#smartmeters — Public Fediverse posts
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Smart meters - your rights to refuse one and their hazards.
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‘Not in my basement’: Why has #Germany been so slow to adopt #smartmeters and what’s it costing? | Euronews
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Reverse Engineering and Self-Hosting the OBI Smart Energy Tracker
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Why are retail power prices finally falling?
#Electricity #PowerPrices #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #Batteries #EnergyTransition #Australia #Climate #ElectricGrid #GasPrices #CleanEnergy #Inflation #SmartMeters #Energy #Environment #Power
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Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program In Sacramento
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🧩 4️⃣ Corte ordena detener programa de vigilancia con medidores de electricidad en Sacramento.
Un juez de California decidió poner fin a un programa conjunto entre el servicio eléctrico SMUD y la policía que recolectaba datos granulares de consumo eléctrico (“smart meters”) de todos los clientes, sin sospecha individual.
La corte concluyó que ese monitoreo masivo violaba la ley estatal de privacidad, porque transformar el uso eléctrico en evidencia sin causa era una forma de vigilancia indiscriminada.
🔒 ¿Control ambiental o vigilancia digital en tu propio hogar?
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A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal. - In May 2020, Sacramento, California, resident Alfonso Nguyen... - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/eff-moves-to-stop-power-utility-reporting-suspected-pot-growers-to-cops/ #electricutilities #lawenforcement #smartmeters #security #privacy #biz #policy
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https://www.powermag.com/securing-the-power-grid-cybersecurity-strategies-for-smart-energy-systems/
"dispersed nature of #smartgrids, with thousands of interconnected devices like #smartmeters, #sensors, and distributed energy resources #DER's, creates a vast attack surface. For #substations, many operate #legacysystems (such as supervisory control and data acquisition #SCADA, which are essential for monitoring and control, and are prime targets."
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UK Smart meter data sharing proposal #privacy concerns
Neil Record, a former Bank of England economist & chairman of Net Zero Watch, warns this scheme could lead to extensive monitoring of household behaviour
“The public should be very wary of increasingly having their household #information provided to external agents. Once authorised, this #data could reveal far more about how people live than most are comfortable with.”
https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/news/smart-meter-data-sharing-proposal-sparks-privacy-concerns
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You know what’s better than #SmartMeters that let you know when power is cheaper so you can adapt your usage? Government regulated affordable power prices so you can use electricity at any time of day, without having to think about whether it's cheaper or more expensive.
You're not supposed to live your life around the needs of your labour-saving devices. They are supposed to work around you.
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A very British problem (*cough* Crapita *cough*) #news #UK #SmartMeters #BodgeCulture #Consumer
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Good ole #security through obscurity. That always ends well doesn't it?
Fascinating and concerning read as to what a national infrastructure provider fears (and possibly what stupid decisions were made in procurement of a national metering project).
ESB's refusal to give householder details of smart meter data 'heightens suspicions about surveillance'
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41510012.html#cyber #cybersecurity #smartTech #smartMeters #informationSecurity
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Germany's smart meter rollout could slow further as government reduces ambitions
Obligation to install #smartmeters to apply to fewer households under draft law amendment, media reported
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UK’s #SmartMeter targets leaves #energy users short-changed says Martin Lewis
I’d suggest shifting firms’ targets from smart meter installations to overall number of working #SmartMeters, incentivize firms to both installations & repairs
4m smart meters are malfunctioning in UK
Repairs are slow, if they happen at all. Resources focused on installs, consumers are frustrated, at risk of misbilling & further problems
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-smart-meter-targets-energy-users-martin-lewis
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This is why I find so called 'smart' meters, currently, a nuisance
An #electric/gas meter has always been the property & responsibility of the power corporation
#SmartMeters have a 1 year warranty, after which the homeowner needs to pay to get it fixed!
Quite simply, life continues to get worse in the #UK
#PeopleNotProfits #greed #CorporateGreed #PrivatisationFails
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For #decades #electricity #meters just worked. #Power usage either wasn't an issue because it was affordable or you had no trouble working it out. The #electricitymeters rarely needed replacement. Now I concede that as we now have so many #HMOs #smartmeters may be useful for some & emailing a number too onerous for others. But unlike the previous methods these 'smart' ones need paying for, updating, replacing & acceptance that your #data 'may' be shared.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-smart-meter-targets-energy-users-martin-lewis -
#SmartMeters "We need to be careful that the move to smart tariffs does not exacerbate existing social inequalities. There is a danger that smart tariffs will most benefit high-income customers, those homeowners with the disposable income required to invest in energy technologies such as electric vehicles and solar PV." https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0424/1328898-smart-meters-electricity-customers-ireland-advantages-disadvantages/
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Almost a third of household smart meters not working properly, says Citizens Advice https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/23/almost-a-third-of-household-smart-meters-not-working-properly-says-citizens-advice #Ethicalandgreenliving #Energyefficiency #Consumeraffairs #Energyindustry #Householdbills #Familyfinances #Energybills #Smartmeters #Environment #Utilities #Business #Energy #UKnews #Money
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The point of #SmartMeters for electricity, is to allow the power company to shift the “peak" charge time to whenever you use electricity. If you shift your usage, you can bet the peak charge period will follow you. Also, get ready for #EV charging to attract a surcharge, as Smart Meters allow energy providers to apply differenital tariffs, based on purpose and voltage.
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I’m looking for Water, Gas, and Electricity Meters for a customer.
Requirements:
- WiFi connectivity
- MQTT support
- Ease of installation and initial configuration
- Possibility to remotely cut off the water/gas/electricity supplyCan you recommend any out-of-the-box solution? I appreciate your suggestions!
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Simple Optical Meter Sets New Standards For Documentation - PiggyMeter is a wonderful example of a device that you never knew you needed – sim... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/09/simple-optical-meter-sets-new-standards-for-documentation/ #opticalinterface #homeassistant #energymeter #smartmeters #powermeter #smartmeter #homehacks
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Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact
by Priyanka Bandara and David O Carpenter
Published December, 2018
"As the #PlanetaryHealthAlliance moves forward after a productive second annual meeting, a discussion on the rapid global proliferation of artificial #electromagnetic fields would now be apt. The most notable is the blanket of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, largely microwave radiation generated for wireless communication and surveillance technologies, as mounting scientific evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation has serious biological and health effects. However, public exposure regulations in most countries continue to be based on the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which were established in the 1990s on the belief that only acute thermal effects are hazardous.
"Prevention of tissue heating by radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation is now proven to be ineffective in preventing biochemical and physiological interference. For example, acute non-thermal exposure has been shown to alter human brain metabolism by NIH scientists, electrical activity in the #brain, and systemic immune responses.
Chronic exposure has been associated with increased oxidative stress and #DNADamage, and cancer risk."Laboratory studies, including large rodent studies by the US National Toxicology Program and Ramazzini Institute of Italy, confirm these biological and health effects in vivo. As we address the threats to human health from the changing environmental conditions due to human activity, the increasing exposure to artificial electromagnetic radiation needs to be included in this discussion.
"Due to the exponential increase in the use of wireless personal communication devices (eg, mobile or cordless phones and WiFi or Bluetooth-enabled devices) and the infrastructure facilitating them, levels of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation around the 1 GHz frequency band, which is mostly used for modern wireless communications, have increased from extremely low natural levels by about 1018 times. Radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation is also used for #radar, security scanners, #SmartMeters, and medical equipment (#MRI, diathermy, and #radiofrequency ablation). It is plausibly the most rapidly increasing #anthropogenic #environmental exposure since the mid-20th century, and levels will surge considerably again, as technologies like the Internet of Things and 5G add millions more radiofrequency transmitters around us.
"Unprecedented human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation from conception until death has been occurring in the past two decades. Evidence of its effects on the #CNS, including altered #neurodevelopment and increased risk of some #neurodegenerative diseases, is a major concern considering the steady increase in their incidence. Evidence exists for an association between neurodevelopmental or behavioural disorders in children and exposure to wireless devices, and experimental evidence, such as the Yale finding, shows that prenatal exposure could cause structural and functional changes in the brain associated with #ADHD-like behaviour. These findings deserve urgent attention.
"At the Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association, an independent scientific organisation, volunteering scientists have constructed the world's largest categorised online database of peer-reviewed studies on radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation and other man-made electromagnetic fields of lower frequencies. A recent evaluation of 2266 studies (including in-vitro and in-vivo studies in human, animal, and plant experimental systems and population studies) found that most studies (n=1546, 68·2%) have demonstrated significant biological or health effects associated with exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic fields. We have published our preliminary data on radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, which shows that 89% (216 of 242) of experimental studies that investigated oxidative stress endpoints showed significant effects.
This weight of scientific evidence refutes the prominent claim that the deployment of wireless technologies poses no health risks at the currently permitted non-thermal radiofrequency exposure levels. Instead, the evidence supports the International EMF Scientist Appeal by 244 scientists from 41 countries who have published on the subject in peer-reviewed literature and collectively petitioned the WHO and the UN for immediate measures to reduce public exposure to artificial electromagnetic fields and radiation.
"Evidence also exists of the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on #flora and #fauna. For example, the reported global reduction in #bees and other insects is plausibly linked to the increased radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation in the environment. #Honeybees are among the species that use magnetoreception, which is sensitive to anthropogenic electromagnetic fields, for navigation.
"Man-made electromagnetic fields range from extremely low frequency (associated with electricity supplies and #electrical appliances) to low, medium, high, and extremely high frequency (mostly associated with wireless communication). The potential effects of these anthropogenic electromagnetic fields on natural electromagnetic fields, such as the Schumann Resonance that controls the weather and climate, have not been properly studied. Similarly, we do not adequately understand the effects of anthropogenic radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on other natural and man-made atmospheric components or the ionosphere. It has been widely claimed that radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, being non-ionising radiation, does not possess enough photon energy to cause DNA damage. This has now been proven wrong experimentally.
"#RadiofrequencyElectromagneticRadiation causes DNA damage apparently through oxidative stress, similar to near-UV radiation, which was also long thought to be harmless.
"At a time when environmental health scientists tackle serious global issues such as #ClimateChange and chemical #toxicants in public health, there is an urgent need to address so-called #electrosmog. A genuine evidence-based approach to the risk assessment and regulation of anthropogenic electromagnetic fields will help the health of us all, as well as that of our planetary home. Some government health authorities have recently taken steps to reduce public exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation by regulating use of wireless devices by children and recommending preferential use of wired communication devices in general, but this ought to be a coordinated international effort.
We declare no competing interests. We thank Alasdair Philips for assistance with the figure and Victor Leach and Steve Weller for assistance with the ORSAA Database, which has enabled our overview of the scientific evidence in this area of research."https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30221-3/fulltext
