It was a 2 hour drive to the state capital and a 2 hour drive back just for a 40 minute meeting, but it was effective. The meeting was limited in scope to the charge, officially called a tariff, on people who opt out of having a smart meter placed on their property. The charge in Ohio is currently $29.28/month. The Public Utilities Commission previously approved this charge, but when asked, their representative admitted that the Commission just approved the power company’s request without question. In short, they rubber stamped it. (My words, not theirs).
The power company was represented by two female lawyers who were less than 2 years out of law school. They made only a one note defense that the Commission approved it and they are going to charge it.
At my request, the Commission is going to reexamine this charge. Although this was not a hearing to present evidence, I did bring up the question of charging property owners the tariff if they have concerns about the safety of the smart meter. This left an opportunity for me to present evidence at a later date. Again, I would like to thank the two frens who provided me with additional and valuable evidence in addition to what I had already uncovered.
The hearing officer made only one requirement for the power company that they are to write up an explanation detailing the math behind the determination of the charge. They are not to publish it until I and the hearing officer see and discuss it. All parties are aware of my background in mathematics and the Commission will consider my input on it. They are required to submit it by the end of next week.
On a note to boost my ego, the hearing officer praised both my written argument submitted back in February and my oral argument this morning. He also chastised the attorneys for their one note defense and stated that the company needed to be more accountable to their customers.
Now, as a former teacher I have homework for our frens in Ohio. You can only do this if you opted out of the smart meter installation. Call the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and ask for a reason for the near $30 monthly charge for opting not to have an unsafe device on your property. For those of you that had a smart meter installed, it will cost you $42 to have it replaced with an analog meter and you will still have to pay the monthly tariff. Call PUCO why you would have to pay these charges for a device you feel is unsafe.
Sorry I missed the April Fool’s joke yesterday. I heard and briefly saw that the mods did a good one. Unfortunately, preparation for today’s meeting ate up a lot of my time yesterday.
You did good and I'm glad you put the effort into bringing this up. We should all be doing the same as we KNOW those meters are dangerous and quite possibly meant for other things as well. Congratulations to you.
Congratulations!~
But no you are NOT SORRY you missed that misery yesterday!
You didn’t miss anything, it was the best/worse April Fools day! Great job on speaking up…it only needs one to start the discussion.
Yesterday is still living on in the sidebar!
Once that is changed back, I will finally breathe a sigh of relief.
I'm not in Ohio anymore but here's "The Thing"
The power company sends dudes out UNANNOUNCED and just starts replacing meters. No advance warning.
I was out running errands one day and rolled up on a dude just swapping out the analog meter - which they PROMPTLY DESTROY back at "base" - so you'd have to BUY @ FULL RETAIL a $1300+ analog meter, if you didn't want it.
The whole situation is fkd up.
BY THE WAY... These meters broadcast microwave frequencies NON-STOP from your NEIGHBORS - so now everyone is bathing in ANOTHER source of shit EMF whether they want to or not. This is because these meters create a mesh network that blankets the entire neighborhood and sends that data back to the electric company. This effectively eliminates meter readers There goes yet another job.
The other thing is, WE DON'T KNOW the health effects of these meters long term. There's NOTHING "healthy" about the frequencies they put out 24/7/365. I can hear the late night/UHF "I don't have a job" commercials saying, "If you got ass cancer from your smart meter, call the tiny hat injury lawyers now!"
The ENDLESS & RELENTLESS assault on PEACE and human health is unbelievable these days. Even IF you're lucky enough not to be living on top of your neighbor, you still have to contend with this, and a whole bunch of other crap, like whatever rains down from aircraft as you & your children innocently go about their business.
u/#checked
I caught the guy coming on my property last December to install the S.M.A.R.T. meter. I stopped him from starting the job and ordered him off my property. I then notified the power company that I was opting out of the meter program and that they were not to send a person to my property again for that purpose. They acknowledged my request in writing.
Yeah...wished I was home before he started that day.
The thing is, they want to bang you for $60/mo or some such bullshit, because they gotta pay Peter the meter reader to come out.
Hows about I just read the meter and submit the numbers before the end of each billing cycle?
That’s one solution I suggested. In this day and age, we can easily transmit our meter readings from home.
Good luck. Praying it goes your way.
Hey there friend! I am SO glad to hear the positive update. Per your request, I will call PUCO and request reason for the monthly extortion fee. I presume they'll say it is to cover the expense of paying the meter reader. Either way, I'll report back their response. I am grateful for your efforts. Will you be posting your next update?
Yes, I plan to make this an ongoing thing until there’s some kind of resolution. Unfortunately, government agencies move slow.
Fantastic, I'll be quite interested to hear the updates as this affects my family and others I have warned. Several of my friends and family have yet to be switched out to the smart meters, but when the time comes they say they'll refuse. Most had no idea of the danger.
Right... Good ole Puke-Co...
Is there a place or way for us to get a copy of your written argument you submitted?
It’s public record at the PUCO offices. If you get it , you’ll learn my name. Please keep it to yourself. The meeting was scheduled for 11:00 AM today by administrative judge Isaac T. Payne if this helps you find it. Also, there is no record for today’s meeting which was considered informal.
What does it mean to say it's public record, and then there is no record? Sorry if I'm just reading it wrong.
There was no record of today’s meeting, but the complaint I filed back in February is public record and is available on request.
10/4
I believe that meant he submitted the formal paperwork to get the process started and that will go on record, but what went on during the meeting, which was an informal meeting, will not be on record. Meaning we will not learn of what went on during the meeting, but we will see what BWC submitted in writing on his complaint, even if it's just a bunch of forms.
If I'm wrong or there's anything to add, please do so!
Got it,name checks out ,LOL,just kiddin,we got these fuckin things 20 yrs ago ,i think that's when the Tinnitus started .
Thanks for the fight Patriot ! Every time we stand up it matters.
I'm in NY and they installed these without anybody's permission last year. Some guy was just going around taking meters out and installing them.
FWIW, I have an EMF meter and it turns red and starts beeping when I place it near it.
Amazon sells covers for these meters to block the radiation.
I'm interested - are there any specific attributes I should require in a cover? ie, thickness of metallic shield, etc.?
Since I don’t have a S.M.A.R.T. meter , I can’t advise you. See what Amazon has, then see if you can find anything better somewhere else.
atta boy........
Not all heroes wear capes. Unless of course you do. To each their own.
I was once honored with a cape by the students in one of my classes that said MATHWIZARD. I only wore it once for a picture and it now hangs in the far side of my closet three hangers away from my last dress uniform.
This in no way surprises me except for the fact that Math Wizard should be your user name.
Berlin has more meaning to me than all the years I taught math.
Oh wow. It just hit me what your name must mean. You were in East Berlin before the wall fell. Sounds like you should write a book.
Not quite. I was in MI with the US Army back in 82. I had missions where I crossed back and forth collecting information. I could write a book, but I have to wait for a lot of things to be declassified. This is when I learned that wars have more to do with banks than governments and that there were traitors in the Carter Administration that nothing was going to be done about. I left the military disgusted and returned to my hometown to teach math. Also, my family, who I visit occasionally, live in a Munich suburb far from Berlin.
That is all so very cool. Thank you for sharing.
I remember the first time I read Smedley Butler's War is a Racket and it rang true. Such a short read, but it had a profound effect on my world view.
Thank you for telling us! I've always whether your name was literal. Would love to read your book!
Bravo for taking on the smart meter battle! It's something I've wanted to do for several years.
Could you share your points used in your argument?
Also, whenever everything I was involved in gets declassified, I may be too old to write anything. Somethings are still classified 44 years later and I turn 70 in 14 months. I wrote some short stories after I retired, but now most of my writing energy is done here and I enjoy that more. I have one short story that’s partially into a first draft and I haven’t added a word to it since my mom died. I’m sure some shrink has an opinion on that.
Since the scope of today’s meeting was limited to the charge, I brought up PUCO’s approval of the charge and asked if there were shown how the amount was determined or if they just approved the request. Neither PUCO nor the attorneys could give a mathematical reason for determination of the charge. At that point, I asked the company to explain the determination for the amount they requested and I asked the commission to reconsider the approval. This is how we ended.
they probably charge you 30 dollars just to come out every month to read the meter?
That’s what they claim, but my motion detector security says that they have only sent a guy around twice a year for at least the last 5 years.
They have vehicles that go around neighborhoods and ping the meters-at least here in Excel territory..😒
great work, and news about the hearing officer praising your work!
Well done.
Good job 👍
Good for you fren! Why should we, "the consumer" pay for any meter period. It is the utilities property, not mine. If I paid for it I should be able to remove it completely. I get absolutely no benefit from it at all it's only for them to track my usage. It also makes it easier for them to read using a device instead of actually,physically having to read the numbers. (I pay for thst service too) Not to mention the unsafe condition smart meters pose. Maybe they call them "Smart" just ti emphasize how "dumb" the public is?
Smart is actually an anachronism for its function of transmitting data to the company.
You are completely correct! Isn't that a little similar to counting votes with Smartmatic?...just sayin'
And, again Kudos to you for standing up for yourself! "Sunlight is the best disinfectant"
So they brushed you off to the state commissioner and have you waiting to hear back. Good luck with that. I’m in my 2nd year waiting to hear back from the commissioners office as to why they approved such high rate increases for insurance.
State insurance commissions are another breed of animal.
Doing the Lord's work! Thank you fren!
Wtg fren.
Good work, Berlin! Change starts at the grass roots.
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I remember in the olden days my parents got a form from the power company and it asked them to go their meter and draw the hands of the dials.
When I lived in Oman, the water company asked us to upload a photo of the water meter into their app.
Low-tech rules!
I remember my mom doing that on a card. It must have been early 60s. I forgot what she did with it after marking it.
I think the customer was supposed to mail in the meter reading card.
Call your utilities and see your options. Mine was free switchout and 7$ a month for gas, and the electric now only transmits 1x month, down from every 5 minutes. Tell them you want to opt out of the SMART feature on all meters.
We have a summer Beach House and we got a letter 25 yrs ago and it said they were installing water lines in our area and the hookup/ T fee would be $1,300 if we hooked up then or would be $3,000 if we hooked up later,but here's the kicker,it said our water bill would be $11,00 dollars a month whether we hooked up or not.
The MOB don't have shit on the Water Company or the Phone Co or the Power Co. GOOD LUCK BWC.
EXTORTION =THE AMERICAN WAY.