Tag Archives: Powercor

AusNet Services hits customers on manually read meters with quarterly fee

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

It appears that AusNet Services, which is one of the five Victorian power distributors, has lost its moral compass.  According to a letter which it mailed to customers, changes to its manual reading process will result in customers with a … Continue reading →

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Victorians beware: New push to install smart meters!

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

It has come to SSMA’s attention that Victorian power distributors are once again targeting residences that refused a smart meter during the 2009-2014 state-mandated rollout of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Despite the Victorian government’s 2014 Order in Council stating, in … Continue reading →

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Technical study reveals magnitude of Victorian smart meter transmissions

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

The purpose of the latest technical study commissioned by the Victorian government, ‘Quantifying Smart Meter RF EME Levels in Victorian Homes‘, was to confirm that the radiofrequency electromagnetic energy (RF EME) from smart meters continues to meet ARPANSA’s standard for … Continue reading →

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Farewell Steve and thank you!

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

“Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering, an image of death.”    Buddha This will be a different Christmas for Steve Weller and his family; they won’t be in Melbourne with their family … Continue reading →

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Smart meter returned to Powercor

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

This You Tube clip has been brought to our attention and we post it simply to inform you of what some people in Victoria are commencing to do as a result of not receiving any satisfactory response from power distributors … Continue reading →

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Smart meter zapping broadband connection | The Courier

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I HAVE heard a lot of stuff about smart meters but wanted to ask a question. Since my smart meter was installed, my wireless broadband has been at best intermittent and at worst non-existent. I have had to reinstall the … Continue reading →

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Powercor sidestepping precautionary protocol

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Nov. 29, 2012, I REFER to the article by Eloise Johnstone on page nine of the Advertiser of November 27:  “Meters are safe – Powercor”. Powercor does not appear to have adhered to the precautionary element contained in clause 5.7(E) … Continue reading →

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$20 smart meter slug blows fuses

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

POWER distributors will reap an extra $20 million from smart meter  customers next year after yet another budget blowout. The hike, which is over and above costs already approved, will add up to $20  to the annual charge householders with … Continue reading →

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Not so reassuring – Wimmera Mail Times

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

I was pleased CitiPower and Powercor corporate affairs manager Hugo Armstrong endorsed the importance of seeking accurate information, in his letter, published in the Mail-Times on August 6. I refer Mr Armstrong to page 13 of his organisation’s publication titled, ‘Everything you should know about smart … Continue reading →

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MEDIA RELEASE – Powercor Fails To Guarantee Safety of Smart Meters

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Stop Smart Meters Australia MEDIA RELEASE  Powercor Fails To Guarantee Safety of Smart Meters Responding to concerns a customer has on the health effects of smart meters, Powercor truthfully declared in writing that “We are not in a position to … Continue reading →

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