety helliprdquo

American Academy of Environmental Medicine ldquosignificant harmful biological effects occur from non‐thermal RF exposurehellip symptoms and adverse health effects after lsquoSmart Metersrsquo are installed on their homes (are being reported to physicians) Immediate action is necessary to protect the publicrsquos healthrdquo

Smart Meters amp EMR The Health Crisis of Our Time a 45 minute video by Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD founder of the American Academy of Neural Therapy discusses correlation between increased exposure to man made electromagnetic fields and the exponential increase of neurological disease

Take Back Your Power a documentary released in September 2013 includes many cogent concise segments regarding health RF and lsquosmartrsquo meter networks

PBSorg David Carpenter MD Dean Public Health School SUNY ldquohellipI admit that the proof is not 100 hellip I do not believe that doing nothing is appropriaterdquo

Dr Magda Havas Environment amp Resource Studies ldquoCurrent guidelines urgently need to be re-examined hellip and reduced to reflect the state of the science There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essencerdquo

Also see Austrian Chamber of Physicians 50+ MDPhDrsquos misinformation rebuttal

Council of Europe (precautionary principle) Environmental Health Center Society

for Environmental Journalists Sagereports Russian National Committee Vienna

resolution Salzburg Austria Resolution Benevento Italy Resolution Venice Italy

Resolution Porto Alegre Resolution Wingspread Conference etc

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

31 Go to Table of Contents

any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

32 Go to Table of Contents

Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Research

RADAR uses microwaves early microwave ovens were called Radar Ranges Early research was conducted by the Defense Dept Federal research was essentially defunded in 1996 Currently research is funded by the telecom industry

Bioinitiative Report 2012 is an oft-cited comprehensive compilation of 1800 studies Ronald M Powell PhD published a 16-page 06-13 report graphing adverse biological effects identified catalogued and discussed in Bioinitiative

Martha R Herbert MD October 4 2013 (Harvard MIT MGH) Autism involve(s) hellip underlying biology that find striking parallels in the physiological impacts of EMFRFRhellip reducing exposure might ameliorate symptoms of (Autism) by reducing obstruction of physiological repair hellipWith dramatic increases in (Autism) that are coincident in time with the deployment of wireless technologies we need aggressive investigation of potential (Autism) ndash EMFRFR links The evidence is sufficient to warrant new public exposure standards benchmarked to low-intensity (non-thermal) exposure levels now known to be biologically disruptive and strong interim precautionary practices are advocated

lsquoSmartrsquo infrastructure experiments in the lsquoliving laboratoryrsquo without the informed consent of test subjects has precedent President Clinton issued an executive order and apologized to unwitting victims of ionizing radiation experiments The World Health Organization classified RF fields as lsquopossibly carcinogenic to humansrsquo in 2011 Robert Baan PhD principal author clarified ldquohellip2B possibly carcinogenic holds for all types of radiation hellipincluding hellipsmart meters etcrdquo

OLDER RESEARCH hellipPersons Working in RF Field (lsquo71) ldquohellipheadaches and eyestrainhellip over-all weakness and dizziness hellipsleep is disturbed hellipmemory impairment hellip inability to make decisions result hellippulling sensation in the scalp hellip pounding of the heart hellip amp US Navy Commissioned 1989 hellip Pulsed hellip

Chromosomes (blood in vitro) ldquohellipPulsed Wave PW microwave exposure enhances transformation at non-heating level hellip exposure enhances transformations at non-heating levels while CW exposure does not

Cold War irradiation of the US Embassy in Moscow conflicting results A amp B

GeorgiaTechedu lsquoSmartrsquo meter type RF causes significant DNA damage British Columbia CDC Non thermal RF-induced sperm damage ldquoattributed to RFrdquo

Also see justproveitnet amp weepinitiativeorg amp febse- historical EHS perspective

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Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

30 Go to Table of Contents

Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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23 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Mitigating every day microwave exposure

Physician and surgeon Joseph Mercola at mercolacom ldquoSwedish neuroscientist Olle Johansson who teaches at the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm hellip [states] the mass saturation in electromagnetic fields raises terrible questions Humanity he says has embarked on the equivalent of the largest full-scale experiment ever What happens when 24 hours around the clock we allow ourselves and our children to be whole-body-irradiated by new man-made electromagnetic fields for the entirety of our lives Wireless microwave utility meters (lsquosmartrsquo AMRERT) and wireless infrastructure emit involuntary microwavesRF 247365 Following is a partial list of voluntary common household items Some research indicates that bedrooms are the most important areas to electro-sanitize ie mitigate microwave and EMF

Baby monitors Cellular phones Cordless phones (landline) Microwave ovens Appliances (lsquosmartrsquo) Televisions sound and gaming systems (lsquosmartrsquowireless) Temperature systems (indoor screen outdoor thermometer) Wi-Fi routers Wi-Fi routers computers (including tablets) amp peripherals (printers etc) Wireless alarmsecurity pet fence systems Wireless intercoms doorbells

NOTE Remote controls are usually infrared ie not microwave

RF microwaves amp Distance the Inverse Square Law (paraphrased) Though microwaves can be reflected causing hot spots and can be absorbed by

objects their strength generally decreases with distance twice the distance (feet yards etc) four times less RFhellip three times the distance nine times less RF

Comment the more

distance and the more

material ie sheetrock leather etc between a person and the

microwaveRF source especially in the bedroom the better

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FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • AMR
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  • Load_Signatures
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24 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

FCC ldquoguidelinesrdquo

Sources Fccgov bcuccom

stopsmartmetersorguk fccgov

FCC is currently reviewing guidelines FCCgov ldquonon-military research on biological effects of microwave energy in the US is being funded by industry organizations rdquoFCC lsquosafety guidelinesrsquo are among the highest in the world higher than Russia and China by a 60+ fold though FCC is less than ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) lsquoguidelinesrsquo used by the UK Canada and Australia Paolo Vecchia Chairman ICNIRP in 2008 ldquothe ICNIRP guidelines are neither mandatory prescriptions for safety the ldquolast wordrdquo on the issue nor are they defensive walls for Industry or othersrdquo

FCC amp ICNIRP address only heating (thermal) effects of microwave RF radiation tissue actually being heated ie begins to cook Thermal threshold only guidelines do not consider the body of extensive research indicating biological effects below thermal threshold

Federal research was essentially defunded concurrent with passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 TCA prohibits considering health or the environment when approving cell tower siting TCA was invoked in Worcester

for lsquosmartrsquo meter data towers [Comment This may have set precedent]

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25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Page 25: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

25 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

Baby Monitor voluntary intermittent

Cell Phone voluntary intermittent

Microwave Oven

voluntary intermittent

BC Hydro

lsquosmartrsquo meter

(INVOLUNTARY

CONTINUAL)

RF of common items industry data vs industry data

Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative ldquoIt would take 375 years of direct contact with a smart meter to equal the same amount of radio frequency exposure from a daily 15-minute cell phone call over the course of one yearrdquo Also Florida Power Routers RenewGridcom Wisconsin Alliant Energy 4-Traderscom etc etc etc

BCCDC above measured Itron lsquosmart meters (same as Worcester) RF Note microwave oven is 18 times greater than lsquosmartrsquo meter Note below thousands of times that of cell phone Also National Gridrsquos 5000 for ldquomicrowave oven two inches from doorrdquo is neither measurement nor calculation but the maxi allowable by FDA under 5 cm from door 5 cm outward is maximum is 1000 5 cm = 197rdquo

CCST Richard Tell National Grid HMSM

This California Council of Technology comparison of common devices graph (p 22) is widely used as

evidence of the lsquosafetyrsquo of lsquosmartrsquo meters Scrutiny reveals ldquocalculatedhellip assumes hellipscaled to obtainrdquo

National Grid response to Worcester City Council ie ldquoany findingshellip relative to

health issuesrdquo (Richard Tell source data)

See HMSM rebuttal for

Worcester City Council

Actual Measurements British Columbia Center for Disease Control 2012

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RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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26 Go to Table of Contents Rationale against lsquosmartrsquo meters

RF apples oranges amp watermelons

These graphs are oft-cited comparisons of cell phone microwave oven lsquosmartrsquo meter etc RF CCST ldquodevelopedrdquo the ldquofigurerdquo using ldquostarting measurementsrdquo and cites EPRI as the ldquosourcerdquo which is itself ldquobased onrdquo not measured except for possibly Richard Tellrsquos 1978 ldquomicrowave-oven leakagerdquo Hirsch in response ldquocorrected for assumed duty cycle and whole body exposurerdquo

Comment The data used by industry and lsquosmartrsquo meter proponents cite thirty plus year old data and represent lsquomaximumsrsquo as ldquocommonrdquo in an effort to portray lsquosmartrsquo meter RF as minuscule Real life in situ measurements of lsquosmartrsquo meter RF seems to indicate that lsquosmartrsquo meter RF is indeed less than some common devices but by a quarter to a half not orders of magnitude

Relevant variables to bear in mind are lsquosmartrsquo meters of neighbors may subject your home to more RF than your own meter emit RF 247365 and cannot be turned off as other devices can are often involuntary either via ignorance or mandate informed consumers who choose to lsquoopt outrsquo must pay various fees add to cumulative RF or may be the homersquos only in-home RF source have two unique antennas one for the mesh network the other for the

home area network Both emit microwaves continually require a third wide area network of hundreds of antennas and towers because they are lsquolow powerrsquo by law and use unlicensed frequencies they

must pulsepeak pause pulsepeak pause to not cook tissue may meet or beat FCC lsquoguidelinesrsquo but the FCC guidelines are obsolete

and only consider thermal biological effects

Vermont is the only state where ratepayers can lsquoopt outrsquo without paying lsquoprotectionrsquo fees

Same as above

Daniel Hirsch Comparison of

RF Levels to the Whole Body

from Various Sources in

μWcmsup2 over time [corrected

for assumed duty cycle and

whole body exposure

extrapolated from assumed

cell phone at ear]

Daniel

Hirsch is a

lecturer on

nuclear

policy at UC

Santa Cruz

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

29 Go to Table of Contents

Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Dirty electricity

lsquoClean powerrsquo and lsquodirty electricityrsquo describe

the quality of the electricity on our lines Dirty

electricity is ldquoanomalies such as harmonics

(noise) high voltage transients (which) can

cause serious equipment performance and

reliability problemshelliprdquo according to

laboratoryequipmentcom

Dirty electricity is lsquotransientsrsquo and harmonics on lsquocleanrsquo power ldquoA transient surge is a short blast or pulse of high energy that can either come in its natural form such as lightning or produced by other equipmentrdquo and is ldquodescribed as lsquoelectronic rust ldquoThe main culprits are device switching static discharge and arcingrdquo Because lsquosmartrsquo meters are solid state ie contain plastic electronic components their integrated ldquoswitched mode power supply converts the power (from the utility pole) to the appropriate DC voltagerdquo Transformers (the warm box on laptop and cellphone charger cords) are similar Both use power even when off SMPS create more noise but are more efficient High end lsquoswitch mode power suppliesrsquo also incorporate transient mitigationrdquo ldquohellip switching power supplies can generate hellip transients which then travel along the wiring in the walls radiating outward in the wiringhelliprdquoldquo Harmonic distortion hellip was largely absent before the 1960s

Also see Magda Haves Samual Milhelm David Stetzer Preventioncom

HMSM has conducted limited research on this complicated subject and would appreciate an engineerrsquos input

DC (Direct Current) batteries hydro electric plants solar and wind turbines AC (Alternating Current) standard home electricity

National Grid amp industry bandwagon

National Grid replaced between1985 and 2001 300000 fuse cutouts with ldquothe (new porcelain) style most extensively used in the utility industryrdquo ldquoDue to the mechanical failurerdquo and hazards National Grid replaced them 300000 at $330 or frac34 of a Billion dollars Twice

A fuse cutout is a protection device that prevents distribution transformers from power surges

Comment Bandwagons may not be prudent modes of transport

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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ot

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
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  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
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Page 28: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

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Braintree lsquosmartrsquo AMI meters are mandated

no lsquoopt outrsquo is permitted

Smart meters and infrastructure Massgov

Green Communities Act of 2008 mandated Mass utilities conduct pilots

- National Grid 11-129 Worcester $45M - National Grid 09-32 Original pilot withdrawn ($56M) actually $60M National

Grid neglected to include $4M - Fitchburg Gas amp Electric Light 09-31 $ Unknown also included NH ldquoDismal

failurerdquo according to Rep Tackey Chan - Western Massachusetts Electric Company 09-34 Withdrawn - Smart Grid Working Group (DPU 10-82) $Unknown ldquoFinal Roadmap

Reportrdquo submitted July 2012 - NSTAR Electric Company 09-33 Boston Newton Hopkinton

AMR meters are employed along with lsquosmartrsquo technology utilizing customer-provided Wi-Fi HaltMAsmartMeters understands AMR meters communicate usage wirelessly via smart-esque mesh or fixed networks and pilot-provided Wi-Fi devices display usage and controlmonitor appliances and thermostats NStar 0513 report ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo

SmartGridgov The NStar pilot cost $20123766 (half stimulus) Using Attorney General Coakleyrsquos calculations the cost is $12625 per meter

NStar Pilot 0513 DPU report amp SmartGridgov 0313 Report - 3600 enrolled via an lsquoopt inrsquo (unlike Worcesterrsquos auto-enroll) process ie

ratepayers made an informed decision and gave consent - NStar deployed at 2700 locations (25 dropped out prior to install) - 1106 (31) had dropped out of the pilot as of May 2013 - Of the only consumer benefit (according to National Grid on 82113 not NStar)

ldquoCustomers seldom visit (the) web portalrdquo - 44 dropped out 1594 remain (May 2013) Municipalities confirmed as AMI deployed

Belmont

Braintree

Concord

Danvers

Fitchburg

Marblehead

Worcester

Comment If you know of other

Massachusetts deployments please contact

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

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r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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Worcester Pilot Ground Zero

Pilot infrastructure 11-129

- Uninformed auto-enroll opt-out vs opt in (informed) (see without informed consent p 34)

- $45M pilot approved August 2012 A similar but $60M ($56M plus $4M) pilot was proposed in lsquo09 amp withdrawn in lsquo11

- 15000 meters about 20 of Worcester

- 5000 lsquosmartrsquo meters lsquoprovided at no costrsquo were deployed and testing performed before the DPU approved the pilot (map)

- ldquohellip objective of the pilot shall be to reducehellip

peak and average loads by a minimum of 5rdquo

- 3 new private microwave networks lsquo(See lsquosmartrsquo meter infrastructure p 6)

- 5 to 9 cell-like towers with 2 to 5 antennas (microwave Wi-Max) 4 towers required zoning variances 3 towers were approved citing Telecommunications Act of 1996 (see TCA96 p 32) ie if lsquocoveragersquo has gaps towers must be approved regardless of health environment property values etc

Comment TCA1996 does not apply to private data networks

- 3 towers approved at Vernon Hill Greendale amp Bloomingdale substations

- The fourth The Tatnuck tower on Tory Fort Lane at the Cooks Pond substation was not approved because of a clerical error Since then the neighborhood has coalesced into grassroots in opposition not just to the tower but against lsquosmartrsquo meters and their infrastructure (see neighborhood p 30)

- First 4G Wi-Max pilot in the country 163 ndash 242 Wi-Max antennas

- Pilot lsquosmartrsquo meters emit twice the RFmicrowave as current AMR meters Pilot timeframe is erroneously and repeatedly reported as ldquo2 yearsrdquo is actually one year plus each additional 6 months costing an additional un-budgeted $23 Million for a total of $5M (unbudgeted) for the 2nd year As of August 21 2013 13500 meters had been installed

HMSM met with a Worcester city councilor in August 2013 and then

met with Tory Fort Lane neighbors to give a synopsis When HMSM

communicated that it seemed the Council was pressuring National Grid

not erect the Cooks Pond tower instead that it be sited at the nearby

Chandler Street CVS HMSM expected whoops of joy Instead every

single neighbor looked distressed and asked what about the Tatnuck

Arms apartments They shouldnrsquot be forced to live under it either

Bubbles approved area Arrow points to known smart meter installs 3

towers approved 1 pending

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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

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  • AMR
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  • Load_Signatures
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Attorney General Coakleyrsquos position

Attorney General Coakley strongly urged rejection

the pilot in February and May 2012 citing exorbitant

costs retesting proven failed hypotheses no

customer choice invasion of privacy and unaddressed hackingterrorist scenarios as well and

electricity rate of 126 TIMES the base rate DPU

approved the pilot August 2012 VERBATIM

EXCERPTS

$2973 per meter

not well-designed and should not be approved

too large and too expensive

unnecessary and will only serve to burden ratepayers with higher bills

(No indication of what it) would cost if it were implemented system wide

one of the most expensive smart grid pilots undertaken in the country

(National Grid) claims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summit

(the pilot) saddles National Gridrsquos Massachusetts ratepayers with needlessly high costs that will probably not yield results that are any different than those

from other pilots conducted around the country

CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF SMART METERS (not be auto-enrolled)

(NGridrsquos) lack of disclosure on (the auto-enroll option) raises questions about whether Customers will even know that they may opt out of smart meters

altogether and what they will need to do to opt out

The Companyrsquos opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot design is fraught with risk in light of the same approach that resulted in the failed CommEd experiment

The only other large opt-out (auto-enroll) pilot hellip documented that there was no statistically valid overall usage reduction or peak load usage reduction hellip

difference between hellip (opt in vs auto-enroll) comes down to customer choice

In fact after some initial suggestion to the contrary the Company admitted during the evidentiary hearing that it was not aware of any smart grid pilots from

around the country that showed average use reduction

OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN IS UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN AVERAGE USE REDUCTION OR BE REPLICATED IN FULL DEPLOYMENT

The Company concedes that average use reduction will not result from CPP

rates or PTR rates but through ldquoeducationrdquo

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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

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Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

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Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

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Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

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Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

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ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

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ot

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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

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Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
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any conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos proposed education plan are questionable and do not justify its expense

If (marketingin-home technology) is too expensive why test it in the pilot

smart thermostats hellip documented as significantly improving peak load

thehellip pilot as filed is too large and expensive to extend for two years

pilot will have the unintended effect of skewing evaluation results

conclusions drawn from the Companyrsquos pilot with respect to CPP is unreliable

(not) demonstrated that its evaluation plan will yield statistically valid results

failed to present a valid and useful smart grid Evaluation Plan

should be required to withdraw this pilot and propose a more modest pilot

there are many flaws with the Companyrsquos proposed cost determination

(DPU) should also require the Company to adopt cost tracking and reporting provisions designed to ensure that no double recovery occurs

The AMR meters in service (have) remaining life of 20 years

THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED CYBER SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS PILOT

THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD ORDER THE COMPANY TO SECURE ANY

SMART GRID INSTALLATIONS FROM CYBER ATTACKS

(DPU) should not allow the installation of any meter (with remote shut-off)

all of the service in the service area can theoretically be shut down in an instant

The power grid is particularly vulnerable

threat of total shutdown of service is real and the result could be catastrophic

reliability of the Companyrsquos electric distribution system will be placed in jeopardy with the technology that it is proposing to include in its Smart Grid Pilot

(meters) can also be used to shut off service to the customer remotely through its communications network putting its system and customers at risk

However the same shutoff capability also makes the system vulnerable to outside entities that might want to hack into the Companyrsquos system

must be required to have the circuits and chips that control the proposed AMI meters to be physically disconnected from the shutoff mechanism in the meter

hellipthousands of points of entry to its system for hackers to attack

(National Grid is not) cognizant of the degree to which those systems can be compromised and set off cascading consequences

Such a shutdown of the system would of course be catastrophic

Company claimed that it will not turn off customers remotely (during Pilot)

SEEMS UNAWARE OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WITH REGARD TO

PRIVACY

The Companyrsquos inability to cite at the hearing to any specific policy regarding customer notification in the event of a data breach is troubling

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

33 Go to Table of Contents

Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 32: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

32 Go to Table of Contents

Telecommunications Act of 1996

FCC ldquoTelecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) hellip Section 704 hellip No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement construction and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissionshelliprdquo

For a private non-telecom non lsquopersonal wirelessrsquo data network which according to B Blake Levitt is ldquonot be covered under the TCArdquo the Worcester zoning board for possibly the first time in US history invoked the law specifically drafted to promote competition among cellular and broadband providers (to consumers) See Worcester 52013 Zoning Board of Appeals hearing

ENERGYBIZCOM To avoid taxes levied on cell phones ldquohellipthe Edison Electric Institute hellipsaid the machine-to-machine transmissions of smart meters in a smart grid do not fit the definition of telecommunications or telecommunication servicesrdquo

139 (ZBA) Mr Fontane hellipare we only able to rule on the coverage Under FCC rules

FONTANE So theres federal case law (which) constrain restricts the boards purview to in terms of denials to lack of coverage hellip there is no coverage because this is an entirely new system related to the smart grid pilothellip in that case it is our opinion that they meet that requirementhellip

140 (ZBA) This is a PWSF (Personal wireless service facilities) proposal This is not a personal wireless facility

FONTANE The ordinance definitely needs to be updated but it has been interpreted to fall under this criteriahellip this aspect of the zoning ordinance

141 NGRID LAWYER BETSY The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 defines unlicensed wireless services as falling within the general category of personal wireless services and the ordinance picks up that definition

FONTANE hellip our rights of a board of denying this are only based on the coverage area So we cant say we donrsquot like hellip we can only say that we dont like - we dont see that they have a gap in coverage If they have a gap in coverage then we essentially according to FCC regulations in case law we have to approve it We can approve it with conditions and make sure they adhere to the law but we have to approve it

228 (ZBA) Were actually limited by the federal government on how to vote on this exactly we cant just we cant take health concerns into consideration Environmental concerns Many of the issues that Ive heard I believe are dealt with - by the federal government not the zoning board of appeals of the city I feel we should just press onhellip

33 Go to Table of Contents

Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 33: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

33 Go to Table of Contents

Propagandapredetermined outcome

SPIN The Worcester Telegram reported ldquoNational Grid

decided to hold the summit largely so it could solicit

comments from the public as it prepares to launch a

smart-grid pilot program in Worcesterrdquo According to

National Grid ldquoThe customer voices heard at the

Green2Growth Summit helped National Grid develop a

highly customer-centric approach to the smart gridrdquo and ldquoallowed Worcester

residents and community members to contribute their own ideas to a vision

process and desired outcomehelliprdquo

FACT SmartGridgov ldquohellip the (planning) group identified the mix of roles

perspectives desired to be part of the visioning process Each committee

member identified specific people they knew and provided contact details which

saved tremendous time and opened doorsrdquo OUTCOME ldquoNational Gridrsquos Smart

Grid Pilot to Support Community Goalshellip it needed to create a Sustainability Hubrdquo

The summit leader Peter Senge Leader of Change was contracted by National

Grid to implement his Appreciative Inquiry lsquosocial constructionrsquo technique which

he utilizes around the world at lsquosmartrsquo gridmeter summits The United Nations

created a course on Sengersquos base on it to accelerate the ldquoParadigm Shift in

Learninghellip From individual to collectivehellipFrom local to globalhellipGuiding Ideas

(Governing Ideas)rdquo

Attorney General Coakley (National Grid) ldquoclaims hellip it has relied on customer input for this proposal the only evidence for that is reference to the Worcester Green2Go Summitrdquo

Comment Community engagement was lacking in the National Grid

2009 lsquosmartrsquo pilot proposal withdrawn in early lsquo11 for ldquovarious

reasonsrdquo hence Green2Growth was hatched and ldquoSustainability Hubrdquo

the was launched (Who is paying for the lsquoSustainability Hubrsquo) The

budget was altered ie some smart grid facets were eliminated and the

customer engagement budget was increased

rdquoAppreciative Inquiry establishes ldquotruthrdquo by systemic consultationrdquo (theducklowsca)

rdquoSocial constructionism argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a

knowledge community of people who agree about the truthrdquo (sonomaedu)

Comment

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 34: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

34 Go to Table of Contents

Without informed consent

Just 13 with lsquosmartrsquo meters are aware one is attached to their home Of the same group zero realized they were pilot program participants according to a July 2013 HaltMAsmart Meters survey of a deployed Worcester neighborhood

Most pilots including the other two Massachusetts pilots are lsquoopt inrsquo ie ratepayers are given information and allowed to make a decision Against Attorney General Coakleyrsquos pointed opposition the Worcester pilot is passive opt-out (auto-enroll) National Grid mailed this letter amp stuffer (below) to the 5000 lsquoEarly Field Trialrdquo subjects prior to pilot approval (Comment The number stuffers were in the envelopes is

unknown) If ratepayers did not act within 30 days a lsquosmartrsquo meter was installed

Attorney General Coakley admonishment to DPU and National Grid ldquoCustomers should be given a clear opportunity to opt out of smart metersrdquo yet 87 did not know they had a lsquosmartrsquo meter and 0 knew they were experiment participants HMSM is aware of multiple ratepayers having to make many phone calls andor request intervention of National Grid supervisors in order to successfully unenroll

Comment National Grid proclaims ldquocustomer engagementrdquo and lsquochoicersquo Did

most recipients of the letter amp stuffer actually choose or did National Grid

successfully expedite installation by intentionally burying the lsquoopt-outrsquo in the

stuffer(s) to facilitate participant ignorance Call National Grid at 855-377-

7627 Tell them you smartened up and to remove their lsquosmartrsquo meter today

Note the contact number to opt out is now 855-377-7627

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 35: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

35 Go to Table of Contents

Smarter alternatives

FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff ldquoSolar lsquoIs Going to Overtake Everythingrsquordquo Could lsquosmartrsquo meters be the industryrsquos attempt to remain forever indispensable Massachusetts has been the most energy efficient state for two years running It seems more Baystaters flip the switches to lsquooffrsquo have insulated replaced inefficient devices unplug electronics and are more prudent setting the thermostat than the rest of the US Below is a collection of ideas send us yours Ductless air conditioning works great is cheaper uses less space and uses 25-50 less electricity than conventional lsquocentral airrsquo It saves even more electricity over window units Air conditioning is the major impetus for lsquocritical peakrsquo draw on the grid (ie 126 the base rate lsquosmartrsquo tariffsrsquo) yet central systems are still considered superior and installed as a matter of course Comment why is that

Dishwashers already have lsquodelayrsquo Why donrsquot washing machines etc And a reminder that asks lsquocan this wait lsquotil after 8rsquo Hot Water Heaters programmable controls settable to save electricity but still provide hot water for morning showers and meal prep etc Tankless hot water units are still prohibitively expensive and work poorly during high demand Electric units are notoriously weak yet a hybrid tanktankless does not exist Could a freezer freeze a block of ice that is also part of the lsquofridge during peak An old technology renewed Why are electronics that still draw electricity when off still so popular Why not plug them into a surge protector and switch IT off via a wall switch Graphed home usage units are readily available if you need to see a graph Solar might be more popular if looming fines were not on the horizon Home solarmicro hydro system exist excess electricity pumps water into an elevated tank At night etc the water flows creating power Incandescent vs CFL compact Fluorescent Light bulbs are not a panacea Their drawbacks include ultraviolet light emissions flicker and mercury (but the good news is according to physorg ldquo(CFLrsquos) distinct isotope signal could help researchers track the toxic metals movement in the environmentrdquo

36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
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36 Go to Table of Contents

Action

Join HaltMAsmartMeters today Email HalltMAsmartMetersgmailcom Donate to HaltMAsmartMeters today (Hyperlink to back cover)

Worcester Refuse a lsquosmartrsquo meter call National Grid 855-377-7627 Call write amp email your elected officials (click for contact info) and ask them to

learn about the issue support House Bill 2926 (see below) and demand the pilot be halted until all issues are resolved

Write letters to the editor ask media outlets to cover the issue Contact the Attorney General about your experience with the pilot Massachusetts EXAMPLE I do not nor will I ever consent to a so-called lsquosmartrsquo AMI meter affixed to my home Please do all you can do to halt deployment and institute a citystatewide moratorium I am particularly concerned abouthellip (adverse untracked health effects microwave EMF electrical amp fire safety invasion of privacy terrorism amp hacking property values ecological impacts the disturbing lack of ratepayer informed consenthellip) Contact your municipal leaders Spearhead a lsquosmartrsquo meter moratorium in your town (HMSM will help you) Contact your state rep senator (also ask to support H 2926 below) Contact your local press Contact Attorney General agostatemaus Contact your federal representative to demand that heshe oppose HR 2685

Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013 RF Meter Opt Out Bill H2926 An Act relative to utilities smart meters amp ratepayersrsquo rights Submit comments to committee reviewing opt-out of lsquosmartrsquo amp microwave meters JohnKeenanmahousegov amp BenjaminDowningmasenategov Comment 2926 is a fallback if lsquosmartrsquo meters are deployed lsquoOpt outrsquo a straw solution it can be amended or retracted at any time as it did in the UK 100 assimilation is the agenda Opting out does not solve the microwaveRF problem

National Grid Opt Out Tariff Request The self adjudicating MA DPUrsquos Docket 13-83 will impose punitive extortive tariffs on MA residents who opt of non-microwaveRF meters Proposed Fees Electric $26 to switch out amp back plus $11month (Gas 6713) wwwenvstatemausDPU ldquo13-83rdquo in search box HMSM believes 13-83 is political andor preemptive for lsquosmartrsquo meter opt out If you are interested in having the microwaveRF emitting meter from your home even if it is not lsquosmartrsquo visit HaltMAsmartMetersorg

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 37: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

37 Go to Table of Contents

ElectroMagnetic (EM) spectrum basics

Microwaves make up part of the RadioFrequency (RF) spectrum They can be continuous intermittent or pulsed (see time averaging p 38)

are transmitted reflected or absorbed

intensity is expressed in lsquopower densityrsquo per unit of area

are non-ionizing ie they cannot move an electron out of orbit

SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is the standard for lsquosafetyrsquo of up close microwaves like cell phones SAR is not a measurement of RF but of the heat the it generates though the lsquoheatrsquo factor is seldom specified SAR values are based on the heightweight of ldquothe top 10 of US military recruits in 1989rdquo

FCCgov (paraphrased) Unlicensed 902 to 928 MHz microwave bands travel further and penetrate obstructions better than other bands but maximum transmit power is restricted requiring of spread spectrum (frequency hopping) The earth amp human brain share the Schumann Resonance frequency 783 Hz which is 23790 miles crest to crest exactly 3 times Earthrsquos diameter 900 MHz the mesh 131rdquo ZigBeeWi-Fi 24 GHz 49rdquo Wi-Max 365 GHz 32rdquo [convert]

Like there are different kinds of light visible UV amp infrared there are different of microwaves lsquosmartrsquo meter use unlicensed by FCC frequencies 900ish MHz for meter to meter to meter network integrity and data transmissions 24 GHz for ZigBee home networking ie lsquosmartrsquo appliances as well as others Comment Microwaves are cumulative like 2 plus 3 lightning strikes equal 5

strikesrsquo ie Wi-Fi plus lsquosmartrsquo meter adds up similarly though not as simply

Industry often states effects are not cumulative because if you heat your eye it

cools back down andor because no DNA breaks on which research conflicts

Sou

nd

we

hea

r

is n

ot

EM e

ner

gy

bu

t m

ech

anic

al

wav

es t

rave

ling

thro

ugh

air

38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
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38 Go to Table of Contents

RFmicrowave time averaging

Buy a gallon of chocolate ice creamhellip and eat the whole thing by yourself in a day Assuming 26 scoops thatrsquos just like having

a kiddie cone every other Sunday for a year

Go to a nightclub and look directly at the strobe light flash 10 times over 1 minute Assume each flash is 11000 of a second itrsquos less light than a 4-watt night lighthellip time averaged The math would prove it The duty cycle is only 1 ie it pulsed light for only 101000rsquos of a second Time averaging

lsquoSmartrsquo meter lsquosafetyrsquo data use the same math (Number of bursts per day multiplied the fractions of a second per burst) divided by (24 hours) completely negating all the powerful bursts Testing documents submitted by manufacturers to FCC do not include actual bursts just the averaged calculations

BC (Deploying same Meters as Worcester) ldquolsquosmartrsquo meters are designed to emit pulses 01 to 015 seconds long at

irregular intervalsrdquo This is true and correlates with National Gridrsquos assertion lsquosmartrsquo meters transmit data

one minute per day However it does not account for the 14000 ndash 190000 (figure released in California under court order)

of microwave bursts each meter emits each day to maintain MESH network integrity It is sometimes referred to as pinging The duty factor is the seconds the pulse is on

divided by the total seconds A 100 duty factor = continuous

FCC test document only document time averaged data it does not specify what the peaks are

If the pulses were lightning strikes amp the timeframe a year would you average the and declare them benign

Time averaged five microseconds per reading

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
Page 39: hmsm comprehensive resource final revonedot3

39 Go to Table of Contents

Index

13-83 36 2926 36 4th Amendment 11 AC 27 aggregator 8 AMR 5 Analog 5 Appreciative Inquiry 33 ARRA 4 ARRAStimulus 13 AutomaticAutomated

Meter Reading 5 BCCDC 25 Bioinitiative 22 BPL 7 Brundtland Gro 9 carcinogenic 22 CCST 26 Central Maine Power

16 CGR 8 clean power 27 Clinton 22 collectorrepeatercell

relay 4 concentrator 8 Connected Grid Router

8 Cooks Pond 29 cumulative 26 CW Continuous Wave

22 DC 27 DNA damage 22 duty factor 38 Early Field Trial 34 EHS 19 electric vehicles 17 electro-mechanical 5

Encoder Receiver Transmitter 5

EPRI 26 ERT 5 FCC 18 24 FCC ID 4 5 FDA 25 FERC 35 Fontane 32 Green2Growth Summit

33 Grid Modernization

Round Table 9 HAN 7 hard-wired 6 hardwiring 7 harmonics 27 House Bill 2926 36 ICNIRP 24 India 17 Inverse Square Law 23 ionizing 37 LAN 8 load signature 12 Maine 16 microwave auditory

effect 18 microwave hearing

effect 18 Moscow 22 National Grid 855-377-

7627 36 New Jersey 15 non-ionizing 37 opt out 34 Opt Out Tariff 36 PLC 7 precautionary principle

9

PW Pulsed Wave microwave 22

PWSF 32 Reclosers 6 RF RadioFrequency 37 SAR 22 SAR Specific

Absorption Rate 37 Schumann Resonance

37 solar 4 sperm damage 22 stimulus 4 survey 34 Sustainability Hub 33 Switch mode power

supplies 27 Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (TCA) 32

The Future We Want 9 time averaging 38 Time of Use 9 15 Tory Fort Lane 29 transformer 27 transients 27 UN 9 United Nations 33 WAN 7 WiMax 7 Wi-Max 7 Wi-Max 29 Worcester city

councilor 29 ZBA 32 ZigBee 7 11 13 Zoning Board of

Appeals Worcester 32

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HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate
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40 Go to Table of Contents

HaltMAsmartMeters is in on record in favor of improving our aging electric grid but not at the expense of peoplersquos health privacy safety and security For the $76 Billion price tag to deploy Commonwealth-wide consumer benefits equal

zero and the disadvantages are vast dangerous amp paradigm altering

Two ways to donate

NOT tax deductible (your generous donation will be received faster) Make the check out to

HaltMAsmartMeters amp mail to PO Box 35 Wayland MA 01778

Tax deductible make the check out to EMR Policy Institute

Be sure to write ldquoHaltMAsmartMetersrdquo on the memo line amp mail to EMR Policy Institute

PO Box 117 Marshfield VT 05658 It would be helpful if you let us know you donated at HaltMAsmartmetersgmailcom

EMR Policy is acting as HaltMAsmartMeters 501(c) 3 lsquofiscal agentrsquo

and will receive 5 of your generous donation Thank you

HaltMAsmartMetersorg

HaltMAsmartMetersgmailcom (888) 272 ndash 6510 (vm)

Please donate $4 for this printed

booklet or feel free to print your own

  • Table_of_Contents
  • smart_meters_are_plastic_portals
  • smart_meter_infrastructure
  • FCC_Test_Documents
  • Interweaving
  • Reclosers
  • HAN_overview
  • AMR
  • Benefits_WEB_PORTAL
  • Benefits_BOTTOM_LINE
  • Scalia
  • Privacy
  • Load_Signatures
  • Terrorist_cyber_attacks
  • ZigBee_for_home_bubble
  • Fires
  • Benefits_GERMANY
  • Benefits_EIA
  • Germany_Ernst_Young
  • The_Green_Mask
  • mitigate
  • FCC_Guidelines
  • safety_guidelines
  • Common_Items
  • Dirty_Electricity
  • Web_Portal
  • municipalities_deployed
  • AMI_DEPLOYED_MA
  • Ground_Zero
  • Provided_at_no_Cost
  • Coakley_judgement
  • Neighborood_In_Perile
  • TCA1996
  • Manipulation_Propaganda
  • Propaganda
  • NO_Informed_Consent
  • SAR_Specific_Absorbtion_Rate
  • Time_Averaged
  • Donate