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| Will you save $24.95 a month?
| Calling all residents and business owners:
Now is your opportunity to tell the council that you will not accept a $24.95/month service charge to protect your home or business.
As mentioned in one of our previous newsletters (click here), the city is not really offering an opt out program. What was once called an opt out is now being referred to as a "work around", but it will cost you.
In an effort to address residents concerns about radiation emitted by smart meters, the city will install the industrial strength commercial smart meter with the wireless chip pulled out for those who want to "opt out". Clearly overkill with increased transient electricity into your home and more meter reads than the residential meter.
The city's business case estimates that residents will save less than $3/month by using the functionality of the smart meters. Cost savings that continue to be unsubstantiated in the marketplace.
And while the "work around" offers some hope for protection in your individual home, kind of, it really does not address the radiation issue if you are surrounded by neighbors or businesses that all have 24/7 radiation emitting wireless smart meters.
Furthermore, if you are concerned about privacy, this solution does nothing for you.
The city maintains that only a small group of residents are concerned. We maintain that the bulk of residents don't know and when they become informed, they are concerned. Very concerned!
The council will be discussing the "work around" program at the next city council meeting. Now is a perfect time to tell the city how you feel.
The meeting is held Tuesday, September 20 at 7pm 400 S. Eagle St. The work around has been placed near the end of the agenda, a calculated move no doubt, so plan on being there for the bulk of the meeting.
Sign in by 6:45 pm to be able to comment on the agenda item.
This is a call to action. Tell the city that $24.95/month is an unfair and costly "punishment" for the right to protect your family. Scroll down to see more of what you can do. |
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| Community Conversation The Truth About Smart Meters Thursday, September 22, 2011 7-9 pm Grace Point Church 1320 East Chicago Ave, Naperville | | Mass deployment of Smart Meters in Naperville is set to begin in November. Smart Meters have risks - Inform Yourself Every home, business, school, and church in Naperville will receive a smart meter, putting privacy, financials, security, property, and health at risk. Come to our presentation and Q&A session to be fully informed of the risks of smart meters and what you can do about it. Be smart, be informed, be moved to action. Click here to learn more about the results of our previous community conversation. |
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| Time is running out....
| | The mass installation of smart meters is scheduled to begin in November. Once the meters go in, it will be more difficult to stop the install. Smart Meters are not a federally mandated program and they are not safe.
To oppose smart meters in Naperville take the following steps
(* are necessary):
*Sign the petition.
*Have your spouse sign the petition.
*Have any other qualified voter in your house sign the petition.
*Email Berine Saban to get on the "opt-out now being called a work-around" list. Tell him you want to keep you analog meter and your not willing to pay a fee.
*Send a Letter of No Consent to the utility.
*Forward our newsletters to your neighbors and friends.
Send an email to the city council expressing your concerns.
Write a letter to the editor of your favorite newspaper.
Contact the IL Attorney General and Congresswoman Biggert's Aide to express your concerns.
For more suggestions on what you can do click here.
If you are still unsure about smart meters, consider the following:
- $22M project
- $11M bond + $3M interest expense paid by ratepayers = increased property taxes
- $1.35M paid to PR and management consultants to help quell the dissenters
- time of use pricing
- minute by minute surveillance of your electricity usage
- radiation exposure
- cyber security concerns
- Contractual obligations with the DOE = ratepayers to be guinea pigs for the DOE
- penalty charge to protect your safety
- no referendum
- KILL SWITCH
You can make a difference.
As a community, we can advocate for a safer solution in Naperville.
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| | Naperville Smart Meter Awareness is a group of concerned citizens educating the public about the risks of wireless smart meters. We are comprised of lawyers, technology professionals, health advocates, accountants, business owners and parents in our community. Smart meters are to be installed in Naperville starting this summer and pose risks in the areas of privacy, costs, security, and health. Our mission is to educate the residents of Naperville by bringing all pertinent information to the public and in doing so, advocate for a smarter solution in Naperville. |
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