Smart Metering as an example of things to come

[#1]

Earlier this month HP announced a smart meter cloud service for the utility industry. This service underpins HP’s strategy to help utilities improve operational efficiency and accelerate transformation to a more customer- and service-centric delivery model.

This was based upon extensive experience in the design and creation of other large scale smart meter solutions in Europe and North America as well as solutions in the sensing and data gathering space. Since its foundation is to be a service, the whole charging mechanism is on a pay per meter basis. I guess that’s part of its cloud like nature. It should provide a secure and cost-effective pay as you go approach for utilities trying to modernize and be more effective and efficient, since it enables utilities to minimize the upfront investment required for a large scale roll-out of smart metering systems and reduces both risk and time-to-market. Research is underway to improve security in this  space as well.

The use of machine-to-machine techniques to provide greater insight and controlis the tip of the iceberg for organizations making “everything smarter”, so these approaches will show up in every industry.

[#2]

SMART METER PRIVACY VIOLATIONS.

1. Must-See 4-minute youtube video on Smart meters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8JNFr_j6kdI

SMART METER HEALTH PROBLEMS AND CANCER.

2. The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION on May 31 2011 placed the Non-ionizing radiation coming from Wireless smart meters (and some other wireless devices) on the Class 2-B Carcinogen List.

http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf 

3. The NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH Feb 2011 found biological changes in the brain after only minutes of exposure to non-ionizing radiation.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/8/808.abstract

4. LABORATORY SCIENTISTS have observed
 (1) Human Cell Damage
 (2) DNA Chain Breaks 
(3) Breaches in the Blood-Brain Barrier
 from levels of non-ionizing radiation lower than emitted by WIRELESS Smart meters.

http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cc-video/

5. INSURANCE COMPANIES Hired Independent Laboratory Scientists and these scientists also observed Cell Damage and DNA Chain Breaks and now the Insurance Companies will NOT Insure Liability damage from Wireless Smart meters and other wireless devices.
 TV Video (3 minutes)

http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=382




Cell Phone use and other devices are Voluntary and can be shut off at the user’s discretion, but Smart meters mounted on homes are emitting radiation 24/7 and can not be shut off.

6. WIRELESS SMART METERS – 100 TIMES MORE RADIATION THAN CELL PHONES.
  Video Interview: Nuclear Scientist, Daniel Hirsch, (5 minutes)

http://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/04/20/daniel-hirsch-on-ccsts-fuzzy-math/





7. WIRELESS SMART METERS – CANCER, NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE, ADVERSE REPRODUCTION AFFECTS.  
Video Interview: Dr. Carpenter, New York Public Health Department, Dean of Public Health, (2 minutes)


http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=3946




8. THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE IN STOCKHOLM (the University that gives the Nobel Prizes) ISSUES GLOBAL HEALTH WARNING AGAINST WIRELESS SMART METERS.
 2-page Press Release


http://www.scribd.com/doc/48148346/Karolinska-Institute-Press-Release




9. RADIATION MEASURED FROM SMART METER MOUNTED ON A HOME (once active in the utility system) SHOWS RADIATION TRANSMISSION PULSES APPROXIMATELY ONCE EVERY FOUR SECONDS 24 HOURS PER DAY traveling through the bodies and brains of the inhabitants of that home.  
Youtube Video (6 minutes, 1st minute is sufficient)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRejDxBE6OE

NOTE: many of the tests on non-ionizing radiation (the type of radiation emitted by smart meters) have been done using instruments other than smart meters because smart meters have only been in people’s homes for a very short time.

But as a Wireless smart meter emits 100 times more radiation than a cell phone, it is not difficult to project.  If a machine gun (smart meter) fires 100 bullets in the same time that a pistol (cell phone) fires one bullet, it is not difficult to project the harm that the machine gun can inflict, even if the tests were done with the pistol.

CUSTOMER UTILITY BILLS AFTER SMART METERS INSTALLED.

10. Skyrocketing Utility Bills after installation

TV News Video (3 minutes)

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/63581287.html?tab=video

11. Systemic Smart Meter Billing Errors Over 200% Uncovered in Australia

TV News Video (7 minutes)

http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/money/article/-/10241945/power-scandal-exposed/ - video

NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS DUE TO SMART METERS.

12. CIA Director James Woolsey calls Smart grid “Stupid” due to National Security problems caused by so-called smart meters.

News Video (1 minute)

http://www.energynow.com/video/2011/08/10/preview-mix-james-woolsey

[#3]

It is clear that you have done your research on some of the negative issues of early smart grid technologies. Many of these issues have been overcome by newer approaches.

[#4]

Here is another link to some work HP has done in the metering space -- this one is at Detroit Water