Smart Meters Getting Poor Reviews in U.K. After “Aggressive Rollout”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to utility “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water – is worldwide due to a variety of reasons. Because they are…
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It’s Getting Hot in Here! When Utility Companies Remotely Control “Smart” Thermostats Installed in Customers’ Homes
By B.N. Frank Has your utility company generously and persistently offered to install a “Smart Thermostat” inside your home in order to help you conserve…
80,606 Accounts Shut Off in 2020; Media Outlet Seeks Detroit Residents Struggling to Pay Their Electric Bills
By B.N. Frank COVID mandates and restrictions have made it difficult and sometimes impossible for countless Americans to afford their bills. One media outlet wants…
Smart Tech Expert: Future “Smart Homes” Will Include Sensors in Clothing, Furniture, etc. Connected to Hazardous “Smart” Meters
By B.N. Frank It’s amusing as well as alarming when industry folks go to great lengths to depict “Smart Homes” as something desirable now and…
CMO Describes How Utilities Can Use A.I. and “Smart” Meter Usage Data to Target Customers with Personalized Marketing Programs
By B.N. Frank Artificial Intelligence technology (A.I.) is getting a bad rap for a lot of good reasons. It can be used to create misleading…
Smart Meter Propaganda for Show-Me State; More Being Installed Despite Complaints Nationwide about Higher Bills & More
By B.N. Frank Opposition to “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water – continues to increase in the U.S. These meters have been associated with…
Duke Energy CEO Claims That Savings from Trump Tax Cuts “flowed right to customers” — EWG Cries Foul
By B.N. Frank Recently, several groups formed a coalition asking that Duke Energy treat low-income customers better. Environmental Working Group (EWG) is one of them. …
Commoditizing Water: The Winners, The Losers, and How All Americans May Eventually Be Affected
By B.N. Frank For some Americans, water is already as valuable as oil. Investors have taken notice and are looking to profit from this. From…
Utility Refunds “Smart” Meter Opt-Out Fees to EMF Disabled Customer. ADA Prohibits Surcharges for Disabled People.
By B.N. Frank American utility companies have received BILLIONS in federal stimulus money to install “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water. Companies also often…
Conflict of Interest? Church of Pastor Appointed to Utility Consumer Protection Board Received $12,000 from Utility Co
By B.N. Frank Earlier this month, the U.S. Gov’t Accountability Office (GAO) warned that Electric Vehicles (EVs) and internet-connected home appliances are making the grid…
Coalition Asks Duke Energy to “embrace fairness and justice for low-income communities” — No Mention of “Smart” Meter Injustices
By B.N. Frank For many years Duke Energy customers have been complaining about excessively high bills and the company’s gas and electric 2-way wireless transmitting…
Judge Allows Discrimination Case to Proceed Against Utility That Won’t Waive “Smart” Meter Opt-Out Fee for Customer with Cancer
By B.N. Frank American utility companies have received BILLIONS in federal stimulus money to install “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water. Approximately 57% of…
Experts Question Whether It’s Legal That Utilities Can Spy on Customers with “Smart” Meters
By B.N. Frank Opposition to electric, gas, and water utility “Smart” Meters is worldwide. These meters are expensive, unnecessary, privacy invasive, and plagued with problems…
Sky High Utility Bills or “Smart” Meters Wrecking Your Life? Media Outlet Wants to Hear from You.
By B.N. Frank Over the last decade, utility companies in the U.S. have been exposed for unethical as well as dangerous business practices. Much of…