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Smart meters are controversial among many in the homestead and off-grid communities, but for one California man the controversy turned shocking when the electric company disconnected his power — for more than a year — due to his opposition to ...

A fire that caused the death of an elderly Dallas man is being blamed on a so-called “smart meter,” a new electronic device that is on millions of homes in America and records power usage. James Humphrey Jr. died in ...

Smart meters are spying devices. Not breaking news? Likely not for those of us who have researched the issue for quite a long while, but an admission by those who make the devices is rather shocking. That is exactly what ...

Electric cars could be one of the biggest threats to the power grid, according to some engineers who believe that the widespread use of plug-in electric vehicles could cause the power grid to crash. Today’s electric grid is not built ...

Smart meters are being forced upon Illinois residents, and those who resist will be forced to pay monthly fines. The Obama administration began pushing for smart power and a smart grid in 2009. President Obama wanted to use funds from ...

Smart grid projects around the nation are coming under increased scrutiny, just as the US government increases its support of the idea. Still, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently issued a $14.3 million Smart Grid Technology grant for ...

A major cyber attack will one day disrupt life as we know it in the United States. So says former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who made the comments during her finals days in the post. The then-Obama ...

The documentary Take Back Your Power details not just the security concerns often associated with a smart grid system, but the battle being waged by common citizens who do not want the new techno gadgets installed at their homes. The ...

Central Maine Power and its Spanish parent company, Iberdrola, are facing a grassroots swell of opposition to its “smart” meters being introduced in New York State and elsewhere. The new meters emit radio frequencies to transmit home usage data to ...

In a very special edition of Off The Grid News Radio we sit down with a Naperville mom who found herself being arrested on her own property for not allowing city workers to install a smart meter on her property. ...