Xcel Energy Announces Smart Meters
Perhaps you received a mailer as I did announcing that Xcel Energy made a decision in the dead of night without any customer input to come to your home to install a Smart Meter. After calling the company, I was told there is no “opt out” for those who do not want these devices. Further, changing utility companies is forbidden as territories are determined at the state level leaving customers with no voice and no choice.
This website has posted information before on the dangers of Smart Meters and the fact Lyme/MSIDS and other chronically ill patients are already fighting a health battle and don’t need to be bombarded with RF radiation by a device that is known even by the corrupt WHO as a possible Class 2B carcinogen.
Yep, that’s right, a carcinogen.
“Chronic exposure to wireless radio-frequency radiation is a preventable environmental hazard that is sufficiently well documented to warrant immediate preventative public health action.”
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“The current medical literature raises credible questions about genetic and cellular effects, hormonal effects, male fertility, blood/brain barrier damage and increased risk of certain types of cancers from RF or ELF levels similar to those emitted from “smart meters”. Children are placed at particular risk for altered brain development, and impaired learning and behavior. Further, EMF/RF adds synergistic effects to the damage observed from a range of toxic chemicals. Given the widespread, chronic, and essentially inescapable ELF/RF exposure of everyone living near a “smart meter”, the Board of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine finds it unacceptable from a public health standpoint to implement this technology until these serious medical concerns are resolved. We consider a moratorium on installation of wireless “smart meters” to be an issue of the highest importance.”
- Smart meters are fire hazards which have been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and other serious safety problems including death. Houses have been bull-dozed and meters removed and replaced before any proper investigation could take place, and it has taken subpoenas and legal threats simply to obtain documents after deaths caused by Smart Meters.
- Smart Meters are surveillance devices which violate our 4th Amendment right to privacy in our own homes as guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.
- Smart Meters are 2-way transmitting, collecting minute by minute customer usage data 24/7 which will be used to market more products and sold to 3rd parties.
- Smart Meters can be remotely turned off and rationed.
- Smart Meters are not Green, and according to an analysis by UC Nuclear Policy Lecturer Daniel Hirsch, they emit approximately 100-150 times the cumulative, full body microwave radiation exposure of a cell phone.
- Smart Meters typically overcharge and inaccurately represent usage when compared to analog meters.
- Smart Meters and Smart grids risk national security and reliability of electricity by opening up a new portal to hackers who wish to disrupt these devices.
When I called Xcel, they announced they do not have an “opt out” option for those who do not wish these life-destroying, dangerous surveillance devices on their homes. I proceeded to then call all my WI representatives which were completely unaware of this Smart Meter take-over. I encourage you to also call both the utility company and your representatives because they probably won’t listen until enough people complain, and educate them on the facts. I also highly recommend you write a “letter to the editor” to educate your neighbors. Go to stopsmartmeters.org for facts.
Time is of the essence as I was told Xcel will be at my door within the month.
“Opting out” is the best option if you have it, but Xcel has denied this to its customers. It is also not even possible to change utility companies because territories are determined at the state level and customers have ZERO options as to utility company choice.
If this isn’t another government monopoly, I don’t know what is.
When customers are mandated by government and are given no choice, it is tyranny.
Lastly, there is a legal precedent supporting customer choice by a Pennsylvania court which invalidated a policy requiring Smart Meters on all homes and businesses.
In case you feel I’m exaggerating the seriousness of this:
- woman forced to live in her van due to forced smart meters that ruined her health. Her representatives wouldn’t do anything.
- 81 year old Wisconsin grandmother refused to have a Smart water Meter installed because of the heart palpitations they caused her – the company disconnected her water in retribution for her “disobedience,” forcing her to buy gallons of store bought water to flush her toilet. I have no idea how the poor woman takes a shower.
- police and Smart Meter employees used “shock and awe” blitzkrieg tactics in Illinois to intimidate and force meters on homes. Two cases of arrest occurred for those who refused and a 5 year federal lawsuit brought against the city by its own residents was dismissed with incomplete discovery and never went to trial. The Court of Appeals determined that smart meter data collection by a municipality utility is a search, but that it is acceptable!
From my inquiries I have found that co-ops are sometimes more reasonable and at least give customers an “opt out” choice due to the fact they have a local board that holds public meetings where customers can register complaints and be heard by real flesh and blood neighbors who are all forced to live together in the same community. But, co-ops allowing customers to “opt out,” often charge customers extra for “reading the meters.” This is of course illogical, unfair extortion for many reasons one of which is many have never had a person physically read their meter ever, including us, so why would they charge us extra for something they don’t even do now? But again, Xcel doesn’t even give the option of paying more, which though unfair, I would do in a heartbeat I feel that strongly about it.
TO MANDATE THESE UTILITY METERS IS UNACCEPTABLE – WHERE THERE IS RISK, THERE MUST BE CHOICE!
Petition Here: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/04/17/tell-your-federate-and-state-legislators-to-introduce-support-utility-meter-choice/
Please contact your utility company, your WI reps, and write a “letter to the editor” about this. You might have avoided Smart Meters for the moment, but I warn you – they are coming to your neighborhood soon, so if we don’t all voice our opposition now, it will be too late.
I also discovered that I don’t currently have a Smart Meter on my house but a digital meter. These are different than analog meters (which are safe). Go to Smartmeter.org to learn more and if you are unsure, call the utility company to inquire about the meter you currently have in place. Analog meters are distinguishable due to their analog dials. You can have a digital meter that isn’t a Smart Meter but they still cause dirty electricity.
**UPDATE**
It appears Xcel recently admitted its power facilities may have triggered the deadly Smokehouse Creek blaze in Texas – the largest wildfire in Texas history which destroyed more than 1 million acres of grasslands, hundreds of structures, and killed two people, and countless livestock.
Speaking of fires, many people in the Hawaiian state government believe Hawaii Electric is clearly at fault for the fires in Lahaina. Maui County is currently facing 16 lawsuits that relating to police blocking fire exits, the emergency alarm system not being used, and Maui not enforcing fines for land owners who failed to cut high dry grass or brush. Despite repeated citizen protests, Hawaii’s geography and lax state government oversight has allowed it to become a primary testing and production site for the GMO industry, including questionable mosquito control methods, leading many to conclude Hawaiian judges are corrupt as they continue to ignore concerns and side with industry rather than the people.
One can not help but notice the timing of these devastating fires and explosions and the globally pervasive dystopian, evil design to penalize farming, criminalize the sale of raw milk, remove meat from our diet by replacing whole food with GMO products, as well as the mysterious prediction that the next ‘pandemic’ may come from meat, as well as the sudden current media spotlight on red meat allergy. Sounds like a concerted effort to me.
Coincidence?
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**Word of warning: utility companies HAVE CUT OFF people’s power and water for simply not complying. Protect yourself and consider possible outcomes before you find yourself in a worse situation, but spread the word!**
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