[Nervous Tick]

>> They can adjust your electric rate on a minute by minute basis if they chose to do so.
>> They are already comparing customer’s energy use with their neighbors to try and shame them into using less. There will soon be financial penalties for using too much power or just using it at the wrong time of day.

Old technology can do *that*. Big deal.

Again: if it’s a problem for you, get *yourself* off the grid. The technology esists to do that.

If you are unwilling or unable to take on your own electric generation — but you still DEMAND!!! that it be delivered YOUR WAY — maybe you should quit your job, join the liberal 99%, and Occupy The Electric Company.

...or is electricity something you feel yourself entitled to, like health care and a job? I don’t see it in *my* copy of the constitution, but maybe yours is different.

[Myrddin]

Solar is fairly pointless in Pocatello, Idaho. Wind is common, but not very reliable. A few spots have a good shot at geothermal. Otherwise, we keep 10 cords of wood stacked for heat/cooking. I can survive without electricity, but it will hamper water delivery as the city depends on 5 electrically pumped ground wells.

[BigBobber]

I’m afraid this isn’t only about the utility companies. It’s just like our medical system. Those who control your access to medicine, or energy, control you.

Social engineers and green lefty tyrants have wanted to control the serfs through the use of the energy system for four decades.

There is no power shortage. There is no energy crisis. There never has been one, even in Jimmy Carter’s days.

To the extent there is a shortage of power it is totally the result of politicians refusing to allow utilities to upgrade the energy system to meet demand.

Obama’s $800 billion “stimulus” could have been used to build enough combined cycle gas generation units to end the “energy crisis” in two years.

The public is being artificially starved from power by the left. If they knew the real energy story, if they knew how they’ve been duped for all these years into thinking there is crisis there would be riots in the street.

Unfortunately, the leftists spin their fairy tales and take advantage of our good will to control the debate. They know we will all do our part to save the polar bears and keep the seas from rising.

Smart Meters are yet another tool for the left to do their dirty work.

Do smart meters serve a useful purpose for the utilities? Of course. That’s why I said they are here to stay. But we need to be aware of their abuse by those who’s goal is to control and enslave use.