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May 16, 2012 — Letter to the Editor — Stacey’s view reassuring (By David Field, Gulf Islands Driftwood: May 2, 2012)...

I thoroughly enjoyed Mike Stacey’s amusingly creative take on the smart-meter issue (“How to break up with your dumb meter,” April 25 Driftwood). Mr. Stacey beautifully encapsulates the emotional lunacy surrounding the small but noisy opposition to smart meters. Well done! In my experience, a typical anti-smart-meter rant is as crazy and as poorly informed as Mr. Stacey has portrayed.... (click here to continue reading). 

April 25, 2012 — Letter to the Editor — Don't blame smart meters (By David Field, Burnaby Now: April 20, 2012)...

Anyone who claims that their hydro bill jumped drastically once a smart meter was installed needs to consider the following fact: B.C. Hydro smart meters are still being read manually for billing purposes. Manual meter reading will continue until the entire smart meter network and backend computer systems are in place later this year. Yes, installed smart meters are transmitting data, but that data is not yet being used for billing purposes.... (click here to continue reading). 

March 13, 2012 — Meanwhile, back in the BCCGE mailroom… — BCCGE Livewire Blog...

Although it’s been fairly quiet on the green energy front for the past few months, the boys in the BCCGE mailroom have not been idle. They’ve been actively monitoring the various goings on in the energy sector and working through the piles of accumulated material tying up prime desktop real estate. Meanwhile, the usual anti-green-energy suspects have been doing… well, exactly what you’d expect them to be doing: Spreading misinformation about everything from run-of-river projects to smart meters.... (click here to continue reading). 

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