California CPUC smart meter decisions documents

The following is from a page at the CPUC containing smart meter and smart meter opt-out decisions and press releases,

[CEP NOTE: WARNING: THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT REPRESENT CEP’S POSITION ON THESE MATTERS AND IS PRESENTED AS INFORMATION THAT THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION ISSUED. THE CPUC HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE EXTENSIVE STAFFING AND COMMISSIONERS WHO EITHER WORKED WITH THE UTILITIES DIRECTLY AS EMPLOYEES IN THE PAST OR WHO HAVE AT TIMES RECEIVED INCENTIVES TO AGREE WITH THE UTILITIES. THE CPUC IN CALIFORNIA DOES NOT ACTUALLY REGULATE AS IT WAS INTENDED TO DO, AS A RESULT.]

Changes in how electricity is produced, delivered and consumed require ‘smarter’ power systems with secure, reliable communications capabilities.

Advanced Meters, or Smart Meters, enable a utility to provide customers with detailed information about their energy usage at different times of the day, which in turn enables customers to better manage their energy use more proactively. Advanced Meters also allow for faster outage detection and restoration and help the environment by offering the opportunity to reduce the need to build power plants, or avoid the use of older, less efficient power plants as customers lower their electric demand.

Information and Decisions on Smart Meters

[CEP ALERT NOTE: THERE ARE NO TRUE BENEFITS TO THE CONSUMER – ONLY HIGHER BILLS, HEALTH RISKS AND HEALTH IMPACTS. THE ABOVE IS AN INDUSTRY-GENERATED POSITION THAT DOES NOT TAKE HEALTH AND SAFETY INTO CONSIDERATION.]

[CEP NOTE: THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS WERE MADE WITHOUT ANY EVALUATION OF THE SAFETY OF SMART METERS IN THE FIELD]:

• Independent Evaluation of PG&E Smart Meters by a contractor selected by the CPUC

“Opting-Out” – Requesting to Not Have a Smart Meter

• Feb. 1, 2012, the CPUC approved analog meters for PG&E customers electing to opt-out of Smart Meter service. Read our press release.

• Sept. 14, 2011: Public Workshop on Opt-Out Requests, CPUC Auditorium

Contact Your Utility about Opting-Out and Get Information on Smart Meters

Contact the CPUC to Provide Comments or File a Complaint

• Comments: You may provide comment to the CPUC on proceedings by addressing them to our Public Advisor.

• Complaints: File a complaint with the CPUC’s Consumer Affairs Branch.

accessed 8.1.2018 from http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/General.aspx?id=4850