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Readers weigh in: Smart meter ‘choice’ a fallacy
We’ve been talking about the smart meter system that monitors electricity use: A recent study questions whether customers will actually receive the benefits Southern California Edison promised when it...
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Millions with new Smart Meters can’t access system’s wonders
We’ve been talking about the controversy over Smart Meters lately — about how the savings promised by the system that some consumers love to hate may not materialize; and how state regulators voted to...
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More resources on risk of smart meters
We told you that the American Academy of Environmental Medicine calls for “an immediate caution on Smart Meter installation due to potentially harmful RF (radiofrequency) exposure” and more study to...
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Report: Smart meters are bad for your health
Let’s start out by noting that the field of “environmental medicine/clinical ecology” has its critics, and that it’s not recognized as a medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties....
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Idle San Onofre costs consumers $54 million a month
See SCE response here, and more coverage here Way back in 1982, before the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 2 was up and running, Southern California Edison asked state regulators for...
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See more coverage here We told you that a letter to officials at the California Public Utilities Commission – from the PUC’s own Division of Ratepayer Advocates – urges officials to let Southern...
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Electric bills: Going up
The average residential electric bill for Southern California Edison customers could increase by $8 a month – but how much more money Edison really needs is a subject of fierce debate before state...
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Will higher electric bills help pay executive bonuses?
The last time Southern California Edison asked for a rate increase, it overestimated its costs by half a billion dollars – and then funneled $140 million of that “savings” to executives and workers in...
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SoCal Edison’s rates go up again, consumer advocates hint at favoritism
Southern California Edison‘s average residential customer can expect his bill to increase $7 per month, an 8 percent bump over current rates, based on the California Public Utilities Commission’s...
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Probe raises questions about power pole safety
A wood utility pole was weakened by drywood termites before it fell in a 2011 windstorm that caused widespread power outages, according to a report released Jan. 11, 2012, by the California Public...
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