News Flash – SSMA Spokesperson to speak on Radio 3MDR – 9:30 am, Thursday October 3

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

9:30 am Thursday 3rd October, a Stop Smart Meters Australia Spokesperson will be speaking on radio 3MDR about smart meters and the Victorian AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) program.

Listen live on Radio 3MDR at 3mdr.com

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Are Smart Meters a Health Hazard?

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

“The day smart meter transmissions were enabled in her neighbourhood, Maria collapsed. Later she discovered what had caused her to suddenly develop an erratic and life-threatening heart arrhythmia………….”

The full account of this article, with other stories of people’s health deteriorating  with the installation of smart meters, can be found in the Spring Edition 2013 of “True Natural Health”, the Magazine of the Natural Health Society of Australia.  Read about smart meters, the alarming effects on children and the personal stories of 6 people who have been adversely affected.

Order on-line:  www.health.org.au

$6 incl postage or purchase this issue + a back issue for $10

(Autumn 2012 edition contains an article about how to protect ourselves from EMR – Electromagnetic Radiation)

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Smart Meter Public Meeting, 5th October, Broadmeadows

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Broadmeadows Public Meeting Oct 5th, 2013

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letter of the week, September 27th, 2013

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

One of our fellow fighters, going under the name of ‘Take our Power Back’, has shared with us her response to the power company’s continued bullying and harassment.

As per my previous notifications, I do not consent to the installation of a smart meter.

As power companies were ONLY mandated to “use their best endeavours” to install smart meters, I insist that you cease contacting me re installation of same and place me on the ‘refusal’ list to be sent to the Victorian Government.

Are you aware, as per the Australian Government’s documents on Brodie’s Law, bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social, or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more people. I understand this to include continued harassment and covers face to face, at a distance and through information and communication technologies.

I am disgusted that I have to go through all this stress to protect my rights to privacy, safety and my health in my own home. Australia is a democratic country.

I repeat, I do not consent to the installation of a smart meter, LEAVE ME ALONE.

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Wireless Networking in Schools – A call to limit unnecessary radiation exposure in light of potential health risks

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Marshall Roberts is an IT specialist who has performed research on the potential health effects of wireless networking in schools because he has children and is concerned about the astronomical uptake of wireless technologies in schools. Marshall wrote a comprehensive report on this issue which he sent to the Department of Education (DoE) in Tasmania requesting answers. SSMA contacted Marshall to see if he would be willing to write a guest blog for our website because our children are being exposed involuntarily and without consent to wireless RF every day 24x 7 starting at home from smart meters and other wireless devices as well as at school (e.g. iPads, laptops, wireless routers etc.). Marshall kindly agreed and his blog follows:

What have I got to offer?

Back in May 2012, I did some reading (about 40 hours’ worth) to try to see through the noise of the “WiFi in schools” debate and come to an informed position, and I then put that position to the authorities. I am an IT consultant, so if I had any bias you’d expect it to lay with promoting IT. I am also a critical reader, who can write well enough to provide a solid introduction to the issues in a readable and even-handed way.

I’ve distilled my current thoughts into some take-home points to convince you that the issue is important enough to spend the time reading my 30+ page submission which can be found here Wireless-Networking-in-Schools. I will briefly touch on each of these points separately, and some are also expanded upon in my submission.

  • the standard governing Radio Frequency (RF) exposure is outdated and selective
  • Wi-Fi radiation is not trivial relative to other radiation sources
  • no one is really regulating how wireless equipment is used (so you have to)
  • the telecommunications industry is ‘spinning’
  • we’re talking about children

The standard

It was last updated in 1998 – before the Wi-Fi brand even existed, let alone became a part of everyday life. It effectively ignores any biological effects (e.g. effects on DNA), which have been noted in thousands of studies; it is based on the assumption that RF radiation will only harm you if it heats you up too much.

All opinions and arguments aside, the fact is, while this standard has been in force, the World Health Organisation classified RF radiation as a possible human carcinogen, based on examinations of real-world (and, therefore, ‘within the standard’) use.

Wireless relative to other RF radiation

A common argument (and one that was put to me personally by Australia’s standards body) is that the radiation from wireless networks is likely to be overpowered by other sources anyway. My research turned up an independent evaluation commissioned by a major educational institution in Australia which actually demonstrated that radiation from wireless networks made up some 97% of the radiation on that campus (details are in my submission). The Wi-Fi Alliance (owner of the Wi-Fi trademark) is still keen to ‘drive adoption’ of the technology further, and it seems we may even be taking this literally, with recent plans to build cars that are mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. Wi-Fi is likely to be a growing, not diminishing, concern.

No-one is really regulating

Consider the image below which shows what happened with my submission.

handball

I had raised a specific point – that the Department of Education is not minimising exposure, as required by the Australian standard, in any way; wireless at our school was on 24 hours, 7 days a week. In response, responsibility for enforcing different aspects of the standards were passed around between a number of organisations with, finally, the end result being that no organisation is actually tasked with overseeing the way in which wireless technologies are used. Consider also the statements that appeared in early iPhone manuals regarding US regulations: “iPhone’s [Specific Absorption Rate] measurement may exceed the [Federal Communications Commission] exposure guidelines for body-worn operation if positioned less than 15mm (5/8 inch) from the body (eg: when carrying iPhone in your pocket).” (i.e. Apple was selling a product that was tested to comply in certain situations, but put the onus on the consumer to ensure the device was only used in those situations – if you want a copy of this statement I suggest you download the iPhone 3G document from the Mobile Manufacturer’s Forum before Apple updates it with a less-scary sounding statement). And no, it’s not just phones: the spiel for the 4th generation iPad states: “to be sure that human exposure to RF energy does not exceed the FCC, IC, and European Union guidelines, always follow these instructions and precautions: Orient the device in portrait mode with the Home button at the bottom of the display, or in landscape mode with the cellular antenna (located under the black edge at the top of the device) away from your body or other objects.” So yes, it’s very much up to us to regulate how the device is used, to make sure we’re within the standard (which itself may be seriously flawed).

The industry is spinning

If you’re really interested in the history of industry involvement in setting standards, consider this 280 paged thesis, subtitled “An examination of the manipulation of telecommunications standards by political, military, and industrial vested interests at the expense of public health protection”.

For a very quick example, this newspaper article quotes an industry spokesperson as saying that “these regulations have a significant safety margin, or precautionary approach, built into them”. The apparent misappropriation of the term “precautionary approach” is quite stunning here, given that the standard itself explicitly acknowledges the possibility of biological effects that ‘may or may not be harmful’, and then goes on to set the standard using a starting point far above the exposure levels at which biological effects are known to occur. The calls by many experts for implementers of these technologies to adopt a precautionary approach are largely due to the fact that the standard itself does not.  They do have a safety margin built in, but in respect to biological effects, the safety margin has been shown in numerous studies to be woefully inadequate. A skeptical reader could suspect that the spokesperson was deliberately attempting to muddy the waters and make calls for a precautionary approach seem redundant.

We’re talking about children

Even the standards body, which has thus far clung doggedly to its outdated standard, has acknowledged that studies have shown that the standards are breached by up to 40% in experimental models of children at the standard’s maximum exposure levels that were calculated to prevent these limits being reached. As early as 1988, experts warned that children absorb high frequency EMR more readily than adults. When it comes to the use of wireless in schools, we are discussing the institutionalised exposure of a most vulnerable cohort in society – individuals without the capacity for informed consent, who are scientifically acknowledged as being more at risk to this particular threat.

You can read more of Marshall’s blogs on his pursuit for answers regarding the safety of wireless at http://www.anidealist.net/category/wifi/

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Drouin/Warragul Public Screening of ‘Take Back Your Power’

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Drouin-Warragul Meeting 2013

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YOUR Chance for YOUR say on Energy Concerns….

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia
In a recent interview with Neil Mitchell at 3AW, Minister Kotsiras, Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, asked for feedback on energy related issues/concerns etc.  The interview can be found at: http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blogs/energy-companies-put-on-notice/20130913-2toen.html
What does he mean that he’ll ‘fix all the problems at once in 3 months time, with legislation’?

Minister Kotsiras asked for input and feedback via the following website: www.switchon.vic.gov.au/home
Click on tab right hand, bottom of page that says ‘Energy Concerns’ (blue bordered box).

So let’s all GRAB this opportunity to give our feedback, and don’t sit back on our “she’ll be right mate” Aussie butts.

And, while we are at it let’s ALSO send our concerns via email directly to the Minister just to make sure he hears us: nicholas.kotsiras@parliament.vic.gov.au

 

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Is the Tasmanian Government telling us the real facts about a Tasmanian smart meter rollout? – Tasmanian Times

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

On 26 May 2013, an inaugural public information meeting was held in Hobart about the proposed Tasmanian Government’s introduction of a smart electricity grid throughout the state.

Ref: http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/pr-article/public-meeting-on-smart-meters/

Central to the government’s proposal is the replacement of the existing analogue power meters with so called “smart meters” that wirelessly transmit energy usage back to the utility and give the consumer ‘real-time’ data on their energy usage. No longer will the energy provider need to employ meter readers to physically go from house to house to record electricity use – it will all be done wirelessly.

The organizers of the May 26 public meeting were concerned that the people of Tasmania were not receiving balanced information on the extent of claimed benefits and the pitfalls of introducing a smart grid in the state. This imbalance is illustrated in the Tasmanian government’s November 2012 information paper, Electricity Smart Networks which paints a glowing future for a rollout of an integrated smart grid throughout Tasmania.

Ref: http://www.treasury.tas.gov.au/domino/dtf/dtf.nsf/LookupFiles/Smart-networks-info-paper.pdf/$file/Smart-networks-info-paper.pdf

While the government’s report focused on supposed benefits of a Tasmania smart grid, no mention was made of the many problems encountered with a similar rollout in Victoria.

Ref: https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/smart-meters-in-victoria_information-and-concerns_version_3.pdf

And: https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/09/13/reciprocal-buck-passing-no-care-no-accountability-and-no-responsibility/

One of a number of problems seen in the Victorian smart meter rollout is the importance of where the smart meter is placed. The Victorian experience shows that when a smart meter is placed externally on a bedroom wall, the frequent radiofrequency transmissions (up to 190,000 times daily) can affect sleep patterns resulting in insomnia, tinnitus and other health problems.

Ref:  http://www.emfacts.com/download/SM_case_studies.pdf

Therefore, at the very least, the location of a smart meter needs to be taken into account in any proposed rollout of the technology in Tasmania. This currently is not being done, with any possible problems with the rollout of a smart grid in Tasmania being ignored by those promoting the technology in the state.

On May 24, 2013, on the eve of the Hobart public meeting on a possible smart meter rollout in Tasmania, this writer received a letter from Bryan Green the Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources for Tasmania.

In that letter Mr. Green claimed that “Aurora does not currently have any plans for a large-scale smart meter infrastructure roll-out across Tasmania” and that according to the latest Federal Govt. report, The Power of Choicereview by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AMEC), the future smart meter roll-out would likely become market driven, meaning that “a residential customer would only receive a smart meter if that customer explicitly requests a smart meter”.

However, read the fine print

It would be understandable if the reader at this point thought that there was no issue for the concerned public. If you have concerns over possible problems with having a smart meter installed on your home (or business premises) just don’t request one and you will not get one!

However, reading through AMEC’s Power of Choice review, which is the master blueprint for the future roll-out of a smart grid nationally, there are defined exceptions to Mr. Green’s claim. These exceptions are defined as:

“The rules provide that more advanced technology be used and installed in defined situations (ie new connections, refurbishments and replacements.) These would also be as per the SCER minimum functionally specification for smart meters.”

Ref:  http://www.aemc.gov.au/market-reviews/open/power-of-choice-update-page.html

What this means is that all new buildings will get a smart meter. If you are planning renovations to your existing home that require changes to the wiring, which will need an Aurora safety inspection, Aurora will install a new electronic meter which meets “the minimum functionally specification for smart meters”. You will not be given the option of an analogue (non-smart) meter, which Aurora will no longer have in stock. In addition there is also the planned replacement of all analogue meters statewide. The new electricity meter will be a smart meter or an electronic meter capable of being upgraded to a fully functioning smart meter by simply inserting a chip. Just like the Tasmanian Devil, the analogue electricity meter now is looking like an endangered species!

Where does this put Mr. Green’s claim of having to explicitly request a smart meter if you want one?

However, if you do not want your existing electricity meter being replaced with a smart meter, better advice would be to securely lock up your meter box with a window in the meter box door to allow the reading of the meters without having to unlock the meter box. If your electricity provider requests access to the meter, make sure that they do not install a new smart meter without your permission.  If you are building a new home, ensure that the new electricity smart meter is located well away from bedroom areas, preferably on an outbuilding, such as a detached garage.

As for Mr. Green’s claim that Aurora does not have any plans for a large-scale rollout across Tasmania, this does not ring true when comparing this claim to the government’s November 2012 report Electricity Smart Networks. To excerpt from that report:

The Tasmanian Government is working towards a major reform of the Tasmanian electricity industry, which will provide all Tasmanians electricity customers with a choice of the retailer for their electricity.  The reforms will put downward pressure on prices and will also open up the market to longer term non-price benefits such as greater choices in products tailored to suit customer needs and improved service standards… A smart network would be a platform technology that supports customer engagement in the electricity market, moving the entire philosophy of the industry from a supply-side model to a model where customers can actively participate by making informed decisions about their electricity use…Continuing to move to a smart networking approach will build on the Governments’ electricity business’ work to date… the government’s intention to merge the transmission and distribution businesses provides the opportunity in Tasmania for end-to-end smart network solutions, which will further enhance the benefits of smart networking in Tasmania.

Plans for a rollout of a smart grid and smart meters in Tasmania is also seen in the state government’s report,Tasmanian Infrastructure Strategy Implementation Report (February 2013), where it is stated on page 5:

Help consumers to better manage their energy consumption, eg. through the availability of smart meters and smart grid technology.

Ref:http://www.dier.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/90405/TIS_Implementation_Report_February_2013.pdf

If it is currently the case that the Government’s plans for a smart grid, using wireless smart meters, is unfunded, before rushing ahead it would be advisable to consider the Queensland just released discussion paper for a 30-year strategic plan for its own electricity policy.

Ref: http://www.dews.qld.gov.au/policies-initiatives/electricity-sector-reform/directions-paper

This paper, which is open to feedback until 6 December 2013, acknowledges the problems encountered in Victoria, such as cost blowouts and concerns over the type of wireless communication used. As a result of these concerns the Qld. government is considering the use of different smart meters other than the wireless communications ones being used in Victoria. On page 21 of its supporting materials paper, it states:

Other consumers oppose smart metering on the assumption that the communication technologies used in Victoria will be adopted here. This is not necessarily the case. Alternative technologies using existing electricity infrastructure and broadband internet are showing excellent potential to deliver the same results.

Ref: http://www.dews.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/96485/supporting-material-discussion-paper.pdf

So, what is the future for a smart grid in Tasmania? Will our state govt. repeat some of the mistakes encountered by Victoria or will it take advantage of hard lessons learned and make truly smart decisions for Tasmania’s energy future?

Time will tell……….

Don Maisch PhD

Via: http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/Is-the-Tasmanian-Government-telling-us-the-real-facts/

 

 

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Reciprocal Buck Passing – No Care, No Accountability and No Responsibility

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Buck Passing

Are you aware of the extent of the financial fiasco concerning Victoria’s smart meter roll-out?

Victoria’s gargantuan smart meter roll-out, with costs to consumers of over 2.4 billion dollars and still counting, appears to have started life under a cloud.  The Victorian Auditor-General’s 2009 Report on the roll-out cast scathing criticism on its benefit for Victorians, stating “The cost-benefit study behind the AMI decision was flawed and failed to offer a comprehensive view of the economic case for the project.”

Nothing much has changed since 2009.  The costs to consumers continue to escalate. But the financial blow-out, which every Victorian is paying for, represents only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the impact which this ill-conceived roll-out is causing to Victorians.

I, like an increasing number of Victorians, have suffered debilitating health effects as a consequence of the pulsed microwave radiation deployed by wireless smart meters.  I, like many other Victorians, have been shuffled from department to department, in an effort to find a single department which is prepared to acknowledge, let alone deal with what seems to be a very serious emerging health crisis. There appears to be a complete absence of accountability and responsible handling of this issue. I, like many others, would like to know who is liable financially and all inclusively for the loss of health, wages, quality of life and career prospects of people affected by EMF-RF radiation? No one in the scientific community, government agencies, medical organisations and other institutions could possibly ever know what a safe exposure level is for each individual. Yet the powers-that-be continue to throw around unsubstantiated claims about how smart meters are safe.

Victorian journalists also have a role to play.  A litany of duplicity and financial ineptitude has been the hallmark of the roll-out.  No journalist, as yet, has delved into the tragic culture of obfuscation that happens behind closed government department doors, in response to the many Victorians who have lodged impassioned pleas for relief from pulsating irradiation of their homes.

And so now, without further ado, I present to you all my next installment of  “Taking a Stand” blog which covers the topic of reciprocal buck passing.

Over the last 2 years I have been writing letters and making the occasional phone call to Government Ministers, Health Department Officials, Scientists at the Victorian Radiation Health Advisory Committee, the CEO and Scientists of ARPANSA, Power Utility AMI spokespeople and CEO, senior staff members from the DPI, Medical Doctors, the CEO of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the CEO of ACMA to get someone to investigate my health issues that only developed in earnest when smart meters were rolled out in my street. I have been suffering constant headaches and at one stage (prior to moving to the back of the house) heart palpitations, lethargy, concentration and memory issues, etc. I am not the only one experiencing these effects and have been advised by the Stop Smart Meters Association (SSMA) that there are more than 140 other people who have registered health complaints that show the same or similar symptoms, which only occurred after smart meters were installed on their homes or their neighbours’ homes. Every week SSMA is contacted by new people registering their health problems and concerns.

What is clearly evident is that there is reciprocal buck passing occurring and nobody wants to handle this hot potato. Is it a case of too much money having been spent and nobody wants to have egg on their face by admitting there could be a problem? Of course making money appears to be a higher priority than dealing with people who are suffering, as my blog will demonstrate. This unconscionable behaviour is shameful and disturbing. Enough is enough! It is time our politicians showed leadership and some backbone to seriously deal with this public health concern.

In order to keep the size of this blog to a manageable size I have put my evidence which is quite sizable in a document that can be downloaded from here -> Buck Passing Evidence

Conclusion:

It is amazing how many authoritative people I have been in contact with over this issue who think they are qualified to produce “factual” statements.  So many “righteous” people who are supposed to serve the public but are not prepared to listen and help people who are suffering. Many of the responses from the various departments in the attached document are based on template answers that are void of intellectual and moral decency.

Many government departments and industry bodies suggest that a weight of evidence has not linked radiofrequencies below the thermal threshold with any health issues. We need a paradigm shift in scientific thinking that moves away from the current “weight of evidence” model used by a lot of international RF standards bodies and health departments because it relegates all evidence that is of a lesser weight to being unimportant and inconsequential. Scientists should be testing each and every research article (positive and negative) for quality, accuracy and repeatability, especially if a study is showing possible harm. Not one study showing possible effects should be ignored unless they can be unequivocally proven to be flawed. Even if there is only one study that shows an effect that is potentially harmful and meets stringent scientific acceptance criteria it must be taken seriously.

Everybody should have the right to live in an environment free from unnecessary pain and mental anguish that is being inflicted on us by these unnatural RF emissions that are delivered by smart meters and other non consensual wireless devices/transmitters. In this regard the Victorian government has been delinquent and willfully negligent in its handling of the smart meter roll-out by not conducting any post roll-out surveillance studies to confirm that wireless smart meters are safe and not causing health issues. Power utilities have also shown a wanton and callous disregard for those who are suffering by continuing to roll-out smart meters on and around the affected individual’s property.  They assume that because RF emissions are purportedly lower than other wireless devices, smart meters must be safe.

The government and the power utilities continue to make fallacious and unfounded statements, knowing full well that there are people suffering and that ALL radiofrequencies have been classified by the IARC as a possible carcinogen. None of the departments contacted have yet to provide any proof of safety. If any one of them actually took the time to investigate the mounting scientific evidence of harm they would recognise that wireless RF exposure can result in increased risks and has been linked to leukaemia, reproductive issues, behavioural issues, autism, neurological effects, DNA changes, certain types of cancer, and changes in the blood-brain barrier. It is time that responsible and considered action be taken by all of the offending parties mentioned in this blog to avoid a future public health catastrophe. A post roll-out surveillance study investigating those who are claiming to be affected by smart meter emissions would be a good start as well as adopting the precautionary principle espoused in ACMA’s Industry Code which is not currently being followed.

I also sent this blog to a number of politicians, the chief health officer, news agencies, ACMA, APRANSA as well as other institutions. The covering letter can be found by clicking here -> Letter to Politicians and Chief Health Officer

I am the author of the following related blogs on the Stop Smart Meters website.

Taking a stand part 6 – https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/07/02/when-health-issues-are-not-the-responsibility-of-a-health-department-how-bizarre/

Taking a stand part 5 – https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/05/29/acma-making-money-at-the-expense-of-public-health/

Taking a stand part 4 – https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/05/17/arpansas-rf-standards-rock-solid-or-a-house-of-cards/

Taking a stand part 3 https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/04/25/taking-a-stand-part-3/

Taking a stand part 2 https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/04/08/taking-a-stand-part-2/

Taking a stand part 1 https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/04/02/5314/

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Queensland avoids smart meter mandate

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

New discussion paper cites Victorian smart meter debacle, says advanced electricity meter roll out must be ‘customer-driven’

A report issued by the Queensland government advocates avoiding a mandated rollout of advanced electricity meters, such as smart meters, citing the much-criticised Victorian experience.

The cost of the Victorian smart meter rollout blew out dramatically, with a 2011 review by the state government finding its predecessor had underestimated the cost by $415 million.

As well, the program faced criticisms about meter safety, which the review said were unfounded, and time-of-use electricity pricing. The total cost of the Victorian rollout is in excess of $2 billion, compared to an initial estimate of around $900 million.

A 30-year electricity strategy discussion paper released today by the Queensland government instead supports a “customer-driven rollout of advanced meters”, with service providers competing to offer metering services to consumers.

“Customers can choose to adopt the technology based on their own assessment of the benefits,” the discussion paper states.

Advanced meters would include interval meters that provide time of use information and measure electricity consumption in small blocs than the more common accumulation meters, which provide only the total usage between manual reads.

Advanced meters rolled out in Queensland may include smart meters, which offer additional features such as two-way wireless communication between the meter and the electricity supplier.

A rollout of advanced meters would have to incorporate strong privacy protection for consumers as well as consumer engagement and education, according to the discussion paper.

With regards to time-of-use pricing, which charges based on when electricity is consumed as opposed to at a flat rate, the report says that “government policies give customers the choice on whether to accept these options”.

“The proponents of advanced metering must be able to show consumers that the benefits of any rollout outweigh costs, if any, to them,” states supplementary material issued with the discussion paper.

“To enable this, customers must be able to access their own data easily and be given the power to authorise other parties to help them better understand the opportunities to manage and make savings on their electricity consumption.”

Rohan Pearce, TechWorld

Via: TechWorld

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