tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800324706632571612024-03-05T11:10:35.447-08:00Alerts on DTE and Breaking News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from the Smart Meter Education NetworkBreaking news on smart meters in Michigan and around the globe, including the latest DTE and Consumers Energy tactics and how they affect you.
See www.SmartMeterEducationNetwork.com for more information.Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-44007320618096489832019-08-10T14:27:00.000-07:002019-08-10T14:27:08.799-07:00Lansing Board of Water and Light Smart Meters and Opt-Out Meters<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">An Inadequate Opt-Out: Get Involved!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://www.lbwl.com/customers/bsmart/smart-meter-opt-out">Lansing Board
of Water and Light</a> (BWL) has begun installing smart electric and smart
water meters. BWL is Michigan’s third largest utility and the state’s largest
municipally-owned utility. Because BWL is a municipal utility, they are not
regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) and get to set their
own rules and regulations. The mayor appoints the <a href="https://www.lbwl.com/about-bwl/governance/board-commissioners">BWL board</a>,
so this provides an opportunity for BWL customers to advocate for changes to
the program. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Lansing-based group is
organizing to advocate for changes to the current smart meter program. If you
are interested in getting involved, please contact </b><a href="mailto:shapiro.mitch@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mitch Shapiro</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> and </b><a href="mailto:carol.patton@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Carol Patton</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b></span></div>
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The Board of Water and Light <span id="goog_1677030741"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">does not</i> inform customers<span id="goog_1677030742"></span> that there
is an opt-out option, except on its website, which few people read. Currently, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BWL is only allowing customers to opt out
prior to the installation of a smart meter on their home</b>, so it is imperative
that you act now! Most other utilities allow customers to opt out at any time.
Read more about this under Opt-Out Program on this page.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Honeywell Elster Smart Meter Being Installed by Lansing BWL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sensus iPerl Smart Meter</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On this page: </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Smart Meters</i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Opt-Out Program</i></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What You Can Do</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Smart Meters</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lansing Board of Water and Light is installing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>the <a href="https://www.elstersolutions.com/en/index">Honeywell Elster smart meter</a>
on the homes and business of 97,000 customers. In addition, it is replacing
56,000 water meters with radiation-emitting <a href="https://sensus.com/products/iperl-north-america/">Sensus iPerl smart
water meters</a>. BWL has contracted <a href="https://tribusservices.com/">Tribus
Services</a> to do the installations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BWL spouts the usual baloney about how smart meters are safe
and environmentally sound on its page <a href="https://www.lbwl.com/customers/bsmart">Smart Meter Installations</a>. One
thing we can give BWL credit for is that they are not beating around the bush
about what they are installing. They straight up call them “smart meters,”
rather than trying to evade the issue by calling them “advanced meters” or “AMI
meters” or a “meter upgrade.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">However, </i>the terms
“radiofrequency radiation” and “wireless radiation” are not to be found on their
website. They misleadingly tell their customers that the smart meters use “digital
technology that enables us to read your meter remotely.” While it’s true that
the meters use digital technology, the meters are read remotely because of the radiofrequency
radiation they emit. That’s not digital; it’s wireless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a copy of the postcard BWL sends out informing you that smart meter are being installed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Opt-Out Program</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://www.lbwl.com/customers/bsmart/smart-meter-opt-out">opt-out meter</a>
BWL is installing is the Honeywell Elster smart meter with its radio
transmitters (supposedly) disabled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A BWL customer may
opt-out only if a smart meter has not already been installed on their home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Once a smart meter is installed, you are
out of luck! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>The BWL is out of step with the times. While
most opt-outs across the country are inadequate in that they do not allow
customers to have an analog meter on their home, nonetheless, most utilities <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">do</i> offer their customers the opportunity
to opt out at any time. What happens to people who buy a home after a smart
meter has been installed? What about people who don’t know about the opt-out
program? The BWL is sending out postcards informing people of the smart meter
installation and the opt-out, but a postcard amidst a plethora of junk mail is
easy to overlook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you are a BWL
customer, you need to lobby for an opt-out that can take place at any time. A
Lansing-based group is organizing to advocate for changes to the current smart
meter program. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact </b><a href="mailto:shapiro.mitch@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mitch Shapiro</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> and </b><a href="mailto:carol.patton@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Carol Patton</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The opt-out is not
offered to commercial customers or multi-unit dwellings.</b> That is typical,
but BWL’s refusal to allow tenants, renters, or lessees to opt-out, even if
they pay the electric bill, breaks from the precedent set by other utilities in
Michigan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The fee is $115 to opt out of the smart electric meter, and
then a $10/month meter-reading fee. The fees for water meters and the electric
and water meter combined can be found on the BWL <a href="https://www.lbwl.com/customers/bsmart/smart-meter-opt-out">opt-out page</a>.
You can fill out the form on that page to opt out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are strongly urged for health reasons to opt out of both
the electric and <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/water-smart-meters.php">water
meters</a>. Be aware that opting out of the smart electric meter will not
protect you from <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/dirty-electricity-and-smart-meters.php">dirty
electricity</a> because both the smart meter and the opt-out meter use digital
technology that creates dirty electricity. You can effectively filter out dirty
electricity. For information on a whole-house filter for dirty electricity that
protects your health and your appliances, has helped many electrosensitive
(EHS) people,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and does not generate a
magnetic field, please contact Smart Meter Education Network director Linda
Kurtz at 769-4241 (area code 734). Linda sells this filter at a very
considerable discount.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What You Can Do</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Flyer the heck out of your neighborhood! Let your neighbors know
what is coming.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Group advocacy is very important. You can also advocate
individually. Get involved with the Lansing group by contacting <a href="mailto:shapiro.mitch@gmail.com" target="_blank">Mitch Shapiro</a> and <a href="mailto:carol.patton@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Carol Patton</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Contact BWL by phone, mail, email or online to let them know
how you think their opt-out program needs to be changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We suggest the following as a place to start:</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The opt-out program should
remain available after the initial installation period ends.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Customers should be
allowed to keep their analog meters and have their upfront opt-out fee
reduced accordingly, since no installation work will be required.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monthly opt-out fees
should be reduced, especially for low-income households.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a city-owned utility
not regulated by the MPSC, BWL should be more transparent in explaining to
its customers the rationale for its opt-out restrictions and fees, and
more proactive in seeking public input on these decisions before they are
finalized.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">News Stories</b></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Board-of-Water-and-Light-looking-to-install-smart-meters-437770233.html"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Board of Water and Light looking to
install smart meters</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
(2017). Not one mention is made of the health issues.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.wlns.com/news/bwl-says-making-the-switch-to-smart-meters-will-improve-overall-service/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BWL says making the switch to smart
meters will improve overall service</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (2017)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Additional
Information</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.tdworld.com/metering/leidos-install-manage-smart-grid-lansing-board-water-light">Leidos</a>
is managing the entire smart grid for Lansing.</span></div>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-18764259178025183222019-01-23T16:38:00.001-08:002019-01-23T16:38:07.673-08:00Cancer Rates Rising Among Young--Cell Phones<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_2">
Young
people are getting brain cancer, renal cancer, hepatic (liver) cancer,
and thyroid cancer at increasing rates. Why? Well, think about where
people keep their cell phone when not using it: around their kidneys and
liver (and gonads--don't know if that was studied). And when
talking--thyroid.<br />
<br />
Among individuals under 20 years old in the USA
after analyzing 2001–2014 US National Cancer statistics tumor data from
48 states (covering 98% of the US population).<br />
<br />
Read more at the <a href="https://ehtrust.org/cdc-finds-brain-liver-and-thyroid-cancers-increasing-among-us-children-2001-2014/?fbclid=IwAR3pS2OjUqpYIpNSYnUPeJqCoCzpGPrwq1jGNA3T_Ley4EZvrawIQRiIpgI" target="_blank">Environmental Health Trust</a>. </div>
Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-17419018510160474282019-01-23T16:21:00.000-08:002019-01-23T16:21:02.586-08:005G Going into Hiding<span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="fl451-0-0"><span data-text="true">Now 5G can hit you harder--and be better hidden.<a href="https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/10/vodafone-will-hide-ericsson-4g-5g-cell-antennas-under-manhole-covers/" target="_blank"> Manhole covers will radiate wireless signals upwards from ground level</a>. And go 650 feet, at least. Unlike small cell towers, manhole-based solutions apparently do not require permission from city planners.</span></span></div>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-80019166271340440672018-11-21T10:00:00.002-08:002018-11-21T10:00:26.421-08:00Listen to Many Experts at Wireless Technology Forum<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><strong>Wireless Technology Forum<br />
December 4, 2018 </strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><strong> </strong></span></span>
<br />
State Senator Patrick Colbeck and others are bringing many experts in
the field of wireless technology to Lansing, MI on December 4 for a
4-hour forum. The public is invited to attend. Please also ask your
state legislators to go. Here is the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://SmartMeterEducationNetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd067caa77de40ea79ce20e700%26id%3D6075613a60%26e%3Db043c15d35&source=gmail&ust=1542909557345000&usg=AFQjCNER8eph9r51T7xKC6KyM79iPqtvLA" href="https://smartmetereducationnetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d067caa77de40ea79ce20e700&id=6075613a60&e=b043c15d35" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: mediumblue;">flyer</span></a> for the event. We urge you to attend.<br />
<br />
Don't forget that with regard to smart meters, dirty electricity is as
much a health issue as the wireless radiation, perhaps more so, since
the dirty electricity runs through your wiring. You can read more about
dirty electricity on our <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://SmartMeterEducationNetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd067caa77de40ea79ce20e700%26id%3Db4ebec4205%26e%3Db043c15d35&source=gmail&ust=1542909557345000&usg=AFQjCNEYEnzRXz0uPmEXRC8KFWJhP1o3Hw" href="https://smartmetereducationnetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d067caa77de40ea79ce20e700&id=b4ebec4205&e=b043c15d35" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: mediumblue;">Dirty Electricity</span></a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://SmartMeterEducationNetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd067caa77de40ea79ce20e700%26id%3D3c34a5c798%26e%3Db043c15d35&source=gmail&ust=1542909557345000&usg=AFQjCNFq7uPAQ337dJFMWNw4FjuZtNKJZg" href="https://smartmetereducationnetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d067caa77de40ea79ce20e700&id=3c34a5c798&e=b043c15d35" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: mediumblue;">Smart Meters 101</span></a> pages.Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-47260204759129353842018-03-30T17:12:00.005-07:002018-03-30T17:15:00.567-07:00How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation<h1 class="title">
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/how-big-wireless-made-us-think-that-cell-phones-are-safe-a-special-investigation/" target="_blank">How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation</a></h1>
<h2 class="subtitle">
The disinformation campaign—and massive radiation increase—behind the 5G rollout.</h2>
<h2 class="author_name">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">By Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie</span></h2>
<br />
The Nation is the oldest and one of the most respected newsweeklys in
the country. This story is incredible, explosive, and is on its front
cover. Please read it if you care about your health!<br />
<br />
"<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/how-big-wireless-made-us-think-that-cell-phones-are-safe-a-special-investigation/" target="_blank">The Nation investigation </a>reveals that the wireless industry not only
made the same moral choices that the tobacco and fossil-fuel industries
did; it also borrowe<span class="text_exposed_show">d from the same public-relations playbook those industries pioneered."</span><br />
<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">"As happened earlier with Big Tobacco and Big Oil, the wireless industry’s own scientists privately warned about the risks." </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
"The story underscores the need for caution . . . , particularly since
it evokes eerie parallels with two of the most notorious cases of
corporate deception on record: the campaigns by the tobacco and
fossil-fuel industries to obscure the dangers of smoking and climate
change."</span><br />
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-86550812118021636202018-03-03T14:44:00.001-08:002018-03-03T14:55:16.000-08:00AARP Makes Meter Choice One of Its Top 10 Legislative Priorites in Michigan<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">The American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP) just announced that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>passage of the Analog Meter Choice Bill, HB 4220, is one of its top ten
priorities for 2018. The bill is sponsored by</span> </span>state Rep. Gary Glenn and would allow customers of
Consumers Energy and DTE the freedom to have an analog meter, rather than a smart or digital meter, installed on their home, thus reducing health risks and privacy issues. <br />
<br />
“Multiple overflow public hearings on this issue reveal a keen interest
in affordable ways to opt out of smart meters, especially for senior
citizens on severely limited budgets,” Glenn said. “It is very apparent
that utility customers across the state, many of them retirees, have
strongly-held concerns about the effect of smart meter technology."<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"></span>The AARP brings tons of political clout to bear in
Lansing, so this is very good news. But it does not ensure passage of the bill
by any means. There are still two votes needed to get the Meter Choice Bill out
of committee and onto the House floor. After that, it has to pass the Senate
and then be signed by the governor.</div>
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This means that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">—</span>yes,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">—</span>need to email or call every
member of the House Energy Committee, the Senate Energy Committee, and your own
state <a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html" target="_blank">senator</a> and <a href="http://www.house.mi.gov/MHRPublic/frmFindARep.aspx" target="_blank">representative</a>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We
make it easy for you to do with our copy-and-paste lists for <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20Members%20of%20the%20Michigan%20House%20Energy%20Committee.pdf" target="_blank">House Energy</a>,
Senate Energy, and the whole <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Information%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Representatives.pdf" target="_blank">House</a> and whole<a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Senators%202017-18.pdf" target="_blank"> Senate</a>. </b>Make sure when writing
your own legislators that you let them know that you are their constituent.
This matters!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find your own
representative and senator.</div>
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<b>We urge you to write to AARP and thank them.</b><br />
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<a href="http://gophouse.org/glenn-smart-meter-bill-top-10-priority-aarp/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Glenn ‘smart meter’ bill is top 10 priority for AARP</span></span></a></h1>
<b> </b><a href="http://www.abc12.com/content/news/Michigan-Legislature-considering-bill-to-ban-fees-for-refusing-a-utility-smart-meter-475596073.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">ABC 12: Michigan Legislature considering bill to ban fees for refusing a utility smart meter</span></span></a><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">House Energy Committee Emails</span></b></div>
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<a href="mailto:esleeper@house.mi.gov">esleeper@house.mi.gov</a></div>
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<a href="mailto:TimSneller@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TimSneller@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:DonnaLasinski@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DonnaLasinski@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:JosephBellino@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JosephBellino@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DarrinCamilleri@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TristonCole@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ScottDianda@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:BrianElder@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BrianElder@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:PatrickGreen@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PatrickGreen@house.mi.gov</span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="mailto:StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BeauLaFave@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:JamesLower@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JamesLower@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JohnReilly@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:DianaFarrington@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DianaFarrington@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:GaryGlenn@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GaryGlenn@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TomBarrett@house.mi.gov</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: black;">Emails for Michigan Senate Energy Committee</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="mailto:SenMNofs@senate.michigan.gov" target="_blank">SenMNofs@senate.michigan.gov</a><span style="color: blue;">, </span><a href="mailto:senjproos@senate.michigan.gov">senjproos@<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">senate</span>.michigan.<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">gov</span></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, <a href="mailto:senkhorn@senate.michigan.gov">senkhorn@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="mailto:SenTSchuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov">SenTSchuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov</a><span style="color: blue;">, <a href="mailto:senjhune@senate.michigan.gov">senjhune@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov">senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:sendzorn@senate.michigan.gov">sendzorn@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
</span></span><a href="mailto:senhhopgood@senate.michigan.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">senhhopgood@senate.michigan.gov</span></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, <a href="mailto:sendknezek@senate.michigan.gov">sendknezek@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:seniconyers@senate.michigan.gov">seniconyers@senate.michigan.gov</a></span></span></div>
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<b> </b> Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-71796635051071458112018-02-13T15:10:00.003-08:002018-02-13T15:54:59.249-08:00Consumers Energy Gas Smart Meters-- You Can Opt OutConsumers Energy will allow customers to opt out of the smart gas meter at no charge. They will first try to get you to accept the AMR/ERT/modular gas meter instead. Tell them, no, you don't want that, you want to keep your current, <i>analog</i> gas meter. They will allow you to do so.<br />
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If you get your electricity from DTE and your gas from Consumers, there is currently no charge to opt out.<br />
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If you get both electric and gas from Consumers, then the opt-out charge for the electric meter will include the gas meter, but you must be sure to tell them you want to have an analog gas meter. <br />
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Here is one person's report:<br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"Once
I mentioned I wanted to opt out of having a gas smart meter on my home,
she told me I would get a modular added to my current
meter, so that the Consumer Energy driver could retrieve the info just
by driving by without stopping.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"I
refused it and said I didn’t want any modular either, and that we were
anyway always taking a picture each month of the reading and uploading
it on their website.
She accepted my request easily. She confirmed I will not get a modular
and will retain my analog meter. I asked if there would be any extra fee
for the opt out. She answered: not at this time but she can’t guarantee
they won’t be any later at some point."</span></div>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-78491112099525429722018-02-12T14:58:00.002-08:002018-03-03T14:25:08.699-08:00Important: Tell House Energy Committee & MPSC About Your Electric Bill IncreasesOur previous posts discuss the huge billing increases some DTE and Consumers Energy customers are experiencing. If you are experiencing these billing increases, please ACT! Here's how:<br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
Michigan House Energy Committee continues to hold hearings on the <a href="http://smartmetereducationnetwork.com/optout-legislation-michigan.php" target="_blank">Analog Meter Choice Bill</a>, HB 4220. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It
is very important to submit comments to the committee and to let all other state legislators know about these bill increases. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">You
need to let your own </span><a href="http://www.house.mi.gov/MHRPublic/frmFindARep.aspx">state representative</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and </span><a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html">senator</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> know what is happening. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Make sure to save what you write up. You will need it in the future.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">What to Say</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> <span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">We
have outlined what you need to say at </span><a href="http://dtesmartmeter.blogspot.com/2018/02/huge-electric-bill-increases-hearing-on.html">Huge
Electric Bill Increases</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">. You
can see a sample letter I sent in at </span><a href="http://dtesmartmeter.blogspot.com/2018/02/dte-defrauding-customers.html">DTE
Defrauding Customers</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">You
will compare not the dollar amount of your bill<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but the kWh (kilowatt-hour) usage from the same months in different
years. That is easy to do, because DTE give you that information on the </span><a href="http://dtesmartmeter.blogspot.com/2018/02/huge-electric-bill-increases-hearing-on.html">front
of your bill</a><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The longer you can go back in time, the
better. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">At
the end of your letter, tell the legislators that the only meter that can
accurately measure your ACTUAL electricity usage is the analog meter. You can
also tell them that the smart meter and any digital meter can be configured to
measure in any way it wants, because it’s a computer. You can also mention that
smart meters can be hacked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Be sure to put this in your own words!</i>
If they get bunches of letters with the same wording, it has less effect.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tell
them that you want a meter that measures your electricity usage accurately, and
for this reason you want House Bill 4220, the Analog Meter Choice Bill, passed.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Make sure you write your own </span></b><a href="http://www.house.mi.gov/MHRPublic/frmFindARep.aspx"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">state representative</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and </span></b><a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">senator</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (and tell them you are their
constituent). We urge you to write all Michigan </span></b><a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Information%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Representatives.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">representatives </b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">and </span></b><a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Senators%202017-18.pdf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">senators</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (copy-and-paste lists
at the links). Put whatever title you want in the subject line.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Below are lists of House Energy
Committee Members. For what you are sending to the committee, you must make
sure you put “Testimony for February 13, 2018 Energy Committee Hearing” in the
subject line.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">House Energy Committee Emails</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<a href="mailto:esleeper@house.mi.gov">esleeper@house.mi.gov</a></div>
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<a href="mailto:TimSneller@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TimSneller@house.mi.gov</span></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DarrinCamilleri@house.mi.gov</span><span style="color: blue;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TristonCole@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-80349052504364192542018-02-11T18:00:00.001-08:002018-02-12T07:30:02.827-08:00DTE Defrauding CustomersSee our previous post about skyrocketing electric bills. It's very important that you write the legislators about this. You can get their contact information on our <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/optout-legislation-michigan.php" target="_blank">Analog Meter Choice Bill </a>page.<br />
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Here's the letter I just sent:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Perhaps you are aware that thousands of customers are complaining of skyrocketing <i>electric</i> bills in the middle of winter, even when they have <i>gas</i> heat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am one of those customers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have lived in my Ann Arbor home for 21 years. I heat my house via a<b> GAS</b> boiler. <b>Suddenly, after the smart meter was put on my home, my ELECTRIC <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">usaage</span>
has jumped 140% (over what it was the year before) for the last billing cycle, which ended in mid-January.</b> There is no other year in which my electric bill has been so insanely high for the past 21 years,<i> and there is NO REASON for it to be high in the winter.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Could it be the cold? Nope. My GAS <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">usage</span> has gone up 77% for the same period, not 140%, and I heat my house with a gas boiler.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sole explanation, given that I am not running anything more than usual: The smart meter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The smart meter is a black box.</b> An analog meter passively measures your total consumption. The computer that is the smart meter can be programmed <i>remotely</i> to do anything they want it to do. <b>And the customer has no recourse, no way to prove that s/he is being cheated.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The only solution is an ANALOG meter. The utility can't program it to run differently or charge a different rate.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">House
Bill 4220, the Analog Meter Choice Bill, needs to be passed because customers are being defrauded</span><b><span style="color: blue;"> and the only way to prevent this fraud is an analog meter.</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on this matter. Thank you.</span></span><br />
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Has your electric bill gone up significantly at any point
since a smart meter was installed on your home? It has for many people (see previous posts on this blog).<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Make your voice heard to the legislators and the Michigan Public Service Commission. </b> What you need to show is that your bill increased significantly—some
people have seen $20,000 to $34,000 bills for one month of electricty usage, others spikes of several hundred dollars. Links:
<a href="http://fox17online.com/2018/01/31/customers-raise-concerns-after-spikes-in-consumers-energy-bills/">Fox17
report on Consumers</a>. Write to the following:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20Members%20of%20the%20Michigan%20House%20Energy%20Committee.pdf" target="_blank">House Energy Committee</a>, Senate Energy Committee, your <a href="http://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/frmFindARep.aspx" target="_blank">state rep</a>, your <a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html" target="_blank">state senator</a>, <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Information%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Representatives.pdf" target="_blank">all Michigan state reps</a>, <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Senators%202017-18.pdf" target="_blank">all Michigan senators</a>. These are email addresses you can simply copy and paste into your email. </li>
<li>Michigan Public Service Commission: File a <a href="https://mae.force.com/complaints/complaintform" target="_blank">complaint</a>. Enough complaints will likely trigger a hearing. DTE is already on the dock for the numerous shut-offs it has perpetrated without following proper procedure. Your complaint can be another nail in their coffin.</li>
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Due to the cold we experienced in December and January, your heating bill (and probably your electric bill, even if you have gas heat) will likely have increased over the same time last year. That said, if your bill has gone up hundreds of dollars, you can be almost
certain that the smart meter is the culprit.<br />
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How do you show this? It is very easy to do. Look at the kWh usage that shows on the front of the bill and compares to the same period last year. Then look at bills from earlier years. How much has your kWh usage changed? Bills can fluctuate due to costs, but if your kWh usage has changed significantly, you are either running new equipment in your home or your meter is not accurately recording usage. When you write the legislators, you can tell them about both your cost increase and your <i>usage</i> increase.<br />
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The information on the front of the bill is not the amount your bill has increased from previous years, but the amount your energy consumption has changed. Here is <a href="https://www.newlook.dteenergy.com/wps/wcm/connect/dte-web/Pages+Under+Development/how-to-read-a-bill" target="_blank">DTE's How to Read a Bill</a>.<br />
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Also, if you have gas heat, see whether the gas usage has gone up. If it has, what is it compared to the electric. My guess is, your guess has gone up (because it was so cold), but your electric has increased way, way more. If you aren't using space heaters or runing new equipment, then you can bet the meter is not recording your actual usage. See this <a href="http://dtesmartmeter.blogspot.com/2018/02/dte-defrauding-customers.html" target="_blank">letter I wrote to the Energy Committee</a>.<br />
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Make sure you are clear that you have a smart electric meter on your
home. Be sure to tell the legislators and the MPSC whether you use electric or gas heat. I
suggest that if you have gas heat, you look at how much your CCF usage
has increased over last year. If you have gas heat, the usage increase
is almost certainly accurate, because while the gas smart meter
transmits wirelessly, your gas usage is still measured on an analog
basis. For instance, my gas CCF usage went up 77% over my usage the
prior year. But my <i>electric</i> usage went up 144%! How is it that with gas heat, my <i>electric </i>usagewent up twice as much as my gas usage (especially when I have boiler heat)? It's a clear indication that the <i>smart meter</i> is cheating me. <br />
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Have you been running any new appliances? To determine if your
bill has gone up for reasons other than an increase in electricity costs,
figure out the following. This isn’t difficult, it just takes a lot of words to
explain. For the
legislature and the MPSC to see through the smokescreens, we need <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">evidence!</i></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Have you been running
anything new (for example, computer, electric heater, appliance) that you
did not run in prior years?</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">If you have a gas or electric furnace, is the fan set to "On" or to "Auto"? If it's set to "On," this means it is running all the time, not just when the furnace is on, and this could increase your bill significantly.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Have you been running
anything more often than you have in past years?</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">If you have, you can
determine how many kWh have been used by looking up your product online. For
example, If your heater has a <i>1000</i> watt rating and your cost of
electricity is $0.080350/Kwh your cost to operate for one hour would be $0.08.
If you ran the heater 24/7, it would cost you $1.60 per day, or $50 per
month.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Compare the kWh charges
for this bill to bills from the same months in previous years. If the
charges are different, compute what the charges for the old bill would
have been if you were being charged what you are being charged now.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Next, look on the back of the
bill under “Current Billing Information.” You will see “Days Billed.”
Divide your total charges by the number of days you were billed for. That
will give you your average daily rate.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">How different is this from
previous years, computing previous years as if they were billed at the
current rate?</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Keep all your
computations.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">When you present your
testimony orally or in writing, show how you arrived at your answer.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> It is best to simply tell them how much your kWh usage has increased, according to DTE or Consumers. What they record as kWh is what they use to compute your bill.</li>
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Just like math in school—not much fun for most of us, but
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A little more info not needed for the above, but FYI: Your electric bill consists of multiple parts. There is the
kilowatt-hour charge. You will find this under the boldfaced “Power Supply
Charges” on the back of your bill. Then there are the Delivery Charges, which
are found below the Power Supply Charges. Like the Power Supply Charges, these
are broken down into kWh charges.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">House Energy Committee Emails</span></b></div>
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<a href="mailto:esleeper@house.mi.gov">esleeper@house.mi.gov</a></div>
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<a href="mailto:TimSneller@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TimSneller@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:DonnaLasinski@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DonnaLasinski@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:JosephBellino@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JosephBellino@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DarrinCamilleri@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TristonCole@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ScottDianda@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:BrianElder@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BrianElder@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:PatrickGreen@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PatrickGreen@house.mi.gov</span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="mailto:BethGriffin@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BethGriffin@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">StevenJohnson@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">BeauLaFave@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:JamesLower@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JamesLower@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JohnReilly@house.mi.gov</span></div>
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<a href="mailto:JimTedder@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">JimTedder@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:DianaFarrington@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DianaFarrington@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:LaTanyaGarrett@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">LaTanyaGarrett@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<a href="mailto:GaryGlenn@house.mi.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GaryGlenn@house.mi.gov</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">TomBarrett@house.mi.gov</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Find your own </span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/frmFindARep.aspx" target="_blank">state rep</a></span>. <span style="color: black;">Find your own</span> </span><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html" target="_blank">state senator</a></span>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Information%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Representatives.pdf" target="_blank">Copy and paste list for all state reps</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/optout-legislation-mighigan/Contact%20Info%20for%20All%20Michigan%20State%20Senators%202017-18.pdf" target="_blank">Copy and paste list for state senators</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: black;">Emails for Michigan Senate Energy Committee</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="mailto:SenMNofs@senate.michigan.gov" target="_blank">SenMNofs@senate.michigan.gov</a><span style="color: blue;">, </span><a href="mailto:senjproos@senate.michigan.gov">senjproos@<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">senate</span>.michigan.<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">gov</span></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, <a href="mailto:senkhorn@senate.michigan.gov">senkhorn@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="mailto:SenTSchuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov">SenTSchuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov</a><span style="color: blue;">, <a href="mailto:senjhune@senate.michigan.gov">senjhune@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov">senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:sendzorn@senate.michigan.gov">sendzorn@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
</span></span><a href="mailto:senhhopgood@senate.michigan.gov"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">senhhopgood@senate.michigan.gov</span></a><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, <a href="mailto:sendknezek@senate.michigan.gov">sendknezek@senate.michigan.gov</a>,
<a href="mailto:seniconyers@senate.michigan.gov">seniconyers@senate.michigan.gov</a></span></span></div>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-71357710611753010352018-02-06T06:46:00.001-08:002018-02-06T06:46:11.143-08:00Commission Orders Hearing on Shut-Offs: March 2DTE has been shutting off thousands of customers because the utility can't make its billing system work properly. "The evidence for thousands of improper shutoffs was so compelling that
state regulators, in effect, said DTE Energy is guilty unless it can
prove otherwise. The Michigan Public Service Commission ordered the
utility's gas and electric providers “to prove they did not violate the
Commission’s billing rules” when they switched to a new billing system
in April," reported the Detroit Free Press and <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wzzm13.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmichigan%2Fmichigan-watchdogs-accuse-dte-energy-of-thousands-of-improper-shutoffs%2F515103192&h=ATNXUds3CEg4SsB-UykaHh6uC_f3DLmJU_onU8Y6LixH8MfoS1SA3eThQWXOHpZeNCNsWat0JmGs_zQa5eUaF5t-ZC9sQzHsMepsEOvYBr_rZkJzaZdpHsJlyIP1L9PZzqf4vwMlz8Gk1Z9RCIS1-S81_HNMuvyDLqDEmGGVIysdzGHU4g-LbstGbIRRWinaJrygPaAj5AFr2GNi6zrxH2qBBLBrL4O3Si8IzxPJZrbYUyYDb63oYpAO1QxboCC9fgjxq2Q8fwJvdNaikQnYOlcI" target="_blank">WZZM13</a>.<br />
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<b>The commission will hold a hearing beginning March 2. We need YOU to tell us if you have been improperly shut off (<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ovJqTrXMDkWI6Zye2" target="_blank">DTE Shut Me Off</a>) or if your bill has gone up significantly (</b><b><b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://goo.gl/forms/tQ3wVmEHIik1HrKr1&source=gmail&ust=1518013223674000&usg=AFQjCNGPtFUuz3ucba4-8I8Ct8cuvPYwEA" href="https://goo.gl/forms/tQ3wVmEHIik1HrKr1" target="_blank">My Bill Has Gone Up Significantly</a>)</b>.</b><br />
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Read the <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-10573_11472-459387--rss,00.html" target="_blank">MPSC press release</a>.<br />
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The Free Press/WZZM13 article talks about "mysterious illnesses" reported by people with smart meters, again portraying people as kooks, and has a lovely, and inaccurate press release statement from DTE, but at least the word is getting out.Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-71812287459690689022018-01-31T16:26:00.002-08:002018-01-31T16:26:55.736-08:00DTE Bills Going Through the RoofThere is now an avalanche of customers reporting that their electric bills are going through the roof since the installation of smart meters on their homes. Consumers Energy customers are experiencing the same issues, and if you look back through our old posts, you will find some of these reports.<br />
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<b>Just reading this will not change anything. You have to act. So, first of all</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date</b></li>
<li><b>write your legislators and the House Energy Committee</b></li>
<li><b>contact Fox2 news, who will likely do a story. Give them your name, phone number, and DTE account number'</b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/nHwKUEv7XY1JfsOA2" target="_blank">fill out this survey</a>, because this is how we can log ALL the complaints and tell Fox2, the House Energy Committee, and the MI Public Service Commission how many complaints there actually are. </b> </li>
</ul>
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The latest:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/stclaircountymi/permalink/1543525742349756/?comment_tracking=%7B" target="_blank">St Clair County residents are reporting ultra-high bills</a>.</li>
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<li>Worth Township in Lapeer County got a bill for $10,000. Their normal bill is $300.</li>
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<li>My (Linda Kurtz's) bill was normal for the first two months after the smart meter was installed. The next bill is up almost 250%. I've lived in my house for 21 years, and have every bill. DTE is doing a billing investigation. I don't expect anything useful to come of that. <b>The smart meter is a black box.</b> You can read an analog. You can't read a smart meter.</li>
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<li>One meter was programmed with a commercial code, which has a much higher rate. The customer complained for months. DTE determined the commercial code error, but did nothing and continued to charge astronomical sums. Finally, the customer took the meter off and replaced it with an analog. </li>
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-3028241687789724372018-01-31T16:15:00.001-08:002018-01-31T16:15:34.954-08:00Hearing on DTE Shut-OffsOn January 16, 2018, the Michigan House Energy Committee heard testimony on DTE shut-offs of customers, especially those who have refused the smart meters.<br />
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<strong>The testimony presented at the January 16 hearing on DTE and Consumers Energy shut-offs was spectacular!</strong><br />
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://SmartMeterEducationNetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd067caa77de40ea79ce20e700%26id%3D8fa0c61636%26e%3Db043c15d35&source=gmail&ust=1517530329116000&usg=AFQjCNHiaMyRjybPhExTN6Z-RHizvbNDqQ" href="https://smartmetereducationnetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d067caa77de40ea79ce20e700&id=8fa0c61636&e=b043c15d35" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img align="left" class="CToWUd" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjUmKQIGzetPEz0UJH3nKWsstbfH_I1HkfKOqYrzv-nUlzNsLSn3SHZvSNcXc_bXh9sN5ZhHlr7RX8rveoUrB57J4ICTbJUjdBmb2U4NjV_iZmsadPbTeSIBCxtLnd2sfq4k5S1uvL1LeshgjzROeRcKvipI4tm7YvI6m7z7gNvsDRj0SukWjUeMGX7VszJdOjLr9-Oc-PdvIhuHwah9fNTA3BYRmdvAQ=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; height: 139px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /></a>We urge you to watch all of it on our <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://SmartMeterEducationNetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd067caa77de40ea79ce20e700%26id%3D16f3c19281%26e%3Db043c15d35&source=gmail&ust=1517530329116000&usg=AFQjCNE2V8Fz3Ee0r7ZF8bzf70jz4F32eA" href="https://smartmetereducationnetwork.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d067caa77de40ea79ce20e700&id=16f3c19281&e=b043c15d35" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: mediumblue;">YouTube channel</span></a>.
Jaime Chimner courageously braved the EMFs that are so devastating to
her health to tell the committee about her miraculous recovery when the
digital meter was removed from her home and then how Consumers Energy
uncaringly cut off her electricity. She and her husband have been living
since 2015 without electricty from Consumers.<br />
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Wally Listopad and his 90-year-old grandmother testified, as did Dan
Schulte (DTE employees laughed while cutting off his electricity),
Georgetta Livingstone, and many others.<br />
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Senator Patrick Colbeck gave great testimony about the shut-offs and the need for meter choice.<br />
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To learn more about smart meters, please visit our website, <a href="http://smartmetereducationnetwork.com/" target="_blank">Smart Meter Education Network</a>. Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-77953481532694823652017-12-27T13:56:00.002-08:002018-01-31T16:11:42.604-08:00Consumer Energy Installing RF-Transmitting Gas Meters in Areas Served by DTE Electric.Consumers Energy is installing "communicating modules" for gas meters where they provide gas service but DTE provides electric. A person will drive by to read them. These may be traditional AMR meters, which transmit only when a gun is pointed at them. On the other hand, they may be an ERT meter that is emitting RF radiation 24/7.<br />
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The only way to know is to email Consumers and ask them to send you the data sheets on this meter. In addition, ask them for the brand and model of the meter. Please email us the info at SmartMeterEducationNetwork@gmail.com.<br />
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<b>You can OPT OUT of the transmitting meter. Contact Consumers. They aren't charging your to do it.</b> <br />
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<span data-offset-key="ddap6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Consumer Energy Installing RF-Transmitting Gas Meters in Areas Served by DTE Electric.</span></span><br />
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-79362243300005127332017-12-26T17:48:00.001-08:002017-12-26T17:48:29.888-08:00DTE's Latest Intimidation Tactics<!--[if !mso]>
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People continue to resist DTE’s forced installation of smart
meters, refusing to cave in to their shut-off notices and threats. This has
left DTE confounded and uncertain and unable to settle upon a decisive course
of action. Over the last two-and-a-half years they have continually reinvented their
letters, notices, and threats<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> in the hopes that they find some magic bullet
to stop the resistance.</span> Bottom line: Your resistance is working! DTE is
not shutting off electricity to most customers to whom it sends notices (and,
in a crazy twist, it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> shutting off
some customers who agree to allow a smart meter to be installed on their home).</div>
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Because of the strong resistance DTE is showing, and because
of the publicity around the relatively small number of shut-offs, DTE is now
going door-to-door, threatening customers with analog meters that if they do
not accept the smart meter, their electricity will be shut off. They are hoping
that people get scared and let them put a meter on, on the spot. For the most
part, customers continue to refuse installation, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and those customers are not being shut off.</i></div>
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Below we discuss some of the history of these notices and
customer responses. Following that, we outline what you should do if you get a
shut-off notice, some other kind of letter, or DTE personnel banging on your
door or visiting your property.</div>
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Following that, you will find our original pages on what to
do if you get a letter from DTE. DTE is still working to complete its initial
installations in the northern parts of its territory.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Recent History of
Letters and Shut-offs</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Shut-off Notices, the
First Incarnation</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Unsuccessful, DTE Reverts to Its “Health and Safety Hazard
Letter”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Confounded Because
Most Customers Refuse to Cave in,</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> DTE
Decides That a Gift Certificate Combined with a Shut-off Notice Might Induce
People to Call and Accept the Smart Meter</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Even People Who Call to
Accept the Smart Meter Have Been Shut Off</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">What to Do If You
Receive a Shut-off Notice or Other Threat</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Recent History of Letters and Shut-offs</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shut-off Notices, the First Incarnation</b></div>
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DTE began sending out <span style="color: red;">actual
shut-off notices </span>to customers in August 2017. As usual, they have tried
varying tactics. In one instance, they sent shut-off notices to at least 11
Ann-Arbor<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">–</span>area
residents. Eight people refused to respond to their letter. A protest was held
at the home of Linda Kurtz, leader of the Smart Meter Education Network. DTE
never showed up at her home, and never shut off her electric service. DTE did
shut off most of the other customers, but did not do so in one day. <span style="color: red;">Channel 7 did a story on the shut-offs, we were featured on
the front page of the Ann Arbor News, and appeared on MLive and in other
outlets</span>.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Unsuccessful, DTE Reverts to Its “Health and Safety Hazard Letter”</b></div>
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Perhaps because of the publicity, DTE reverted to its <span style="color: red;">previous letter</span> that asserts, without foundation, that
a locked meter is a health and safety hazard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DTE, with the blessing of the Michigan Public
Service Commission, was using this letter as a pretext to shut off electricity
to customers who did not want smart meters. (Read this and this to learn why a
locked meter is not a hazard.) DTE had been sporadically sending this letter
out since March of 2015. When sending the letter out, it tried various tactics
to get people to cave in: Sometimes it sent the letter to customers scattered
widely across its service territory, some over 100 miles apart. At other times,
it would select customers in one city. In every case, DTE has hoped that customers
would cave in. They hoped that the customers receiving the notices and getting
shut off would talk to each other, and that everyone would then fold, accepting
the smart meter without a fight. Most customers refused to fold. After nearly
two-and-a-half years of that pretextual letter, DTE moved to an actual shut-off
notice. When that didn’t work in Ann Arbor, DTE went back to the “health and
safety hazard” letter, sending it out just a couple of weeks later to customers
in the Brighton area. While some customers did call DTE and accede to their
demands, most did not. DTE was foiled again, and state representative <span style="color: red;">Lana Theis</span> is fully on board with Analog Meter Choice!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Confounded Because Most Customers Refuse to
Cave in, </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">DTE Decides That a
Gift Certificate Combined with a Shut-off Notice </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Might Induce People to Call and Accept the
Smart Meter</b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hmm, </i>thought <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DTE. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What
do we do now? Yeah, we get a few people caving in here and there, but mostly
people are refusing.</i> So DTE reverted to the shut-off notice that Linda
Kurtz and others had been sent, but with a twist. It now threatened customers
with shut-off, yet inexplicably added a carrot, a special offer for its “valued
customers”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">DTE sent out
scores of these letters threatening an October 23, 2017 shut-off date, and has
sent out a few threatening a later date. Most customers have refused to
respond. DTE has shut off customers here and there since October 2017, but is
mostly leaving people alone. Of the hundreds of letters sent out, only about
10% of “valued DTE customers” were shut off. That is good odds that you will be
left alone!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Even People Who Call to Accept the Smart
Meter Have Been Shut Off</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">There are also people who called DTE after receiving the
shut-off notice. They told DTE they would accept the smart meter (or the
non-transmitting smart meter) on their home. DTE scheduled an appointment for
meter replacement. DTE went out and shut off some of those people anyway,
including 73-year-old Irene Robinson of Hamburg Township near Pinckney. They
showed up on a Sunday morning, a week before they were scheduled to replace the
meter, and simply shut off her electricity. She’s not the only one. It seems
that whether you call DTE or not, your electric service may be cut. It’s all a
lottery. If you get a shut-off notice, your electricity might be cut</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">—</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">but
it might not.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> If you call DTE and tell
them you will let them place the hazardous smart meter on your home, your
electricity might stay on</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">—</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">or
it might be cut, even though you’ve made the appointment.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">What DTE Is Trying to Accomplish</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">—</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rather
Unsuccessfully</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">DTE has
tried, through all the iterations of its threats and letters and shut-off
notices, to find that magic bullet that will cause not only the person
receiving the letter to cave in, but everyone else that person knows, too. They
hope that if Mary Jane gets a shut-off notice or is shut off, she will talk to
her neighbors who are resisting, inform all her friends and acquaintances, with
the end result that all these people freak out and call DTE to accept the smart
meter. They have hoped that if they send letters to a few people in widely
scattered parts of the state, it will seem like DTE is on the march. It hasn’t
worked. They have hoped that if they send letters to a couple handfuls of
people in one city, the whole city will cave. It hasn’t worked.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">DTE’s Most Recent Tactic, as of
Mid-November 2017</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">DTE’s
attempts to scare and intimidate with shut-off notices are producing poor
results for the utility. Now DTE is trying yet another tactic. It’s latest
letter combines the wording of many different letters it has sent out over the
last five years. Here is the letter:</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">picture</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">This letter
combines elements of the “health and safety hazard” letter with other features.
Among other things, DTE</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">—</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">and the Michigan Public Service
Commission</span><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">—</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">have learned from the formal complaint I, Linda Kurtz,
filed against DTE in September 2017. My complaint was denied, yet DTE has now
incorporated some of my allegations into its letter. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Did you know that according to
DTE a deck can be a safety hazard warranting shut-off?</i></b> According to the
letter, you must remove your deck in order to comply with the law. Regarding
the cooperation between DTE and the MPSC: I was told straight up by the head of
the complaints department at the MPSC that the commission had approved DTE’s
“health and safety hazard” letter and was fully supporting its contents and
claims.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Most interestingly, DTE has dialed it
back once again. This latest letter is not a shut-off notice but instead, like
the shut-off notice, a stick combined with a carrot.</span></b><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Continued customer resistance, the
many TV news stories, and the concerted work of Senator Patrick Colbeck’s
office on behalf of customers who have been mistreated by DTE are having an
effect. Goliath is meeting his David.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">We post links
to media stories on shut-offs on our </span><span style="color: red;">Alerts and
Breaking News page, and also on Facebook</span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">What to Do If You Receive a Shut-off Notice or Other Threat</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Call
us at 972-2677 (area code 734), and follow the instructions there for
connecting with us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Don’t
call DTE until you talk to us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Email
us with your name, city, county, and phone number and tell us the type of
letter you received. If you don’t see it on this site, please attach a copy.
Our email address is SmartMeterEducationNetwork@gmail DOT com (replace the
“DOT” with a period). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Please put
“Shut-off Notice” in the subject line so that we can quickly find your email!!</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Remember, DTE doesn’t shut off most
people.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Calling DTE to allow
them to put on a meter guarantees you nothing. You could schedule DTE to come
out and put on an opt-out meter or smart meter, and they might come out and
shut you off anyway.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Know that if your electricity <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">were</i> to be cut off, you can get your
service restored.</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Know that we have
generators available if necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">If
you do call DTE:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Every
encounter you have with DTE should be recorded. DTE has lied multiple times to
many people, but unfortunately people rarely record the conversations.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Get
the name (and and I.D.) of the person you talk with. Write down the date, time,
and length of the call, and make notes on what was said. Do this for every
call, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">without fail!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;">Every person who gets a
threatening letter from DTE needs to email <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">every
single member of the Michigan Legislature.</i> That contact info can be found
on our Analog Meter Choice Bill page. All you have to do is copy and paste the
emails. There’s no excuse for not letting the legislature know what is going
on!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">We recommend that you do not contact
DTE. As we said, DTE has sent out hundreds of shut-off notices. Only a few handfuls
of people have been shut off. Moreover, even if you call DTE and accept the
smart meter, they might come out and shut you off! It is better to wait and see
what happens. You will probably be passed over. If you call them, you are more
on their radar than ever.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Only one person has been shut off<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the last couple of weeks.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">If DTE personnel come by your home and
threaten shut-off, simply tell them you are not ready to accept the meter. You
can read more on our Alerts and Breaking News page.</span></b></div>
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<![endif]--><br />Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-41118184479855825282017-11-27T13:47:00.001-08:002017-11-27T13:47:43.028-08:00Empty DTE ThreatsDTE is showing up to people's homes with their "bucket trucks" (also called "cherry-pickers), threatening to shut the customer off if the customer doesn't allow them to install the smart meter. Customers who have not received a shut-off notice who REFUSE to let DTE install the smart meter are NOT being shut off. Stand strong!<br />
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<br />Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-27243971700508622432017-11-03T18:50:00.001-07:002017-11-03T18:52:20.818-07:00DTE Shuts Off Customer for Refusing Smart Meter, Then Shuts Her Off Again<a href="http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/291578810-video">http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/291578810-video </a><br />
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Fox News story. <br />
DTE spokesperson gets it wrong, says "there's no electronics" in the opt-out meter.Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-79413479012419571002017-10-29T18:04:00.002-07:002017-10-29T18:04:40.222-07:00Customer Medical Complaint to Be Heard by MPSC<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After receiving a letter from DTE threatening to cut his electrical power…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">DTE
customer Tom Mitchell has been granted a hearing by the MPSC based on
his hand-written letter which he informed them that due to a common
medical condition (</span><b><i>Atrial fibrillation</i></b><i>: a condition occurring when the upper chambers of your heart receive <u>irregular electrical signals</u></i>) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">he could not live without power or with a smart meter on his home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MPSC contacted Tom by phone assuring him that his power would not be cut and that he is scheduled for a hearing on the matter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tom
received a call from DTE telling him, in so many words, to drop his
complaint because no one has ever won a case based on his argument. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tom dismissed DTE’s request and pre-hearing arguments are scheduled for:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tuesday October 31, 2017</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">9AM</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">MPSC Headquarters</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=7109+W.+Saginaw+Highway+*Lansing,+Michigan+48917*&entry=gmail&source=g">7109 W. Saginaw Highway</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Case # U-18445</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">before administrative law judge Lauren G. Van Steel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
large turnout at the pre-hearing is needed to provide support for Tom
and will impress upon the judge that Tom is not alone in his need to
safeguard his health from the curse of smart meter radiation. It is not
known if there will be an opportunity for comments from anyone other
than Tom, but just being there will speak volumes. </span>Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-42798301388046350892017-08-15T18:36:00.000-07:002017-08-20T15:52:47.315-07:00Unexplained Health Problems Since Smart Meter Installed<div class="gmail_quote">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I'm in bed, my head is less then 3 feet from all the utilities coming into my house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have multiple health problems since the smart-meter was installed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have great Family, Rheumatologist and Podiatrist Doctors who </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and are baffled at my declining health--headaches, muscle weakness and fatigue. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm having MRI, MRA and X-rays and hope they can find a cause, treatment and solution! I need this meter removed!</span></span><u><br /></u></div>
Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-64766981156872147432017-07-26T08:34:00.000-07:002017-07-26T08:34:10.998-07:00No More Analogs for Consumers Energy CustomersConsumers Energy no longer allow its customers to opt out and keep their analog meter. We hope that this spurs you to get seriously involved in getting the <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/optout-legislation-michigan.php" target="_blank">Analog Meter Choice Bill</a> passed!<br />
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Any new customers who call or email to opt out are given only the option of a digital meter. The <a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/dirty-electricity-and-smart-meters.php" target="_blank">dirty electricity</a> from digital meters is causing severe health problems for some Consumers Energy customers.<br />
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We don't know when Consumers will force its customers who have opted out and currently still have an analog meter to switch over to a smart or digital meter.<br />
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Read more about the<a href="http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/optout-status-consumers-energy.php" target="_blank"> Consumers Energy opt-out</a>. <br />
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<br />Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-52729091172569344182016-11-13T18:19:00.000-08:002016-11-13T18:19:14.553-08:00Tell Trump: Please Stop the Roll-out of 5G<a href="https://apply.ptt.gov/yourstory/" target="_blank">Ask President-Elect Trump to stop the roll-out of 5G technology</a>,
which is more devastating than smart meters and current cell phone
technology. If he gets enough comments, maybe he will listen. Here is
what I wrote:<br />
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Dear President-Elect Trump: I am asking you to
please look out for the little guy and stop the corporations from being
able to do anything they want, even when it affects people's health. I
am one of a growing number of people who are what is known as
"electrosen<span class="text_exposed_show">sitive." This means that we
are badly harmed by radiofrequency (wireless) radiation. The FCC under
President Obama has decided to roll out 5G (just like Hillary wanted to
give everyone free WiFi). To deploy it, miniature cell towers will be
required on literally nearly every utility and light pole. 5G is
extremely penetrating--it will go through anything. I already can't
spend time outdoors because of all the wireless frequencies. 5G will
penetrate my home. It will be deployed in rural areas. There will be
nowhere to be safe. Please do not allow the deployment of 5G until it
has been PROVEN to be safe! No safety tests of any kind have been done
on it. I hope you will differentiate yourself from the Obama (and
previous administrations) and be actually caring about PEOPLE! When
exposed to wireless radiation I experience unremitting insomnia, heart
palpitations, ringing in the ears, headaches, extreme fatigue to the
point where I cannot function.</span><br />
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Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-35531787114227198272016-11-11T17:32:00.001-08:002016-11-11T17:33:25.770-08:00Sen. Colbeck Speaks Up in Support of Analog Meter ChoiceAwesome statement in support of analog meter choice! Senator Patrick
Colbeck offers amendment to Senate Energy Bill (SB 437), which senate
rejects. "Their home is supposed to be their castle, yet they have no
control over the devices to be placed there." He offers many points
regarding <span class="highlightNode">smart meters</span> and analog meter choice.<br />
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See the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfckTy3I8k8" target="_blank">You Tube video</a> of Colbeck's remarks.<br />
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Also see <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/11/10/sweeping-energy-overhaul-passes-michigan-senate/93617144/&source=gmail&ust=1478998113055000&usg=AFQjCNEorxd2dFkKTF6OI4io7at7U7xp5g" href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/11/10/sweeping-energy-overhaul-passes-michigan-senate/93617144/" target="_blank">http://www.detroitnews.com/<wbr></wbr>story/news/local/michigan/<wbr></wbr>2016/11/10/sweeping-energy-<wbr></wbr>overhaul-passes-michigan-<wbr></wbr>senate/93617144/</a>. Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-69404764162275871712016-11-08T15:36:00.001-08:002016-11-08T15:36:26.757-08:00WiFi Might Be Disabled at Santa Fe City Halls When RequestedThis is a start! Santa Fe may disable Wi-Fi at City Hall when electrosensitive residents request it for public hearings.<br />
Santa Fe City Hall may turn into a Wi-Fi dead zone Wednesday during a
public hearing on telecommunications facilities in the public
right-of-way.<br />
The city is considering turning off the Wi-Fi in
council chambers at the request of self-described sufferers of
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome, also known as Wi-Fi
allergies.<br />
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"We’ll make that
determination tomorrow," city spokesman Matt Ross said Monday. "We’ve
gotten several calls this afternoon requesting that it be turned off..."<br />
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http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/blogs/local_news/santa-fe-may-disable-wi-fi-at-city-hall-after/article_fe8c4428-a543-11e6-977b-1fd4ff24ced9.html </div>
Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-39413515470348834232016-11-07T15:03:00.001-08:002016-11-07T15:04:22.593-08:00Radio interference from LED lightingLED lights: Not only do the damage your retina and create dirty electricity, they emit radiofrequency radiation. Read more at <a href="http://www.emcrules.com/2011/07/radio-interference-from-led-lighting.html" target="_blank">EMCrules</a>.<br />
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"Although today’s LEDs are capable of long life, and delivering high
light output levels with very little power consumption, most need to be
paired with a drive circuit to provide constant current sourcing to
operate in our homes and offices, and that’s where the problem comes in.
These switching drive circuits operate at increasingly higher
frequencies, and in order to maintain the highest efficiency, and
highest LED longevity possible, they also need to maintain very high <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slew_rate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">slew rates</a> [dirty electricity, or voltage changes].
These factors contribute to the overall unwanted emissions from each
individual lighting element, increasing the Electromagnetic background
noise. Most of the interference may be caused by very high frequency emissions,
typically in the 30 – 300 MHz range, and possibly higher."<br />
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"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Electromagnetic interference">Electromagnetic Interference</a>
or EMI mitigation inevitably increases the overall cost of products by
adding additional components to a design, or requiring a more
complicated and expensive design and layout, and for low price consumer
electronics, with very small profit margins, every penny counts. As EMI
mitigation is considered by some as an unnecessary expense, it is often
overlooked or simply disregarded." Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480032470663257161.post-72522814783372037372016-10-28T18:53:00.002-07:002016-10-28T18:53:19.068-07:00Smart Meter Fire in Hillsdale Countyhttp://www.hillsdale.net/news/20161027/no-injuries-reported-in-blaze<br />
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The gentleman claimed that sparks coming from his newly installed electric meter caused the blaze. Smart Meter Education Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256663246840602322noreply@blogger.com2