Urgent Action: Testify AGAINST WSSC "Smart" AMI Meters September 30!

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Call in to Speak for 3 minutes on September 30! 
at the WSSC hearing on AMI Smart watermeters 

Wednesday Sept 30 at 630 PM

Call-in number to provide comment: 1-240-800-7929 / Conference ID: 783 785 467#

You call in at 6:30, stay on the phone and wait until your turn when they un-mute you. 

Now WSSC is about to spent 100 million  dollars to pull out our water meters and install "smart" radiating meters on our homes. Water meters radiate several times a minute!!!! 

WSSC has hearings this Wed, 

WSSC is making it seem like it will save money but it seems companies are who is making money from this deal AND WSSC provides no proof for all their claims. It costs 100 million !!!!!

We need as many voices as possible to testify this-- Wed night (pick one) to state you do NOT want WSSC to spend 100 million dollars of ratepayer money on Smart AMI meters. 

WSSC wants to swap water meters to radiation emitting meters that also remove our privacy. 

See below for detailed information on how to testify via conference call - by the phone- so easy- at virtual public hearings Wednesday evening at 6:30pm on WSSC's $100M AMI smart meter project. Each witness will be given 3 minutes to testify. Written testimony is also being accepted.

Public Viewing / Participation Details

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 – 6:30 p.m.

Watch: Virtual meeting will be broadcast live for public viewing

Call-in number to provide comment: 1-240-800-7929 / Conference ID: 783 785 467#

Here are Some Ideas on What YOU Can Say! 

Digital meters and environmental NIGHTMARE

 THEY WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED EVERY 8 YEARS OR LESS BECAUSE these meters do not last that long!!!!!!! 

 

• There is no consensus that AMI smart meters make economic sense. Fairfax Water has rejected AMI smart meters as too costly (as of December 2018). Their rates are half of WSSC's rates
• Deployment of AMI smart meters is a risky proposition. WSSC has a poor record of containing costs of IT projects. Smart meters will put WSSC into the business of collecting massive amounts of customer data. This is not WSSC's core competency.
• There is no evidence that implementation of AMI smart meters will reduce water rates. In fact the opposite is true, they will increase water rates.
• The Maryland Public Service Commission has established a statewide policy that customers may opt out of AMI smart meters. So it is outrageous that WSSC seems hell bent on REMOVING our right to OPT Out. 
• We depend on WSSC staff to provide unbiased information so commissioners can make fair decisions. Staff has instead provided misleading information about AMI smart meters. 
• The economics of WSSC's AMI smart meter proposal is based on a 2011 study that has not been updated. There is a risk that the cost will be much greater than the estimated $100M. Beware ratepayers cause we are PAYING and will PAY PAY PAY! 
• As proposed, WSSC's AMI smart meter deployment is bad for the environment. It will result in tens of thousands or working meters entering the waste stream. In addition, digital meters do not last as long as the mechanical ones that lasted decades. AMI is an E-WASTE nightmare. 
• WSSC's AMI smart meters will kill jobs. Meter reader positions will be eliminated. WSSC says they will be put into new positions BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 
• Why is staff presenting AMI smart meters as the only solution to improve WSSC's meter reading operations? There are alternatives available that are more cost effective and avoid the health and privacy concerns of AMI smart meters.