From: Name of utility customer Street or billing address of utility customer City, State Zip To: Gerard Anderson, Chief Executive Officer DTE Energy Company One Energy Plaza Detroit, MI 48226 NOTICE AND DEMAND FOR REMOVAL OF ALL DIGITAL ELECTRIC METERS, … Continue reading →

August 16th, 2011 – The Board of Trustees of Shelby Township, Michigan unanimously passed a resolution to the Michigan Public Utilities Commission (MPSC), asking that state regulatory body to “perform a careful analysis of the potential health and safety effects … Continue reading →

March 17th, 2013 1:30 to 6:00 pm at Cynthia Edwards’ house in Ann Arbor BRAINSTORM WITH US AND ENJOY LIVELY COMPANY! The MPSC is poised to accept DTE’s plan, which will result in a smart meter on everyones’ home. We want … Continue reading →

October 11th, 2011 – The Warren City Council voted unanimously on this day to petition the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to go slow on ‘smart’ meter deployment.  Warren is the latest public body to adopt a resolution “asking the … Continue reading →

August 1st, 2012 – DTE Offers You Such a Deal!  For a mere $87.00 up front plus $15/month for the rest of your life, DTE will be pleased to send a coded signal out to your new smart meter to … Continue reading →

August 6th, 2011 – On this day the City Council of Warren, Michigan held a special two-hour committee of the whole meeting to discuss the possibility of passing a city ordinance requiring the electric utility, DTE, to obtain a license … Continue reading →

HEARING THIS WEEK by David Sheldon May 9th, 2016 There is a legal case in Oakland Circuit Court this year that may have far reaching implications for those of us in Michigan who hope to avoid a smart electric meter … Continue reading →

April 16th, 2016 – A new smart meter umbrella group has been organized to pool our resources in the fight to get Michigan House Bill 4916 passed. The new coalition is urging everyone to phone (not email) their state representative … Continue reading →

Things are moving fast now! Your presence is needed! (Extensive revisions made 2/18/17) Tuesday February 21st and Tuesday March 7th, 2017 are the hearing dates in Lansing! (Date of 2nd hearing corrected!) Last week we reported on the newly formed … Continue reading →

Dr. David O. Carpenter to Testify Against “Smart Meters” in Utility Rate Case before Michigan Public Service Commission. Dr. Carpenter’s position is that the current smart meter technology poses health risks both because of the microwave radiation and because of … Continue reading →

(Revised April 12th, 2015) by David Sheldon B.S. in physics and economics, MBA, Certified in Software Engineering Traditional meters for electricity, gas and water are mechanical in nature and have dials that slowly turn to indicate how much has been … Continue reading →

by Edward Snowden “Privacy is the right to the self. Privacy is what gives you the ability to share with the world who you are, on your own terms. For them to understand what you’re trying to be. And to … Continue reading →

January 3, 2012 – The City Council of Sterling Heights by a vote of 7-0, approved the first actual moratorium on installation of ‘smart’ meters in the State ofMichigan.  The moratorium is to remain in place until such time as DTE … Continue reading →

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? by David Sheldon The Michigan Senate Energy Committee will be holding a public hearing on this proposed energy bill Thursday September 17th at 12:30 pm in the Senate Hearing Room, Ground Floor, Boji Tower, 124 W. … Continue reading →

February 4th, 2017 – NEWS 10 (WILX) is a tv station serving Lansing and Jackson. Their reporter, Clayton Cummins, just posted yesterday a story headlined as “Consumers Energy blames cold winter for spike in bills”. In this story he interviews … Continue reading →