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ATTENTION COMMUNITY: * Important Meeting This Tuesday Dec. 5 With Iowa Attorney General's Mobile Office * Analog/Digital Meter Update *************************** * Will You Please come and meet with the Iowa Attorney General’s Mobile Office this Tuesday, Dec. 5, to let them know why you would like to keep your analog meters, and how you feel about Alliant Energy’s smart meter roll-out in Iowa? The More the Better ! To create a sufficient effect and result, a large number of people is needed ! Important Meeting This Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1:30-3:30 at the Senior Center near the downtown Water Tower In addition, Fairfield Safe Meters (FFSM) will be organizing a complaint filing with the Iowa Attorney General based on substantial evidence (cf. ‘Alliant’s Frequently Changing Offers” Attachment to this email). Coming to this meeting is the Second Big Step to take, after sending in a Refusal Letter to Alliant Energy, in the process of being able to keep our analog meters and avoiding very harmful levels of EMF in our community. FFSM will also be filing a complaint with the Iowa Utility Board (and will let you know more about this). * Analog/Digital Meter Update FFSM has been serving the Jefferson County community for the past seven years to avoid excessive electromagnetic smog. It’s about time we introduce ourselves. Following are those who have been most involved in FFSM in recent months and currently: Robert Palma Engineering and Technology Consultant Jennifer Diamond Kathy Matara Janet Evertsen Lisa Ashelman Haddington O’Heart Chris Bell Bau-biologist, J.D. Einar & Mary Cathryn Olsen Shai Perelson Electrical Engineer Simon Davies Prime News A: Alliant smart meter readings show dangerously high radiation, substantially higher than safe guidelines, and far more often than Alliant states Under the supervision of electrical engineer Shai Perelson, FFSM journeyed to Wisconsin, where Alliant Energy has installed 470,000 smart meters. Careful measurements were taken with a state-of-the-art instrument, and the results were alarming, in two ways: 1. The measurements showed spikes up to 1400 microwatts/square meter - very harmful levels of RF radiation - much higher than the European Academy of Environmental Medicine (EAEM) guidelines, which recommend only 100 microwatts/square meter (daytime exposure). So Alliant meters radiated 14 times higher than recommended by the EAEM. Many experts, including Robert Palma, consider FCC exposure levels excessively high and prefer use of EAEM guidelines. 2. Although Alliant states that its meters transmit "six times/day,” our Wisconsin measurements showed transmissions six times per minute. FFSM then confirmed these findings at Alliant’s Open House in Fairfield, Nov. 16 at the Sondheim Center. The same state-of-the-art instrument was used and showed the same results - 1400/microwatts/sq. meter (and even much higher) up to 30 feet away from the smart meter - many times above EAEM guidelines. * All Alliant materials at their Open House in no place state that their smart meters are safe - only that they meet FCC maximum exposure levels. Fairfield Community, this is a large bright red flag waving before us in the phase transition breeze. Prime News B: Changed Alliant Position on Refusal Letters Three Alliant officials told Mayor Malloy that Alliant would not consider the Certified Refusal letters, and that everyone who wanted to opt out needed to call Alliant and do so. Mayor Malloy subsequently published this in a Fairfield Weekly Reader display ad which you may have seen or heard about. But - Alliant then a few days later completely changed its position, and told us that the Refusal letters are being evaluated by their legal department, that Alliant has not yet taken a position on the letters, and that each person who sent a letter will have that fact entered in their customer record. Please keep asking your neighbors to continue the certified Refusal letters because they have been our most effective method to state our position. Prime News C: Alliant has no current opt out or meter policy (as of a week ago) Alliant has been showing substantial administrative disarray and confusion, in two ways: by 1) changing its position four times in the past several months, including three times in the past two weeks, and 2) different Alliant reps giving different policies to different customers in the same time frame. This is a very salient fact in the process and project of keeping analog meters, and avoiding becoming ingredients in the planned EMF soup, of which smart meters are only an early step. The specifics of Alliant’s administrative disorganization are detailed in the “Alliant’s Frequently Changing Offers” Attachment below on this email. They will probably carry more weight in any complaints filed than references to digital meter issues such as health concerns. Prime News D: Many More Refusal Letters Needed - 1,000's More Assistance for additional certified Refusal Letters will be available at Everybody's starting Thurs 12/7 and every Tues and Thurs 2:30 - 4:30 pm at least through year’s-end. Trained volunteers from FFSM will be there for you. Please bring your Alliant account number, and $5 for the mailing cost for the certified letter and our admin costs. Additional donations would be much appreciated, as we are all spending hundreds of hours, plus our expenses on this project. News E: Contrasting Local Info FFSM is the only organized group addressing the smart meter challenge for Fairfield. The Fairfield smart meter petition page on Change.org <http://change.org/>, containing misleading statements and scientific inaccuracy, is not ours. In addition, comments on personal FB pages under the pseudonym 'Kathryn Shore’ are also not ours. For example inaccurate information was posted and sent to many people that signed the Change.org <http://change.org/> petition about the recent Wisconsin smart meter measurements (corrected by scientific information written by our Tech Advisor, Robert Palma). (http://www.rfreduce.com/robertsblog/smart-meters <http://www.rfreduce.com/robertsblog/smart-meters>) Stay With It We need to firmly let Alliant know that we want to keep our analogs. Analog meters have been working quite well for 30-50 years in Iowa at little expense. 54,000 Californians opting out have a state mandate to keep their analogs. EMF radiation such as emitted by smart meters has been shown to be very harmful in numerous published studies. The National Cancer Institute, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization state that EMF radiation is potentially harmful. Please see the following information on the published scientific research on EMF harm: Robert Palma Blog: http://www.rfreduce.com/robertsblog/smart-meters <http://www.rfreduce.com/robertsblog/smart-meters> and Attachment: EMF Research Links: EMF Research Links <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rQMR5fywlXDdr-UgpmBfmngVounsO5KQbxanBj4PXFs/edit?usp=drive_web> P.S. Opt-out fees create a profit center for utilities, who are turning protest to profit. FFSM is checking the legal status of opt out fees and other legal points and principles with an attorney. SEE YOU TUESDAY AT 1:30 AT THE SENIOR CENTER WITH THE IOWA ATTY GENERAL’s MOBILE OFFICE Attachment: Alliant's Frequently Changing Offers: Alliant's Frequently Changing Offers <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mdHCkNaucMtZICRBqZ83dZRtXRrymQ9cF_sgs2Mtxo0/edit?usp=drive_web> -- 641-469-5659