An ambitious £11bn plan to install electricity smart meters in 50m UK homes has been thrown into doubt amidst proposed EU reforms designed to harmonise the domestic market with that of the continent. This would see the intervals at which electricity is traded shortened from 30 minutes […]
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Dan Lewis is Senior Energy and Infrastructure Adviser at the Institute of Directors. The biggest infrastructure project of this government is one most people haven’t heard of – the £11 billion smart meters programme. The goals are to automate gas and electricity meter readings, facilitate easier switching, […]
Read more →Energy giants are set to use digital smart meters as a way to double the cost of power when families need it most — adding nearly £60 a year to the average bill. A Money Mail investigation has discovered Britain’s leading power firms are expected to introduce […]
Read more →[SSM UK] If Michael Peevey, the former Head of California’s CPUC, admitted that Smart Meters were harming people, did he also reveal this to the UK’s Energy & Climate Change Committee when they flew to San Francisco in 2013 to discuss Smart Meters with the CPUC? [/] […]
Read more →The rollout of smart meters to energy customers in the UK “has the capacity to destroy trust and confidence” in the sector, according to the chief executive of Electricity North West. [SSM! UK editor’s note: Since we introduced our Notice serving facility in 2012, Mr Johnson has […]
Read more →Of all critical infrastructure, the public water system might seem the least vulnerable to a cyber attack. But that might be changing, with the increasing adoption of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) that controls the water supply remotely, according to John McNabb, water expert and security researcher. In a speech at […]
Read more →This shocking video shows the moment Northern Irishman David Barr, who suffers from a medical condition which sometimes renders him housebound, has a Smart Meter forcibly installed in his property against his consent. The video suggests that Power NI have acted way beyond their authority by forcibly […]
Read more →Failures in exploit discovery process are cold comfort for IoT fridge owners Security researchers have discovered a potential way to steal users’ Gmail credentials from a Samsung smart fridge. Pen Test Partners discovered the MiTM (man-in-the-middle) vulnerability that facilitated the exploit during an IoT hacking challenge at […]
Read more →Hive heating app allows customers to control their thermostat remotely But data on when heating is on and off is transmitted without encryption Which? suggests that burglars could work out when householders are likely to be away from home British Gas has started encrypting the data in […]
Read more →(Video) As data becomes the the new oil, Smart Meters represent a colossal drilling rig heading straight to the heart of your home and private life. What do you do in your personal, private space? How do you spend your time? How do you behave and what […]
Read more →Why are meters exploding off houses by the 100’s at a time? Why are fires happening no matter where smart/digital meters are being installed? This new video from Canada outlines recent revelations of fires and explosions from whistleblowers and other insiders, as well as new court documentation […]
Read more →The chair of the government’s controversial smart meter programme, Baroness McDonagh, has left her post after recently criticising the roll-out of the widely hated scheme. Current costs of the scheme are expected to reach £11bn, while total lifetime costs were recently pegged as high as £19bn – […]
Read more →‘Significant issues already exist’ with spybox tech, too Smart meters will cost as much as the Trident nuclear deterrent to implement, with the full cost of the scheme rising to £19bn, according to a government report. [emphasis added] Total lifetime costs of the programme have now risen […]
Read more →190 scientists from 38 nations have submitted the International EMF Scientist Appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk […]
Read more →As France bans Wi-Fi in nursery and primary schools, a British expert who has given up using wireless gadgets says we should do the same Invisible threat: children exposed to wireless radiation could be at risk By Florence Waters 7:00AM BST 09 May 2015 Six years ago, […]
Read more →London, Mar. 31, 2015 — Stop Smart Meters! UK At 09:47 on March 7, 2015, the Communications Director for Smart Energy GB — the government body tasked with “ensuring customers understand smart meters” — appeared on the BBC One Breakfast show and told viewers that every home in the […]
Read more →The Sunday Times ~ Ruth Emery Published: 29 March 2015 The government aims to have one in every home by 2020 [Ed. – ‘smart’ meters are voluntary] — but experts warn it risks ‘disaster’ WHEN Malcolm Wilson had a smart meter fitted in his small architecture practice, […]
Read more →27 March 2015 IoD calls for Smart Meters scheme to be ‘halted, altered or scrapped’ to avoid ‘unjustified, over-engineered and expensive mistake’ The Government’s rollout of Smart Meters, digital energy meters designed to provide real-time usage statistics, should be “halted, altered or scrapped” to avoid a potentially […]
Read more →The government’s smart meter scheme could be an “IT disaster”, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has said. The risks involved with “the largest UK government-run IT project in history” were “staggering”, a report said. It recommended that the government drastically scale back the programme or abandon it […]
Read more →Technical, logistical and public communication issues have resulted in costly delays in the UK’s smart meter rollout. In December last year, we published a guest article written by Nick Hunn who expressed his aggravation at the constant delays surrounding the UK smart meter rollout. [Engerati-UK Smart Meters […]
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