Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    • Home
    • Sedona News
    • Business Profiles
    • Opinion
    • Mind & Body
    • Arts
    • Elections
    • Gift Shop
    • Contact
    • Cart
    Sedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde ValleySedona.Biz – The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley
    Home » Letter to the Editor: Epic Fail! – APS Is Replacing All Its “Smart” Meters
    Letter to The Editor

    Letter to the Editor:
    Epic Fail! – APS Is Replacing All Its “Smart” Meters

    November 22, 20152 Comments
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email Reddit WhatsApp
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Reddit WhatsApp

    logo_lettereditorInformation & Perspective by Warren Woodward
    (November 22, 2015) 

    Several points I have made about APS’s toxic “smart” meter boondoggle have been verified once again. Last week I received news from an alert Phoenix couple that APS was already replacing all the “smart” meters it had installed in their neighborhood only seven years previous.

    Upon hearing this news I phoned APS and learned that APS has hired subcontractors from a company headquartered in Virginia called Apex Covantage to replace all of APS’s Elster brand “smart” meters with Landis & Gyr ones. The explanation I was given for this so-called “upgrade” is that the 2G cellular system that the Elsters use will soon be obsolete. APS informed me that they intend to change out the “smart” meters in their entire service territory by December of next year.

    With roughly 1.2 million customers, this so-called “upgrade” will be quite a payday for APS.

    Sedona Gift Shop

    The so-called “upgrade” is really an upgrade to APS’s rate base.

    The rate base is the sum total of APS’s expenditures on which by law APS gets a guaranteed rate of return. In other words, the more APS spends, the more money they make. The enormous and never ending costs of the “smart” grid are why customers always get a hefty rate increase whenever and wherever the “smart” grid is installed. Count on a sizable rate increase at APS’s next rate case. Read More→

    2 Comments

    1. J. J. on November 23, 2015 9:35 am

      Thank you for keeping us up-to-date on this horrific story. APS is not only greedy, but it’s policies and practices are terrorizing the public. I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this gianormous problem.

    2. Watch Take Back Your Power FREE! on November 25, 2015 1:13 pm

      From now until Tuesday, Dec 1st at midnight, you can watch it online at the link below. And feel free to share the film – forward this link, share it on FB, etc. It’s TBYP’s gift to you and all the people you care about.

      http://www.takebackyourpower.net/free-viewing


    The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    By Tommy Acosta
    Having grown up in the mean streets of the Bronx there is one lesson we learn early on, and that’s don’t mess with the cops when they got you down, and outnumbered. The beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of the police preceding his death at the hospital could have been avoided if only he had the sense to not resist them. People fail to understand that on the streets, cops are basically “God.” You can’t fight them. If it takes one, two, five, ten or twenty officers they will eventually put you down and hurt you if they have to in the process of detaining or arresting you. In the Bronx we would fight amongst ourselves but when the cops came it was “Yes, officer. No, officer,” and do our best to look as innocent as possible. People need to understand that cops on the street represent the full power of the state and government. Read more→
    Recent Comments
    • Mary Ann Wolf on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    • RC Posey on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    • Matt Kaplan on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    • Joe on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    • Gary Marsh on The Sad Lesson of Tyre Nichols
    Check out the Tlaquepaque Magazine
    Categories
    © 2023 All rights reserved. Sedona.biz.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.