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I'm opposed to Avista's requested 5.3 million dollar rate increase (Avista Rate Case #
AVU-F-19-04).Avista offers smart meter opt outs to Washington customers, but denies
opt outs to their ldaho customers. How disrespectful. EI\/F radiation from smart meters
is a harmful pollutant and ldahoans don't have a choice. Until Avista treats their
customers with respect and offers opt outs for smart meters -- no rate increases!
Avista has stolen jobs from ldaho by exchanging meter reading jobs for unsafe
technology that they expect ldahoans to pay for! Smart meters have started fires in
California. And Avista offers no opt-outs for their ldaho customers.
Avista never asked their customers lf they wanted smart meters. They just
started tacking them onto our homes. Smart meters emit EMF radiation all day and all
night even if you turn the breakers off! We have no oplouts in ldaho for smart
meters. Seriously, Avista wants ldahoans to pay for their plan to roll out smad meters
when they never gave us a choice! They make big plans and expect their ldaho
customers to pay for it. IPUC needs to side with ldaho citizens on this one. They want to
put an unsafe wireless device on our homes with no opt outs! No rate increase!
The National lnstitutes of Health's $25 million dollar study reports that electro-
magnetic (EMF) radiation causes cancer! EMF radiation is emitted from smart meters!
You might think it's just a small amount, but actually it is pulsing every few seconds24-
7. And EMF radiation is accumulative. Why should Avista get more money from their
ldaho customers when they never gave them a choice if they wanted an EMF emitting
meter and no choice to opt out?
Top scientist reviewed EMF radiation studies and compiled them in the
Bioinitiative Report in which they report many concerns of any device emitting radiation.
It's your choice if you want a cell phone, but with smart meters, Avista gives us no
choice. They offer no opt-out to their ldaho customers. They expect ldahoans to pay for
their bad meters and their new data management system. ldahoans don't want their
data managed by their utility company. This has come down to our freedoms.
The CEO of Avista brings in and income 20 -60 times more than many ldahoans.
They give us no opt outs for wireless smad meters and then asks IPUC for a $5.3
million rate increase, in midsummer when it's the least likely customers are paying
attention. That's why monopolies in any industry don't work. lt becomes a
pyramid scheme.
Avista should be allowed a reasonable rate of return, but they should also take
responsibility to provide for those who suffer EHS symptoms by allowing opt outs when
requested. They offer opt-outs to their customers in Washington, why not their ldaho
customers? A 1O-million dollar study proved that EMF radiation causes cancer. Many
other studies show harmful effects. When breakers are shut completely off, the smart
meter is still emitting harmful EI\/F radiation. There is no escape. No rate increase for
Avista.
We have no choice of our utility provider. We were given no choice about
hooking up to the smart grid. We were given no choice about what kind of meter we
wanted on our homes. Avista chose meters that emit electro-magnetic radiation which
has been shown by a $10 million dollar study to cause cancer. Other studies show an
array of health effects. We have no opt-outs from smart meters. And for all that great
customer service, Avista requests IPUC for a rate increase to their customers in ldaho
of 5.3 million!
I'm fed up with having no say in what kind of meter I want on my home. I hear
about other utility providers bending over backwards to help those with EHS who are
sensitive to EIMF radiation for wireless devices, including smart meters. Avista cares not
for what their ldaho customers want. They just want more and more money from us.
IPUC has a responsibility to the citizens of ldaho. No rate increase!
I do not trust Avista's decision making. Last year Avista was ready to sell out to a
foreign country. That sell out would have been a risk to US security because it included
selling them US dams owned by Avista. Now they propose a smart meter roll out with
data collecting to their ldaho customers and they want their ldaho customers to pay for
it!
Who in ldaho wants to have their data collected by their utility company? Who
wants a smart meter that emits EI\/F radiation, a known carcinogen strapped onto their
home? Perhaps they haven't heard about the National lnstitute of Health's 10 year, $25
million dollar study that reported electro-magnetic (ENnF) radiation causes
cancerl Avista is not keeping up with the science and does not care about the health of
their ldaho customers.
IPUC needs to make sure that ldaho citizens have a choice to opt-out from
EMF emitting utility meters. No opt-outs, no rate increases for Avista. They don't care
about the science, but they do care about the money.
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I'm opposed to Avista's requested 5.3 million dollar rate increase (Avista Rate
Case # AVU-E-19-04).
Last year Avista was ready to sell out to a foreign country that included our water
dams. They would have gained monetarily, without consideration if it was good for
the USA. Avista didn't care about the risks to the USA that selling to a foreign
country would create. Avista doesn't seem to care about our health, our personal
rights, or our privacy.
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Gerald Fluhrer
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Avista wants to roll out smart meters and a data collection system in ldaho and
they want their ldaho customers to pay for it! Avista offers smart meter opt outs
to their Washington customers, but denies opt outs to their ldaho customers. How
disrespectful. Smart meters emit EMF radiation, a harmful pollutant, a known
carcinogen. A 10 yea[ S25 million dollar study reported electro-magnetic (EMF)
radiation causes cancer! Until Avista treats their customers with respect and offers
opt outs for smart meters -- no rate increases!
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RE: Avista Rate Case # AVU-E-19-04
Dear IPUC,
I am writing to express my concerns about Avista's recent request for price hikes and their refusal to allow
their customer's to opt out of smart meter installations.
As you know, Avista has requested a 5.3 million dollar price increase (Avista Rate Case #AVU-F-19-04). They
will save money by not needing meter readers and yet they want to charge their customers for smart meters
that many do not want.
Avista's smart meters will be able to collect data from their customers' private activities. Those are data that
Avista can profit from. Avista customers have a right to privacy and should not be mandated to have devises
installed on their homes that wil! allow Avista to collect information on their private activities.
I am also concerned about the health problems that smart meters can cause. We have strong evidence that
the radiation emitted from smart meters constitutes a health hazard for people whose homes have those
meters installed on them. Please review the work of Martin L. Pall, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
and Basic MedicalSciences of Washington State University. He has written extensively about this.
Avista does not have plans for opting out of the smart meters installations. ln Washington state, Avista
customers are allowed to opt-out with only a minimal cost of 55 per month. Why doesn't ldaho allow this as
well?
I respectfully request that the IPUC deny the Avista price hike and allow ldaho citizens to opt out of of smart
meter installations.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Ann Bowes
Moscow, ldaho