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The People of Fairfield & MUM shared an update on Alliant Energy: Stop Wireless Smart Meters on the Campus of Maharishi University of Management. Check it out and leave a comment: PETITION UPDATE Please Call Alliant Energy to Opt Out . We need numbers , don't hesitate. The People of Fairfield & MUM Fairfield, IA NOV 25, 2017 — The numbers of people opting out will determine a yes or no for the entire opt out program. There have to be enough to make it worthwhile for Alliant to offer a separate system. A few important points. Call Alliant Energy at 1-800-255-4268 and give your account number. You may be able to keep the meter you now have, depending upon the age. Some agents will tell you the age, some don't have the data. There are different call centers. But please get your name and account in the system. There will likely be no contract other than an agreement that if you don't send in readings or contact Alliant for 2 months, you defer to a smart meter. But that's easily remedied. Pay ahead or call Alliant if you are going out of town. There are people in Fairifeld spreading confused and false information that the Alliant opt out is a "scam." Please don't believe this confused information. Those people have an agenda of their own, and are following an internet video which suggests not to opt out. This would have the end result of smart meters going in all over town and no opt out at all. Mayor Ed Malloy has negotiated this opt out with Alliant Energy. It's totally legitimate unless we don't have enough numbers. If we don't have enough numbers, say, under 500 customers opting out, we will likely be turned down for an opt out program by the Iowa State Utility board. So please call and join the program and tell your neighbors to do the same. An engineer may visit your house in a year or so to determine the age of your current meter. If it is replaced with a Non transmitting digital meter. That is an okay alternative. All transmitting meters bear an FCC ID on them, other wise they are just ordinary digital meters which are already all over town and campus and create no problem. Thank you for your help with getting the numbers of opt out up and cutting through the confusion.
