UK Energy Firms Using Smart Meters to Force Customers to Prepay Bills
By Jesse Smith According to a BBC article, in 2022 alone, over 500 UK energy customers have been automatically and forcibly moved onto a prepayment…
By Jesse Smith According to a BBC article, in 2022 alone, over 500 UK energy customers have been automatically and forcibly moved onto a prepayment…
By B.N. Frank Opposition to “smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) has been ongoing since utilities worldwide started deploying them over ten years ago. Problems…
By B.N. Frank “Smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) allow utilities to remotely control consumers’ utility use as well as collect consumer usage data 24/7…
By B.N. Frank Last month an article published in The Atlantic blasted smart thermostats and everyone who promotes them. Of course, the writer for The…
By B.N. Frank In June 2022, AEP Ohio came under heavy scrutiny for cutting power to allegedly a disproportionate number of low-income residents “to preserve…
By B.N. Frank “Smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) allow utilities to remotely control consumers’ utility use as well as collect consumer usage data and…
By B.N. Frank Experts have warned that Americans should expect more rolling blackouts and that upgrading the U.S. power grid could cost trillions of dollars….
By B.N. Frank “Smart” Meters (electric, gas, and water) allow utilities to remotely control consumers’ utility use. They also allow utility companies to collect consumer…
Police are routinely breaking the law to enforce the law, which is patently absurd. Smart meter data is on electricity usage is sent via WiFi…
By B.N. Frank Privacy invasive and hazardous utility “Smart” Meters (electric, gas, and water) are often promoted as being vital to “energy efficiency programs”. The…
By B.N. Frank In August smart thermostat proponents announced that some researchers have determined that smart thermostats provide a wee bit of energy savings; however,…
By B.N. Frank Opposition to hazardous and privacy invasive utility “Smart” Meters – (electric, gas, and water) – is worldwide for numerous reasons including fires…
By B.N. Frank Earlier this summer, research revealed that smart thermostats could be damaging local power grids. Most would agree that’s not a good thing…
By B.N. Frank Utility companies, regulators, and various experts continue to warn that American power grids are extremely vulnerable and prone to blackouts (see 1,…