Each smart meter installed in Glendale will create a “home area network” of wireless signals, sending detailed usage information on to the utility. Older appliances aren’t equipped to collect or transmit such data, but new appliances are being built with RF transmitters that will work with smart meter HANs.
Were consumers citizens ever asked if we wanted appliances that would track each household’s real-time usage and send reports about it back to the utility company?
The link above says this decision was made at high levels without consulting we the people. It is written by Cindy Sage, principal of an environmental consulting firm that specializes in the effects of electro-magnetic fields. Sage will be speaking at the November 10 Southern California Smart Meter community forum here in Glendale.