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> Lots of info there, another excellent site is: www.W4AR.com, click on smart meters on the left.
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> they answer NO. But when their trucks are going door to door in the neighborhoods,
> the workers are telling the customers its the law. Unless the customer has been educated
> and comes back with: "Show me the law." I will try to find an interesting eye opener of an article
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> smart meters are to be an "opt in" thing, the customer is to request them.
> It may take me a bit to find this article, but it is a legal document.
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> Subject: [eSens] Re: Smart Meter removal
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