(It is suggested that I print out this list for easy reference)
[ X ] I have the first thing done already by visiting this website.
[ ] Click the “Follow” button at the bottom of any page on this website and enter my email so that I will receive an alert whenever there is some new development posted.
[ ] Send a letter or email to the Michigan Public Service Commission (a) explaining the reasons why I will not permit a ‘smart’ meter to be attached to my home, (b) asking the Commission to enact an opt-out policy that will allow opt-out customers to keep or get back their analog meter – since it is the ONLY meter on the market today that does not create “dirty electricity” and the only meter that is not objectionable on privacy grounds, (c) asking that any opt-out plan include businesses as well as residences, and (d) further requesting the Commission to adopt a “community opt-out” so that entire neighborhoods can be kept safe from unwanted electromagnetic radiation. All comments about the opt-out policy should reference Case No. U-17053, while comments that address the harmful effects of the technology on society as a whole should reference Case No U-15678. All comments should be addressed to: Executive Secretary, Michigan Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 30221, Lansing, Michigan 48909. Electronic comments may be emailed to: mpscedockets@michigan.gov.
Things to do to protect my own home (if I still have an analog meter):
[ ] Put a sign on my electric meter stating:
“Installer: I do not consent to the installation of a ‘smart’ meter.”
[ ] Put a padlock on my electric meter housing.
[ ] Send a certified letter to my utility company stating:
“I do not consent to the installation of a ‘smart’ meter on my home, as I believe that such a meter is an entirely illegal intrusion upon my privacy and a threat to my health.
Things to do to protect my own home (if my analog meter has been taken away):
[ ] Send a certified letter to my utility company stating:
“You have installed a ‘smart’ meter upon my home without my knowledge or consent. As it is a surveillance device and a Class 2B carcinogen, I demand it be removed. If arrangements are not made to remove it within 14 days, I will replace it myself and return your meter to you.”
[ ] Purchase my own analog meter and instructions on how to install. (See detailed instructions elsewhere on this web site.)
[ ] After 14 days with no response from utility, arrange for a qualified person to replace the meter, taking note of the final reading on the smart meter. Notify the utility the same day that I have done so, and report the final reading on the smart meter and the initial reading on my own new analog meter.
[ ] Take a photograph of the undamaged smart meter and return or ship it to the utility by secure means, with proof of delivery or shipment.
Keeping the ‘smart’ meter off my own home will protect my family’s privacy but may not be enough to protect my family from health destroying radiation since we will still be getting that from our neighbor’s smart meters and from the mesh network that allows all these meters to communicate. Things to do to make my entire neighborhood safe:
[ ] Write a letter to the editor of my local newspaper.
[ ] Go to a meeting of my City Council and speak to the Council during the time reserved for public comments. Ask Council to pass a resolution urging the Public Service Commission to impose an immediate moratorium on any further smart meter installations until they have completed their own review of the health, safety and privacy issues surrounding these meters.
[ ] Talk this issue up among my neighbors, and in any community organization to which I belong. Urge others to come to the City Council and request action.
[ ] Contact my representatives in Lansing by phone or letter and let them know how I feel about this issue.
[ ] Email my friends or use Facebook and Twitter to get the word out.
[ ] Reply to this website using the “Leave a Reply” window, to advise what actions I have taken and any success achieved. You will need to leave us your email but may use first name only if you prefer. This may well be an inspiration to others.
We had one installed with out us knowing. Not sure when they put it in but the last 2 bills shows our usage has jumped 110% from same time last year. We have not done anything different. We do not heat our home with electric. We put a new roof on and have done energy saving things and yet they say their meter is fine that it is something we are doing or something to do with our appliances or our electric wiring. None of that has changed except our dishwasher broke and we don’t use it. So how is our small not even 1000 sq home using that much. Our bill has never been $252.59 in April. Maybe July when we have run central air. I have chatted with them and they are no help they try to say our usage went up before they put the new meter in. They say our old meter was getting old and was not registering right. Were can I go to get help. I paid last months but can’t afford to keep paying $250 something a month. I know people with lot larger homes that heat with electric and leave lots of things running and they aren’t this high.
Sandy,
We have heard these lies from one Michigan utility over and over and over again. Of course you are not using that much electricity in a small house in the month of April with no electric heat and no A/C running. There is only one course of action open to you when you are dealing with this kind of larceny and deception. You must replace your own meter with an analog meter, after giving reasonable notice to the utility and safely returning their meter to them. See instructions elsewhere on this website. Be prepared to go to court on this if necessary.
Hi friends
My friends and I would like to take the smart meter opt out matter to the county commission. We would like to ask them to oppose this manditory change on our houses and create a opt. out that will be reasonable. Is there a way to get a copy of what other countys and citys have passed for an example. Thanks…
Carol, Oakland and Macomb Counties have already passed resolutions that support us. We could use more counties! What county do you live in? You can read the Macomb County resolution here:
http://efile.mpsc.state.mi.us/efile/docs/17000/0263.pdf
You can read all the city resolutions here:
http://michiganstopsmartmeters.com/more-city-governments-voice-opposition/
I have been so nauseated since they installed the smart meter on my home. Also more headaches and irritablity
HELP! I live in an apartment in Berkley, Michigan and I have 17 of these new Smart Meters DIRECTLY below my bed. I couldn’t figure out why I started having constant headaches, because I have never suffered from headaches. Any advice, short of having to move? I also work from home and so I am here most of the time.
Wormy Joe,
You are in a most unfortunate situation! You are getting radio waves traveling in straight lines throught the air from all those meters through your floor to you. You are also getting exposed to electromagnetic fields every time you stand near a light switch or electrical appliance. This is caused by the “dirty electricity” that the power supplies in all those smart meters generate – even if the radio transmitters were turned off. What I would suggest, short of moving, is that you do two things: (1) Put some aluminum foil down on the floor of your bedroom and on the floor where you spend most of your daytime hours. You might do this by gluing or taping foil to the underside of an area rug. Consider grounding the foil also by a wire from the foil to a water pipe; (2) Purchase some Stetzer filters from the Stetzer Electric Company in Wisconsin. These you plug into electrical outlets. What they do is filter out the “dirty electricity” that is put on your wiring by all those smart meters. They also sell an inexpensive handheld meter that will allow you to determine when you have installed enough filters. Another thing you might do is consider spending much of your daytime hours outside of the apartment I would also hope that you do not have wi-fi installed in your apartment. Your computer’s internet connection should be hardwired – preferably to a cable service or to DSL service on a phone line. You should also keep use of a cell phone to an absolute minimum. Electro-sensitivity is something that often builds up gradually over the years based on your total cumulative exposure to all forms of emf.
Would love to have you speak in Franklin, They are installing those things all over and people are not aware of them as DTE does NOT ask, forewarn or send cards making the ennoblement. Beverly HIlls and Southfield may have them now too. Busy DTE has been.
How can i make DTE in Michigan Replace the digital one they put on my home in 2009 ? My Bill has went sky high and my whole family has been having ringing ears , my dogshave been getting sick and I have Noticed our MOODS SWINGS have been very BAD ! My Spouse has heart Issues (a stent from a heart attack ) also back problems , and Our health is not getting better , I JUST turned 47 and i have 2 teens ( girl 16 – Boy 15 ) and i have noticed a Big change in everyone and everything since they put the digital meter in ! Can i Make DTE put one of the old ones back in ??? Please i am begging for help … We are Low income due to my Spouse being disabled and i am also Disabled …
Darlene,
If you have had this meter since 2009 I wonder if it is really one of the new smart meters. What you may have is one of the electronic digital meters. They can cause health problems too, even though they contain no radio transmitters, because they contain something called a “switched mode power supply” which will put “dirty electricity” on all the wiring inside your home.
The first thing would be to try to determine which kind of meter you have. If you can find any mention of an FCC license on the face of the meter then you almost certainly have a smart meter. If there is a blue faceplate on the meter your almost certainly have a smart meter.
There is also an older style meter that has a digital display (like a car odometer) but is entirely mechanical. This type of meter would not produce dirty electricity or send out any radio signals and almost certainly could cause you no harm. But this is one of the older style meters which they probably were not installing as recently as 2009.
Why don’t you take a photo of the face of your meter and send it to me as an email attachment. I will take a look and see if I can help you figure it out. Also please let me know what city you are in!
David Sheldon fdshel@yahoo.com
I am In Romulus Michigan , I’m trying to figure out how to send the video i did , with phone , I will Send it to you as soon as i can figure it out … We have Detroit Metro Airport a mile or less from our house we live in and planes are always flying over somethimes it sounds like its going to land on the house … Thank you for replying to my post … The name on the meter is Itron and says WATTHOUR UNDER THAT …
When is the next meeting scheduled?
Who can one call or write to say they want to opt out?
Pearl – I would recommend you FIRST send out a certified letter stating that you do no consent to the installation of a ‘smart’ electric meter and post a sign next to the meter as well. Then it might also be a good idea to call DTE’s main phone number and tell the customer service representative that you “WANT TO BE PLACED ON THE ‘DELAY’ LIST”. They have such a list and will put you on it if you are insistent. What the list does is keep them from installing a smart meter for the next few months at least – or until the MPSC makes a decision about opt-out policy. It is a kick the can down the road solution but it may be a fairly good interim solution.
I’m wondering if there’s any information available about how to replace a gas smart meter. We managed so far to head off an electric smart meter, but the gas smart meter was installed without our knowing it. I’ve sent a letter giving them 14 days to remove or I will, but don’t know how. Thank you!
You raise an excellent question! Our understanding is that a ‘smart’ gas meter is just a standard gas meter (probably the one you had before) but with a ‘smart module’ attached to it that transmits the information by radio waves to the utility. So removal probably could mean only removing the attached module. We have no information at present on what difficulties there might be in doing that, or whether you would do better to buy your own gas meter and replace the whole thing. We will try to get some information together on this – maybe a kit or something with instructions. You may need to call in a professional to help you do this.
i live in california and I am so frustrated with this killing monster that I called SCE (my electric company) and told them I wanted the meter out i had thirty seven treatments of radiation two years ago and now wake up with radiatiion burns on my body the radiation that the meter contains (spurts out every four milnutes d) spurged through my bedroom wall where it is located and connected with my personal amount of radiation within my body So called SCE to tell them to come once again to take it out and they said they would put me on OPT take down within three months to a year. I was so irrate that I told them I am going to call the new media and have them come and be witness to me sticking my finger into the meter and go down in flames as they do in war zones hahahahha
She advised me not to tamper with the meter it’s agianst the law
an hour later a sherff pulls up and questions me about the finger in the meter
By the time that filled him in to what was happen with the killer monster I told him about the utube entry “DARK SIDE OF SMART METER also “FEDERAL GOVERMENT AND SMART METER” He started to share the greif of what I was going through told me he has grandkids and five kids all grown when he left his thought where spinning into wonderment. He heard of Smart Meters and what they can do but found the darkside of the smart meter utube he is going to do more research.
I called out to him”please don’t stick you finger into the meter after you read that utupe conncetion we giggled. I came into the house and noticed they are now into my computer and deleted my files that had notations on how I reported my siruation to the SCE and then they re entered he notations ….wowo
thatis my reply
I am going to start a peaceful sounding instead of the white knuckles rage and we going about this without fear becasue we have God and The Angels here on sight and no one is more powerful then the support
love and kisses
Josette Vettel
Your MichiganstopSmartmeters web site is an enviable aid to humanity. I have measured the electrical radiation with a digital meter like the one you show and found the EMF to be >100 milliGauss. I thank MPSC for inquiring about the issue! However, I wonder how MPSC staff will evaluate the radiation since MPSC Docket U-13934 fails to recognize airborne radiation as a source of EMF emanating from Switch mode AC-DC power supplies useed to power radiofrequency devices such as radio transmitters, cell phones, and a million other devices already contaminating their electrical supplies.
Thanks for helping all of us to protect ourselves from DTE, How could they acutally install a device the is a health Hazard ?
Actually, the utilities are exmpet from many NEC codes.One example is the service drop to residential buildings using overhead feeds.The service conductors bundled together call triplex for a 225 amp and under service are #2 aluminum run in free air with no overcurrent protection from the transformer. But once it reaches the customers weatherhead, (the point of demarcation) the customer must run at least 2/o copper in the riser to the meter for a 200 amp service, and 3/o copper for any branch circuits that are 200 amps.The utility companies are exmpet from all NEC codes, and a private citizen or contractor has to strictly adhere to these codes.But what about sub-contractors working for the utilities installing their watt hour billing meters on private residential properties ?It is very important to know that all electrical equipment on any building is provided for by the building owner, that includes the weatherhead, riser, meter enclosure/main disconnect, and of course the main load center and all other sub-panels , the distribution network and any and all devices or appliances being fed by the meter on the building. Only the meter is owned by the utility, so shouldn’t citizens in possession of the property have a right to decide what they want to allow to be installed on their property ? I think that everyone has a right to decide for themselves ?. I decided that I don’t want a new SmartMeter installed on my privately owned equipment and refused the installation a year ago. So far so good, they sent a couple of stupid letters stating that the meters are required if I want to continue to have electrical service. What a joke !. I ignored the letters and I still have electrical service.I think the utilities are just trying to be the big bad bully on the block, but if some people challenge them in a court of law about private property rights, maybe some new revelations will come out in favor of private citizens. WE SHALL FIGHT AND PREVAIL !!