From the office of Del. Glen Glass:
Maryland State Delegate Glen Glass, (R-Harford, Cecil), announced today that the recent ruling by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) “only reaffirms the necessity of “smart-meter” opt-out legislation.”
The PSC’s Order Number 85294 continues to only temporarily provide ratepayers with “an additional option related to the installation of smart meters in their homes.”
The PSC will conduct additional proceedings to determine whether the preferred course is either to allow customers to keep their current analog meters or require all customers to receive a smart meter but with the option to have that meter installed to operating in a ‘RF-free’ or near RF-free manner. Whichever option it chooses, the PSC will require the ratepayers who exercise this option to bear any appropriate costs.
Delegate Glen Glass said “this is absolutely unacceptable and citizens should not have to pay to exercise their God given rights.”
In issuing this opinion, the majority opinion in footnote 2 of Order Number 85294 says that it might ultimately agree with the dissenting commissioners not to provide opt outs at all. In the interim, the PSC’s order of May 24th granting an interim opt-out to ratepayers is still in effect. The Commission directed public service companies to submit an estimated cost proposal for allowing opt-outs by July 1, 2013.
“Our legislation will codify into law the right of every citizen to opt-out of smart-meters without any cost to the consumer,” Delegate Glen Glass concluded.
God forgive Glen, for he know’s not what he does.
God forgive him for what? Freedom of choice? Yeah, ok…
Glen Glass is afraid the Smart meters will be smarter than he is. And he’s right about that.
WE need this legislaton now – stop the greedy corps from monitoring our lives to find ways to make more money.
Nothing quite like pandering to ignorance and fear.
Glen….please continue to do what you do best….stand on road shoulders holding up signs looking like the idiot that you are. How embarassing that you’re one of my two delegates! 🙁
Smart Meters are extremely controversial. The safety of the devices are in question and their ability to monitor and control energy use is alarming to those concerned with civil liberties. I’m glad that Mr Glass is out front on this issue and I hope that his colleagues in Annapolis give him some support.
I agree. I don’t want a smart meter because I know what comes next.
I’m always astounded by the number of people that do nothing but somehow manage to make themselves feel superior being critical of others. Keep up the good work Glen.
I better hurry if I plan to exercise my God given right to put a big windmill on my roof and make my own electricity.
Yes, well, let’s see you put a windmill on your roof. The County and the State and a whole bunch of other folks will be all over you like white on rice as they say. I don’t think you would even know where to file the permit. You probably don’t even know that you need a permit. Which you can’t actually get.
I guess you are just being sarcastic.
Under smart meters you will buy your electricity and natural gas from someone that Big Brother has said is permitted to sell it to you. Or else. And Big Brother wants those smart meters so he can eventually control how much you use and when you use it and stop you from using it if he wants to. All of that is now discretionary meaning you have to volunteer for the program. Eventually it will be required. You get to use x kilowatts because your house is a certain size and a certain number of people live there. Anything over that is charged as excess usage and you will pay thru the nose for it.
Del. Glass you’re on the right track, keep fighting for our freedom of choice!
If a customer wants a smart meter then let them have one, if a customer, like me doesn’t want one, I shouldn’t have to get one. They are an invasion of privacy because the power company can remotely monitor your power usage. And guess what… these records are claimed to be private and secure but thanks to the Patriot Act the gov. could confiscate the power company’s records and also data mine your info.
Not to mention any signal, whether encrypted or not, can be hacked. If the power company can monitor you then a hacker can do the same thing. Don’t believe me? Just google “Drone Hacked By University Of Texas”.
Has anyone else noticed that the DPW is trying to install smart water meters? I’m surprised there’s no gnashing over this?