Tag Archives: United Energy

United Energy is up to old tricks again

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Beware, United Energy in Victoria is still trying to hoodwink their customers into believing they must or need to ‘upgrade’ their analogue meter to a smart meter. You have the right to say NO! Here is a copy of their … Continue reading →

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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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Power distributors advocate optional smart meters in Victoria – But will the Victorian Labor Government listen?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Last year the Victorian Government, through the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), issued an Options Paper asking for feedback on proposed changes to the way electricity metering is installed and managed in Victoria. The purpose of the … 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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Lights finally back on for Cheltenham woman who removed her smart meter – Moorabbin Kingston Leader

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

AFTER 155 days in the dark and battling United Energy over their smart meters, Sofia Telemzouguer’s power is finally back on — albeit temporarily. Her Cheltenham home was reconnected after VCAT ordered her power provider United Energy to switch her … Continue reading →

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Sofia Telemzouguer‘s power is reconnected!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Sofia Telemzouguer, a Melbourne woman whose details have been widely reported in mainstream media and on this site, has had her power reconnected after living 155 days without electricity. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) ordered Ms Telemzouguer’s power … Continue reading →

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United Energy fires its next missile of intimidation

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Stop Smart Meters Australia (SSMA) has had reports from United Energy customers who have received the latest in United Energy’s series of highly convoluted notices concocted by its “clever” spin doctors. This latest notice from United Energy (aka Serial Corporate … Continue reading →

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United Energy backflips (again)

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Earlier in the year United Energy seemed to have accepted that its customers have the right not to accept installation of smart meters.  They sent a letter to their customers stating “….we honour your request not to have a smart … Continue reading →

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Nicola’s nightmare continues….

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Stop Smart Meters Australia

Having spent $5,500 to have my chronically ill daughter’s smart meter relocated to her boundary, we have been told that United Energy is going to take 3 weeks to send a truck to complete the half hour work. Nicola’s condition … Continue reading →

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