| | | Naperville Smart Meter Awareness |
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| | | | Empowering the community to "Take Back Your Power"
by informing the community about the risks of
"smart" meters. |
| | | | | Rally with the Nation Thursday | Take Back Your Power: People Over Profits
SMART METERS DON'T SAVE $$$ OR THE ENVIRONMENT! Join us in the Nationwide Rally to JAM THE SCAM When: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm
What: Raise awareness about our concerns and join other advocates simultaneously calling for a moratorium against "smart" meters across the USA. Protect your right to say what goes on YOUR home. Where: At Washington and Chicago, Downtown Naperville See this Flyer for full details - print, post, distribute! or (630) 579-0659 |
Michigan Residents Given Opt Out Opportunity!
| September 11th, 2012 -
Order issued today by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) requires Michigan electric utilities to offer an opt out from 'smart meters'. The Order is directed to all privately owned electric utilities in Michigan and requires that if and when they decide to implement an AMI program (smart meters) that they must offer an opt out, based on "cost of service principles". The latter means that utilities should impose an opt out fee that will be sufficient to cover any costs they must incur in order to accommodate the opt out customers. The question of whether it is appropriate to charge such fees, or how high they can be is being explored in a separate Case U-17053 that had its first hearing yesterday.
Part of the Order is directed at Consumers Energy and gives them 60 days to propose an opt out plan for MPSC review and approval. Consumers is the only Michigan utility other than Detroit Edison to actually have a smart meter program, and the latter has already submitted a plan.
The Commission also concedes that the issues that have been raised by customers and cities concerning customer data collection, privacy and security of the grid itself are important enough that they will open a new case to deal with these issues. We will inform our readers of the new case number as soon as that becomes available. We hope and expect that the new case will be a contested case proceeding where evidence may be heard on the record.
The Commission's order is notably silent in two crucial areas: (1) the question of the health issues and (2) the question of what type of meter shall be provided as the alternative for customers opting out. MPSC staff had previously dismissed the health concerns as "insignificant".
To read commissioner orders click here.
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Call or write the council and demand a no cost opt ordinance be issued in Naperville.
http://www.naperville.il.us/council.aspx
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Federal Case Update!
|  | | 09-21-2012 Smart Meter Federal Lawsuit Update |
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DONATE NOW
| NSMA is a grass roots, self funded organization that relies on donations from the community to continue our mission of educating and advocating for Naperville and Illinois residents to have the right to choose to retain their analog meters.
Help us raise $25,000 to support the federal case and the volunteer efforts to
educate the community. 
Please donate now.
Contact us to volunteer. |
Attention: ComEd & Ameren Customers
| Take action now!
ComEd has submitted their Smart Grid Plan to the ICC, but it is not without confusion. Public comment on this very important project is crucial.
Contact the ICC for public comment by clicking here: Comments Scroll to Docket # 12-0298
Details: ComEd AMI Docket 12-0298
All residents are encouraged to comment.
Contact the Citizen Utility Board to express your concerns about the installation of wireless smart meters in your community. Tell CUB you want the smart meter program to be an opt in program and the technology to be installed safely.
1-800-669-5556
http://www.citizensutilityboard.org/ |
Was your analog meter replaced without your consent?
| If you arrived home to find a tag on your door stating that a smart meter was installed, even though you had a do not install sign on your meter, contact us immediately:
napervillesmartmeters@yahoo.com |
| Take Back Your Power: The Film
| Smart Meters are being refused across the country and worldwide. View the trailer for the upcoming film documentary that chronicles this debate worldwide.
For more about this film, inlcuding release dates go to: http://thepowerfilm.org/ |
|  | Legal Action in Naperville
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National Day of Action
October 4, 2012
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WASHINGTON D.C.-Citing thousands of instances of 'smart' meter fires, health problems, and violations of privacy laws, the National Campaign to Stop Smart Meters and Wireless Radiation Protection Coalition are calling for a National Day of Action on October 4th to demand an immediate moratorium on further "smart meter".
The National Campaign to Stop Smart Meters and the Wireless Radiation Protection Coalition have called for a National Day of Action to Stop Smart Meters on October 4th, 2012. Protests are being planned throughout the United States and abroad. Click on the "Where" tab to view details of planned events. E-mail info@actiondaytostopsmartmeters.org to add your own local event listing. The wave of demonstrations on October 4th 2012 are timed to coincide with "GridWeek,"a conference being held in Washington D.C. by industry and government proponents of the smart grid. For more info click here. http://actiondaytostopsmartmeters.org |
Law Suits, Complaints and Resolutions
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| | | Meter Guards, Electricians & No Trespass Signs
| Across the country, residents have taken matters into their own hands. They have guarded their analog meters. They have hired electricians to de-install smart meters when utilities have refused. They are locking up their gates, posting NO TRESPASS signs and protecting their property.*
 
Click here for more pictures:
This is no longer about smart meters.
This is about protecting your personal property.
This is about protecting your constitutional rights.
You are protected under the 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendment and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
This is a utility policy that is being marketed as a mandated project. It is an opt in program.
Stand your ground! Protect your property!
It is your home!
You have the right to protect your property from something that may harm you!
Take back your power!
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| More that you can do
| Many residents do not want a smart meter installed on their home. They want the choice and according to the U.S. Constitution and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, we have that right. The city has denied its residents the choice.
According to the city you will have opportunities to refuse the wireless smart meter, but you must sign up for the non-wireless alternative and pay the monthly penalty fee to protect your home and family. If after the 3rd attempt to install a meter on your home, and you have not signed up for the alternative, the city says it will bring a police escort to your home to intimidate you into allowing the installation of the wireless smart meter.
We feel this is outrageous. There must be something serious wrongly with smart meters if the city has to threaten you to install one.
Visit our website for more information on what you can do. Click here.
Contact the Attorney General's office (317-814-3000) or click here
Contact the Governor (312-814-2121) or click here to email
Contact Naperville's Chief of Police. (630-420-6666)
Contact the Better Government Association (312-520-4999); ashaw@bettergov.org
Contact the ACLU (312-201-9740) or acluofillinois@aclu-il.org
Contact the press.
Tell them Naperville is not a "police state" and residents won't accept being threatened or forced to install a meter on their home that they do not want.
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| Spread the Word |  Post a Yard Sign or a car magnet like this one: Email: Napervillesmartmeters@yahoo.com or call the number to request one. |
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| *NSMA cannot legally advise whether or not to do any of these items. Each homeowner must make this decision after considering and accepting responsibility for any ramifications.
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| | | Naperville Smart Meter Awareness is a non-profit 501(c)4 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 currently being installed in Naperville despite a complaint for federal injunction and on-going investigations by the Illinois Attorney General for Open Meetings Act violations by the City of Naperville in conjunction with this project.
Smart meters pose risks in the areas of privacy, costs, security, and health and are not a federally mandated program. 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.
www.napervillesmartmeterawareness.org
napervillesmartmeters@yahoo.com
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