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California Public Utilities Commission
Thursday, December 18
8:30 AM
505 Van Ness Ave. (at McAllister), San Francisco
Give CPUC President Michael Peevey the send-off into retirement that he deserves after a dozen years of corruption and complicity with corporate utilities!
Protest the CPUC's proposed decisions in the 'smart' meter opt out proceedings. Show strength in unity against their proposals that:
- Ignore serious public safety hazards including toxic injuries, fires, homelessness, violations of privacy, higher bills, loss of meter readers, and no promised energy savings.
- Continue to impose coercive extortion opt out fees
- Violate laws, and deny customer and disability rights
- Prohibit opt-outs for communities, apartment buildings, and businesses
- Reward utility companies with millions $$$ more for smart grid failings
Join in demanding that the CPUC: * Reject the proposed decisions * Rescind and refund 'opt out' extortion fees * Halt the 'smart' meter program Bring any other past or present grievances against the CPUC (toxic dumping, nuclear plants, gas line explosions, accessibility, public power, etc.) Join in demanding:
* Criminal prosecution of CPUC President Peevey and others, and shut down of the aging and hazardous Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant! We will be raising our demands both outside before the meeting, as well as inside. Please come prepared to make some noise and be seen. Wear black if you can. Rain or shine.
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President Peevey describes the proposals and a new change which allows estimated billing and bi-monthly meter reading to reduce costs. [It seems the cost savings will only benefit the utilities, as the opt out fees are still $75/10]. Commissioner Florio suggested local communities should be able to vote on community opt out from smart meters, stating,"If Fairfax and Sebastopol and a few other places want to be smart meter free zones I don't think we should override that democratic will of the people in those communities." President Peevey promptly rebukes Florio's suggestions stating" Seems to me that doing that would only fester and foster and promote more debate and anguish over this issue." Peevey goes on to decry the voting process, calling it "the height of lack of democracy". Commissioner Sandoval was concerned about people who want a smart meter, and her greater concern is about all the smart meter emissions (she calls "last gasps") that have nothing to do with energy usage, saying, "they are a source of RF emissions that have no value".
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Here's a recap of the proposed decisions:
- Give 37 million dollars to Investor Owned Utilities (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E and So Cal Gas) for providing the opt-out program.
- Adopt permanent fees for residential customers who "do not wish to have a wireless smart meter".
- Continue the same interim fees of $75 initial fee, plus $10 a month, and $10 initial fee and $5 a month for low income.
- Local governments and multi-unit dwellings may not collectively opt out of smart meter installations.
- Charging an opt-out fee does not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- They will not address health and safety impacts in this decision.
- Assess fees on a per location basis, for example if you have two or more meters on your property, that will be one fee, per utility company.
- If you have two utilities, they can both charge you fees.
- Peevey proposes putting a cap on the opt-out fees at 3 years.
- Both Peevey and Yip-Kikugawa refuse to consider a no fee option.
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