Avoiding
Smart Meter’s in Victoria
(A
Manual of facts to help you)
The
aim of this web page is to provide you with some little known facts
to assist you in your fight to protect your health, privacy and
democratic right to say ‘NO’. It has been compiled from personal
experience and many hours of research.
Money
and Advanced Metering Infrastructure program.
Who profits?
Nazis killed millions of people in gas chambers/death camps perfectly
legal (because the laws of the Reich allowed it). After WWII,
companies who supplied death camps with deadly Zyklon B gas got away
it. Why should they be punished? They were only guilty of making a
few bucks; it was never a crime for capitalists.
So electrical distributors in Victoria got brand-new Advanced Metering Infrastructure which dangerous for US, which is paid by US and it is LEGAL.
Even Nazi did not charge victims for cost of gas chambers and Zyklon B, it was government-funded.
The costs of the implementation of the AMI in Victoria have already blown out from $800 million to $2.8 billion
Also, we pay almost double the price and no one cares. I am sure it has nothing to do with corruption or kick-backs:
Landis + Gyr, the company that amassed about 56 per cent of the market in deals to supply the electricity distributors in Victoria with smart meters...
Landis + Gyr, to which Bayard then changed its name, ...managed to fetch high prices for its devices, perhaps the highest in the world...
According to eMeter Corporation, a meter data intelligence department of Siemens, the average cost of smart meters sold to utility companies in the US is $221, and in Europe $272. A spokesperson for the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) confirmed the Victorian distribution companies paid an average of $346 to their suppliers. Powercor paid the highest at $423.
Read more:http://www.smh.com.au/business/smart-meters-but-at-whose-expense-20121223-2btjd.html#ixzz37D6ZH11E
According to eMeter Corporation, a meter data intelligence department of Siemens, the average cost of smart meters sold to utility companies in the US is $221, and in Europe $272. A spokesperson for the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) confirmed the Victorian distribution companies paid an average of $346 to their suppliers. Powercor paid the highest at $423.
Read more:
May the absence of attention from media may be
explained by this?:
Success
of Landis + Gyr has confirmed Cameron O'Reilly as one of the most
savvy businessmen in Australia. The O'Reilly family had controlled
regional media group APN.
Fairfax family would make about $203 million, through Marinya Holdings, and the Smorgon family's Escor Investments, $36 million.
Fairfax family would make about $203 million, through Marinya Holdings, and the Smorgon family's Escor Investments, $36 million.
Any benefits for consumers?
Of course we were told that Smart meters give consumers «a lot of benefits». So politicians and fat cats from corporations did not need to ask our opinion, we supposed to be extremely happy from their care anyway.
But
South Australia confused about so-called benefits:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/south-australian-electricity-consumers-likely-to-be-offered-new-smart-power-meters-but-at-a-price/story-fni6uo1m-1226882988159?nk=beea83faaaab86f387abe6cc6f8dbde8
South
Australian Council of Social Service director Ross Womersley said
there was no guarantee the cost of installation to householders would
be matched by savings.
“SACOSS accepts that
advanced metering offers a range of benefits, but is disappointed
that the discussion paper does not provide any quantitative
information in this regard,’’ he said.
“SACOSS is concerned
that the costs of implementation have the potential to overwhelm the
value of these benefits for the consumers of most interest to SACOSS.
“Asserting that a policy
is ‘cost effective’ without demonstrating it to be so is not an
approach that SACOSS prefers.’’
Also
South Australian newspaper was able to disclosure THE BIGGEST
SECRET of Victorian power industry – HOW MUCH SMART METERS COST TO
US???
Mr
Henley said a compulsory rollout in Victoria cost $1000 for each
meter, but falling costs meant experts now estimated the price to be
between $300 and $400.
I
do not know if I got any single cent of «benefits» but
definitely my power bills now include $1.32 per day ($480 per
year!) «infrastructure cost»
consumer groups say their benefits of the digital devices are murky.
Smart meters have been introduced in Victoria over the past several years, but it's been far from successful.
The mandatory roll-out has cost nearly three times more than anticipated, and electricity consumers are still questioning the benefits.
Smart meters have been introduced in Victoria over the past several years, but it's been far from successful.
The mandatory roll-out has cost nearly three times more than anticipated, and electricity consumers are still questioning the benefits.
Something that does not surprise me:
These things are great for the distributors, they're great for the
retailers, they're great for the generators, but I don't think they're
so great for the consumer.
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