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Apparently, one Canadian power company agrees.
July 30, 2014 4:39 pm
SaskPower ordered to remove all smart meters in the province
By Shawn Knox Global News
www.globalnews.ca
REGINA ? SaskPower has announced that they are removing all the smart meters
that were installed in the province.
The minister responsible for SaskPower Bill Boyd said the utility company will
be taking out all 105,000 smart meters around Saskatchewan.
?I think the concerns about safety are paramount here, the concerns are
significant enough, anytime families are at risk in Saskatchewan, actions have
to be taken and that?s why we?ve directed SaskPower accordingly,? said
Minister Boyd.
The removal of the smart meters over the next six to nine months will cost
around $15 million, according to SaskPower.
?We view it as similar to a recall situation and the people of Saskatchewan
shouldn?t be responsible for the costs of this and we?ll do everything we can
to recover those costs,? said Boyd.
Boyd will also be reviewing why the new meters weren?t properly studied or
tested before they were installed in homes.
?I don?t know whether there was enough testing done. We?ll certainly be
conducting, along with SaskPower, an internal review of the procurement
procedures around this around the safety concerns people had,? added Boyd.
?We want to determine when these were originally ordered, if there were safety
concerns known at that point in time, so we have a lot of questions we?re
going to be discussing with SaskPower about how this came to be.?
Earlier this month SaskPower temporarily suspended its installation of smart
meters around the province after half a dozen caught fire.
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: Reported - Family blames smart meter on house fire that killed
: 74-year-old - Smart Meters = waivers
: The bottom line is - if the so-called 'Smart Meters' can be
: bad for houses with older wiring then the 'Smart Meters'
: are probably just plain bad for any structure. Speaking of
: 'stuck-on-stupid', the utilities companies unyieldingly
: continue the defective practice of installing and using
: these defective devices, 'Smart Meters'.
: It is not fair to charge a customer to not use this meter to
: opt for the older ones. Meter readers only have to drive by
: with their optics and view the meter and log the usage down
: and drive on, but the utilities companies prefer to
: discount your price if you allow the installation of the
: defective 'Smart Meter' to spy on your every activity right
: in your home.
: Therefore, as I have long maintained - isn't the installation
: of a 'Smart Meter' a violation of your rights to be secure
: in your homes, in your papers and possessions? Isn't it a
: waiver that waives your rights under the law against
: illegal search and seizure? Were you informed the Smart
: Meters would spy on you?
: There is an almost constant flood of new suspicious fires in
: this area, even in town nearby in businesses. Even Hastings
: had a smoke-related fire type problem which shut them down
: recently. When will the utilities companies 'own
: up'???!!!!!! If the linemen who install and repair these
: electrical systems would tell the truth they would condemn
: these defective Smart Meters.
: Just because you're insured doesn't mean those heirlooms and
: photo albums, etc., can be replaced. Some things mean
: something to people, you know. I haven't dwelt on these
: putrid Smart Meters for awhile and just sit back and watch
: these fires, one after another, but every now and then it
: motivates me to post something on them.
: The U.S. has become so much of a piece of excrement due to the
: greedy corporations it stinks and reeks to high heaven now.
: Meanwhile members of Congress sit back and continue to
: fatten their bank accounts on such investments.
: Infoeditor
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: Family blames smart meter on house fire that killed
: 74-year-old
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: http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/02/03/74-year-old-killed-house-fire-dallas/22786269/
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