Events & Letters & Videos - November 11, 2013 TBYP [Duncan, BC] Film screening & discussion with Director, Josh del Sol - Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram Street - 7PM - Thursday, November 21, 2013 (video 25:38) [Opt-out - Texas, USA] Just Say No to Smart Meters for $10 by TheAlexJonesChannel - YouTube - November 10, 2013: - youtube/watch?v=ZEshZkSQlF4 (Alex welcomes to the Infowars studio Dr. Laura Pressley to discuss the landmark decision for Texans to be able to opt out of smart meter installations and the dangers of such equipment in the world at large. pressleyforaustin/ etc.) To: commission secretary Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 Subject: BC Hydro Dear Sir or Madam: It seems ironic to be writing this on Remembrance Day as I think about my father and many other relatives who fought for the freedoms we so easily take for granted. I am a pensioner living in a small rural home. I have always paid my bills on time and lately have been photographing my electricity meter and sending this to Hydro in order to make sure that my bill is accurate. My meter appears to be working well and Hydro has had no problem with it to date. My house was completely rewired ten years ago so my service is up to date. I am very concerned that BC Hydro has arbitrarily determined that these perfectly adequate, functioning meters must be replaced with cheap plastic meters that are not CSA approved, that potentially interfere with such things as pacemakers, that have been reported to cause fires and damage to existing appliances. The new meter would mean that my friends with pace makers, who are also refusing the new meter on medical grounds, will be afraid to visit my home. In addition I do not understand how the new system could even be made to work in the area in which I live. There is no cell phone reception here so how will BC Hydro receive the information sent out by these new meters? Will they have to install expensive cell towers somewhere nearby to serve our few homes? That hardly seems to make good business sense and certainly will not happen by December 1st, which is when I have to accept the new meter. Those who refuse a new meter will be charged $35 a month. My monthly bill is $44 so my cost will nearly double just to maintain the status quo. I cannot afford this. My 88 year-old mother was lied to and bullied by an installer in spite of having done everything required by BC Hydro to refuse the new meter. She now has a meter she didn’t want and didn’t need. I am afraid I will be treated the same way if I continue to refuse. As I live alone this makes me uncomfortable in my own home, always looking over my shoulder for an installer coming to pressure me into compliance. This feels like extortion. I am requesting your intervention to ensure that the new meters are not foisted on those who cannot afford to refuse them and in areas where they will not work by bullying pressure tactics. I would also ask you to investigate the fact that these meters are not CSA approved and are only subjected to random testing. I am concerned that the installers are not licensed electricians and therefore do not have the background and skills to determine whether there are other issues such as cracked or incompatible base plates that need to be addressed when installing the new meters. [BCUC - Bills - Warfield, BC] Time to end FortisBC’s lockout by Darcy Ashby - BC Local News - November 11, 2013: - bclocalnews/opinion/letters/231194651.html?mobile=true Is the community not tired of the continual rate increases asked for by FortisBC to the BC Utilities commission? To the tune of 10 per cent since the beginning of this year. And just wait until the smart meters are put in and see what your bill is going to be. We are not fortunate enough to have another utility provider that can force competition on Fortis. We as a consumer are under their control. This is not a local corporation and therefore the ties to the community are not here. Already employees have quit FortisBC since this lockout and are employed elsewhere. So their dollar is no longer being spent in the community. This corporation locks its employees out because they want to control them too and do not want to share the huge profits they make each and every year. Do you really think a 2 per cent wage increase to the employees will bring this company to its knees when the CEO makes over $1.3 million dollars a year. I know wages aren’t the only bargaining chip on the table they are looking at but when CEO’s earn this much in one year while they have put employees out of work shows just how much they care about their employees and welfare of this community. This lockout I’m quite sure is being felt in the downtown business core. I’m fortunate to have a job while my husband is on this lockout to help pay our bills and purchase food. There is no extra spending. Think about those that don’t have two incomes in the family household. Do you think FortisBC cares? They need to get back to the bargaining table and do it in good faith and think about the community they are affecting. We as a whole need to send complaints to BC Utility Commissions and show our disagreement to these continual rates increases every year while this company locks out its employees and is still reaping huge profit. There is a link to input complaints online on BC Utility Commission webpage. We’re surrounded by dams that produce electrical power, yet our rates are the highest. Does that not make you wonder what the heck is going on? One dam is 15 minutes up the road. Our rates should be the lowest since the power is right in our own backyard. If the community at large backs the people that do their shopping here, that support this community whole-heartedly, then FortisBC will need to sit up and take notice that it’s not going to be tolerated now or in the future. Make a stand today and help these men and women that have been without pay since the end of June. Darcy Ashby, Warfield [Woodstock, New York, USA] Smart meters bad for us by Charlotte Kepner - Daily Freeman - November 11, 2013: - dailyfreeman/opinion/20131111/letter-smart-meters-bad-for-us Dear Editor: Recently, 19 people spoke before the Ulster County Legislature. Many had smart meters on their homes. Some have gotten really sick. Some have had to move out of their homes. An otherwise healthy, pregnant woman living in Woodstock Commons had a miscarriage. There are over 50 smart meters there. People are up in arms about fracking. They don’t even know about smart meters. Pulsing radio frequency microwave radiation would be inside your home, coming out of every outlet, if you allow Central Hudson to install their ERT digital meter. Central Hudson employees are stating their ERT meter is not a smart meter. But it actually is. People should have the right to say no . It’s harming the health of so many. I certainly don’t want one on my home. Charlotte Kepner, Woodstock
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