Letters: Sent: November 11, 2013 7:56 PM To: commission.secretary@bcuc Subject: rejection of smart meter To Whom It May Concern: We would like to express our concerns about the way in which a decision to retain our analogue meter is being handled by BC Hydro. We have opted to keep our analogue meter for many reasons. *Health reasons: not only for human beings but also for the environment, the assault of EMF on bee populations being one of many concerns. *Safety of the meters: smart meters have been shown to break down after short usage and have been known to explode and start fires. *Invasion of our privacy: smart meters have the capacity to do surveillance of the attached household. We were never consulted as to whether we wanted a smart meter and clearly feel that this undemocratic decision by BC Hydro/the BC Liberal government contravenes our rights as citizens. We feel the threat to charge us $35/month extra for maintaining our present meter must be an intimidation factor as it makes no sense by any other reckoning. Why would we have to pay this monthly when presently a reading is done bi-monthly? Why do we not get a substantial rebate for not having a smart meter purchased and installed on our behalf? There are many alternative ways in which the reading of our analogue meter could be done, by the householder or a private contractor for far less. If this is really a democratic province, and we doubt this more by the day, we would have had some opportunity to contribute to a discussion of the wisdom of having smart meters and how they might have been presented to the population so that there might have been a realistic choice. Thirty five dollars a month is merely an attempt at intimidation and blackmail. We urge you to take our concerns into consideration as BC Hydro asks you to review this problem. Thank you for your concern.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:52:41 +0000
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