6 – NVE claims that smart meters will save money for NVE
customers but in actuality will raise their monthly utility
rate; some customers already reporting twice the amount of
normal billing amounts. We know personally, 5 NVE customers
whose utility bills were so high after smart meter replaced
their old analog meter that they requested an immediate
change out back to the analog meter. At the last PUCN
workshop I personally witnessed one customer who was billed
over $12,000 after his smart meter was installed.
7- Smart meters that monitor the ebb and flow of electrical
usage into our homes discloses detailed information about
private details of our daily lives. Energy usage data,
measured moment by moment, allows the reconstruction of a
household’s activities; when people wake up, when they come
home, when they go on vacation, and even when they take a
hot bath. Smart meters represent a new form of technology
that relays detailed hitherto confidential information
reflecting the times and amounts of the use of electrical
power without adequately protecting that data from being
accessed by unauthorized persons or entities and as such
pose an unreasonable intrusion of utility customer’s privacy
rights and security interests.
8-The Attorney Generals office BCP (Bureau of Consumer
Protection) filed a docket 2 Years ago # 10-02009 (July
28th, 2010) that stated the smart meter was intrusive and
violated the 4th amendment of the constitution the Nevada
Constitution and obliterated a persons right to privacy.
The BCP also filed 7 other concerns about the deployment of
smart meters. They included: Technological risks,
Deployment and customer acceptance risks, customer behavior
study risks, cyber security risks, consumer protection, cost
and budget risks and benefit risks.
9- The citizens of NV have not been told the truth about the
meters. The PUCN has NOT protected its citizens by forcing
NVE to tell the truth. It appears no due diligence was done
on the impact in the health, welfare or economics of the
smart meter roll out. The primary justification given for
the smart meters program is the assertion that I will
encourage customers to move some of their electricity usage
from daytime to evening hours; however, NVE has conducted no
actual pilot projects with smart meters to determine whether
this assumption is in fact correct. Non-transmitting
time-of day meters are already available for customers who
desire them, and enhanced customer education is a viable
non-technological alternative to encourage electricity use
time shifting. These meters give total control of your
electrical use to NVE so they can turn off our appliances
(including heat and cooling) remotely without our permission
at anytime. NVE wants to do this through Home Area Network
(HAN) so they can implement time of use pricing and energy
use behavior modification from consumers through a program
call O-Power. Some engineers and energy conservation
experts believe that the smart meters program in totality
could well actually increase total electricity consumption
and therefore the carbon footprint as well.
10- The FCC guidelines for RF emissions states that no one
can have a device on there home that has more than one
antenna. The Sensus smart meters deployed by NVE have 2
antennas and are a transmitting surveillance device. NVE has
been exempt from the rule. FCC says that in order to
transmit the two way communication of customer’s personal
energy information, NVE must first obtain the customer’s
written permission especially when it comes to the
collection and possible resale of private information. NVE
did not get anyone’s permission.
11- On December 28th in response to PUCN’s request NVE made
4 proposals for those customers who wished to “opt out” of
the NVE smart meter program. Unfortunately, all of the
options will cost the customer big bucks to keep their
analog or non-transmitting meter. There will be an initial
re-install fee of over $100 and an additional $15 monthly
fee into perpetuity. Two of the options will either be an
analog or digital non-transmitting meter and the other two
options will still be collecting and transmitting our
personal information. This needs to be an OPT IN situation
for those who want the smart meter and those who don’t
should be allowed to keep their old analog as the standard
meter. NVE wants the PUCN to change rule 16 allowing the
Smart Meter to be the standard. This would be disastrous for
consumers from both an economic and personal
privacy/security standpoint.
12 –
These meters give total control of your electrical use to
NVE – they can turn off your appliances including your heat
and cooling remotely without your permission at anytime. NVE
wants (HAN) Home area network so they can implement time of
use pricing and implement . NVE wants behavior modification
from consumers.
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