CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ANNOUNCED - Press Release to all Media
BC HYDRO CUTS POWER FOR REFUSING A SMART METER
BC Hydro has taken the draconian step of cutting off power to a
customer who refused to accept a wireless smart meter.
Last May, a Hydro
customer had a wireless smart meter installed on her home despite her refusal.
This person suffers from electro-sensitivity and, as a consequence of the
radiofrequency radiation emitted by the wireless smart meter, her health began
to deteriorate.
Despite pleading for months with Hydro to remove the wireless
meter and to re-install the analog meter; they refused. Finally, with her
health in jeopardy, she ordered a non- radiating analog meter from a company in
the US that provides calibrated, tested meters to utility companies. With the
supervision of a certified electrician the analog was installed, and the
wireless smart meter was returned to Hydro.
When Hydro advised that the analog
was not approved by Canadian agencies, the customer located a Canadian analog
meter that met all the requirements and then asked Hydro to install it. Hydro
refused, ignored her health condition and insisted that she must accept a
wireless smart meter or they would cut her power.
On April 17, 2013, Hydro
followed through with its threats and cut off its supply of power to her
home.
Hydro's conduct constitutes a violation of our autonomy and our right to
determine what potentially harmful emissions do or do not occur from within our
own domestic environment; our right to be free from physical intrusion by the
state.
Due to Hydro's actions over the last 2 years, culminating with its
cessation of service to a customer for refusing to allow the installation of a
wireless smart meter, the Citizens
for Safe Technology Society and the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters are filing a
class action lawsuit.
We
invite participation in the action, subject to Court approval. Further
information on the class action and criteria to join can be found at:
www.citizensforsafetechnology.org and www.stopsmartmetersbc.ca
Class Action Member REGISTRATION FORM
Notice of Class Action Lawsuit Against BC Hydro -
Invitation for Participation
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org
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