Just Say No to Big Brother’s Smart Meters by Orlean Koehle Fire Hazards of Smart Meters
Interview with the Wellington Energy Whistleblower
A former Wellington employee reveals the dangers of unqualified, untrained employees with no electrical experience installing the Smart Meters. (Posted on January 26, 2011 by onthelevelblog.)
www.Stop
Smartmeters.org. - Website of the Scotts Valley Neighbors Against Smart Meters
A picture of the Wellington Energy trucks used for the “deployment” of the Smart Meters.
The following is an excerpt from the interview with a former Wellington employee who wishes to remain anonymous: (SSM stands for Stop Smart Meters. Org. and WW is for Wellington Worker.)
SSM: Thank you for getting in touch with us. What made you want to come forward? WWW: I’m disgusted by what I’ve seen. PG&E and Wellington need to make the public
aware that there are risks with these things. They need to come clean about the emissions of harmful radio waves, potential arcing etc. public. lives.
SSM: How long did you work for Wellington and where were you based? WW: I worked at the Capitola yard from June until the beginning of September 2010, when they abandoned the yard following community protests. yard until the end of September when I was laid off.
No one is taking the steps necessary to protect the People need to be aware the risks that are being taken with their homes and with their
After that, I worked out of the San Jose I primarily installed in the Santa Cruz
Mountains. SSM: What is your opinion of PG&E and Wellington Energy? WW: The only thing they are concerned with is money. Safety was an afterthought. SSM: What was your experience with the public? Are people happy to have these devices installed on their homes? WW: Most people who had looked into the issue on their own did not want the meters
installed. We were dealing with an increasingly resistant public. Forcing these meters on people makes the job really difficult and stressful. A few of my colleagues reported that the police were called on them multiple times. SSM: The FCC requires that these devices be installed by trained professional electricians. What kind of training did you receive prior to working as a ‘Smart’ Meter installer?
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