Last Tree Laws

Utility Handouts (Meters):

• "Just Say Analog" i.e. Utility Meter Risks & Solutions: Net Metering & Advanced Metering Infrastructure (8X11 B&W) Info for alternative energy advocates,  fossil fuel opponents, and government officials

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Outside RESOURCES

Videos:

• Take Back Your Power (Video)

Health Risks:

• Smart Meters: Correcting the Gross Misinformation (Signed by 50 scientists)

Privacy:

• The Smart Grid and Privacy [Electronic Privacy & Information Center]
• EFF Advises California PUC on Smart Grid Privacy Protections (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• Smart grid powers up privacy worries (Also discusses profits)

Security:

• Russian Hackers Threaten Power Companies, Researchers Say

Fires:

• Stockton Smart Meters Explode After Truck Causes Power Surge (And power goes out for 5000)
• Issue – Fires
• 1000’s of smart meter fires: New whistleblower & court evidence

Billing Errors:

Smart Meter Groups:

• [Arizona] The EI WellSpring [Pdf document overviews]
• [Michigan] Smart Meter Education Network (One of two similarly named Michigan groups that reviews several smart meter risks & legal aspects--many similarly named groups exist nationwide)

Legal: 

• Lawsuit to halt smart meters by Deborah Kobald against PSC [NY Albany-based state utility] filed in Albany County Supreme Court

Outside Resources on
Massachusetts

MA Department of Public Utilities (DPU) & Law:

• Massachusetts Makes Smart Grid Mandatory
• MA DPU order requires big utilities to submit a ten-year grid modernization plan (GMP) by 2014 (see page 101 for "steering committee" groups

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•  Overview of legal complaint over Worcester pilot to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
  

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Worcester Pilot and Protests:

• Residents Protesting Smart Grid Pilot in Worcester
• Will Smart Meters Be Stopped in Worcester?
• Worcester gets a jump on smart energy technology

Holyoke & UMass Amherst Research: 

• Irwin Works with Smart Meter Project at Holyoke Gas & Electric Co.
• Toward a Smarter Grid (ResearchNext) "UMass Amherst computer scientist Prashant Shenoy and electrical and computer engineer David Irwin ...partner Holyoke Gas and Electric (HG&E), ...are analyzing data from 18,000 smart meters in the city of Holyoke. ...these record electricity data constantly ...—peak usage times, appliance usage, and more"
• UMass Amherst Researchers Receive $1 Million Grant to Improve Utility Smart Metering, Energy Services and Conservation
• UMass $200K Grant to work with Holyoke G&E