Category Archives: Smart Meter

€1bn Smart Meter Project in Jeopardy (Ireland) – UK Sunday Times

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

IRELAND – THE future of a €1bn project to install electricity and gas smart meters in all homes and most businesses by 2020 could be in doubt after a recent cost-benefit analysis indicated savings, if any, would be minimal. The … Continue reading →

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Take Back Your Power screening, 30 October, Bentleigh

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia
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Launch of People Power Victoria – No Smart Meters

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

People Power Victoria – No Smart Meters Party (PPV) was launched on 11 October 2014. Launch highlights can be seen at:  PPV Launch PPV requires volunteer and financial support to help it contest the forthcoming State election on November 29, … Continue reading →

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Manual meter reading fees

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

The Australian Energy Regulator has published the submissions it received on the proposed manual meter reading fee to come into effect in April 2015. As well as the submissions from the five power distributors on what they would like to … Continue reading →

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Smart meters can be hacked!

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

In two recent international reports it is claimed that the smart meters being installed can be hacked to achieve various goals.  Aims of hackers could range from under-reporting a property’s bill, fooling the system into billing one property for the … Continue reading →

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Smart Meter Update Meetings in Northern Suburbs of Melbourne

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia
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A smart meter cost blowout threatens to add up to $520 more to many power bills – Herald Sun

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Electricity giant AusNet Services plans to ask for a forecast $350 million extra from hundreds of thousands of customers over the next 15 years. It overspent $70 million last year, and wants to pass on most of it. And it forecasts … Continue reading →

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Sweden: Let Professor Johansson continue crucial work!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Why this is important The Karolinska Institute for the second time wants to reduce the space allocated to the brilliant Olle Johansson, Associate professor, The Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, in order to down-size his work. Professor … Continue reading →

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ELECTROSENSITIVITY – HAS SOCIETY LOST ITS MORAL COMPASS?

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

An ignored emerging global health, civic and human rights crisis The following article raises some fundamental issues about how electrosensitive people are being treated around the world and is likely to become a burgeoning issue for Governments, health officials and … Continue reading →

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Telstra’s Flawed Wifi Hotspot Plan: Short Term Gain for Long Term Pain

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Sourced from Finance and Investment for Good Australian Telco Telstra this week announced plans to roll out the first 1,000 sites of 500,000 WiFi hotspots across Australia. Having last year paid $1.3 billion to secure two 20 MHz spectrum blocks in … Continue reading →

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