20230323Formal Complaint.pdf

COMPLAINT 20
To:Jan Noriyuki,Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise,ID 83720-0074
Date:March 18,2023
From:Samuel and Peggy Edwards
333 Shoshone Ave
Rexburg,Idaho 83440
RE:Installation of "Smart"Meter and threat of service disconnection
Dear Ma'am,
This COMPLAINT is a follow-upto an initial complaint which Peggy submitted to Idaho
Public Utility Commission in December 2022.Our complaint is still the same:there should be an
"opt-out"option for customers of ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP who do not want
to upgrade their electric meter.
At this time,our case has become critical,and we ask for your intervention to immediately
stop the termination of our electric service by ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP
scheduled for March 28,2023.Our COMPLAINT arises over matters concerning myself,Samuel,
and my wife,Peggy,and ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP in regard to their intention
to install a Trespassing Technology known as a "Smart"type meter on our home,located at 333
Shoshone Ave;Rexburg,ID 83440 contrary to our existing and long-standing contractual agreement,
as well as our will and consent.We further request that a traditional meter replace our existing
electronic meter,even if a reasonable surcharge for regularly checking the meter were added to our
bill or if we were responsible to report the meter reading (e.g.-text/email a picture)on a regular
basis.
Please find attached our DECLARATION in the form of an AFFIDAVIT in support of this
letter of COMPLAINT,along with supporting Exhibits A,B,and C.
We,along with our 16-year old special-needs daughter and two other children,are currently
faced with the real possibility of havingour power/electrical service disconnected on 28 March 2023
(please see disconnect letter,Exhibit A).We have attempted over and over again,in good faith to
resolve all issues with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP which have led up to this
point where they are now threatening to shut our power off,in spite of the fact that access to the
meter has never been impeded for service and that we have always paid our power bill each month
and are currently not late with payment.They,in turn,are the aggressor operating in bad faith,using
strong-arm intimidation tactics,threat,duress,and coercion in order to upgrade the meter without
consideration for the will,privacy or medical effects which this upgrade would have upon us,the
property owners.
Last year,we received an undated and unsigned letter from ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP on or around November 22,2022 instructing us to call their 800 number
within 15 days to resolve any "access"issues and set an appointment to have our meter updated with
their (Trespassing Technology).In response to this letter,Peggy called ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP multiple times,including talking with an employee Christian #36743
CASE NO. PAC-E-23-05
twice.During these calls,Peggy explained that a power company technician (sub-contractor)had
come to our door in October requesting to install a smart meter,and we informed her that we were
contesting the unilateral insistence to replace our current power meter with a 5G Smart Meter.ShepolitelysaidthatsheunderstoodandwouldinformROCKYMOUNTAINPOWER/PACIFICORPofourresponse.Peggy also informed Christian #36743 that we have a special needs child who
currently sleeps about 8 feet from the location of the power meter and we are concerned about the
radio frequency waves to which she would be exposed by the 5G Smart Meter.As detailed in Exhibit
C and available in other documented medical research,non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (e.g.
wireless technologies including smart meters)can lead to electro-sensitivity requiring
accommodation'.Peggy asked for an appropriate address to send a letter responding to the unsigned,
undated letter,so that we could formallycontest the assertion that the "installer couldn't access the
meter base".Delays with verifyingthe appropriate address to send our letter resulted in the letter
being sent in late February,arriving on 2 March 2023 at ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP's CEO Gary Hoogeveen's office in Portland,OR according to UPS Ground
tracking #1ZX048R30397898301.(see Exhibit C)
On March 3,we received ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's 22 February
2023 letter,subject "SECOND NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgrade at 333 ShoshoneAve
Rexburg,ID 83440"(Exhibit B),and that their contractor was refused "access"to perform a meter
(Trespassing Technology)exchange.This new letter also states that they have also attempted to
reach us by telephone,and that we are to call their 800 number to resolve this issue within 15 days,
or they will refer our account to their service disconnection process.In this same letter they also
claim that we are "contractually obligated to allow"ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP
"safe and unencumbered access to our equipment.Meter service is a condition of electric service,as
expressed in the Idaho Public Utilities Commission's Customer Relations Rules,namely Electric
Service Regulation No.6,..."Be noticed that the word/term "access"in ROCKY MOUNTAINPOWER/PACIFICORP's letters to us is being improperly applied to mean something other than
what it really is (see explanationbelow).
On March 17,we received ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's 14 March 2023,
subject "FINAL NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgrade at 333 Shoshone Ave,Rexburg,Idaho"(Exhibit A).We are informed in this letter that our service will be terminated on 28 March,
2023.
INTRODUCTION [BRIEF HISTORY]
As it stands now,there has been in place for the past 3.5 or so years a relationship of a
"contractual"nature between us and ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP (formally
UTAH POWER AND LIGHT),who currently provides us with electrical power to our home.I,in
turn naturally,have agreed to allow ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's (formerly
UTAH POWER AND LIGHT)meter reader(s)"access"of a "specified and limited"nature,not a
general unspecified and unlimited nature,to our private property each month specifically for them
to read our electrical power meter ONLY.No other access to our private property,implied or
otherwise was ever granted to ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP (formerly UTAH
POWER AND LIGHT)at any time.Any other necessary "access",including troubleshootingpower
outages and making necessary repairs to electrical equipment located on our private property is
considered "special"in nature and would only be granted at the time,we,the private property owners
reported a power outage and or requested them to troubleshoot an electrical problem and make
necessary repairs ONLY.Therefore,ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP (formally
UTAH POWER AND LIGHT)does not have autonomous authority in and of itself to access our
private property to troubleshoot and or make necessary repairs to electrical equipment or for any
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other reason at any time,day or night until they receive notification from us authorizingand granting
them permission at that time,on a one-time basis only for them to proceed to do the specified request.Anythingother than this is a trespass,invasion of our privacy,security,unalienable Rights,including
our private property rights which cannot be diminished,as well as a violation of our existing
contractual agreement.
Let us be clear on this issue of "access"which ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORPclaims that we are denying them.We and no one else in our home have ever
denied "access"to any of ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's meter readers or their
company repair personnel as per our previously agreed upon terms of our long-standing contractual
agreement over the years.However,there has never been in place any agreement for personnel from
any third-party company to trespass on my private property and tamper with our,in this case
electrical meter at any time,whether we are at home or if no one is at home,neither has there ever
been in place any agreement with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP to "access"our
private property to make a non-repair (or install a Trespassing Technology)when no request for such
type of service was ever made,and no defective electrical equipment on my private property exists.
So,if no defective electrical equipment exists on our private property and we did not call ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORPto report any troubles/problems with our electrical service and
thus no electrical repairs were/are needed,what are there personnel doing on our private property
and or attempting to access our private property without our consent contrary to our existing
contractual agreement?
Understand that this whole issue surrounds a matter of an existing "contract"which ROCKYMOUNTAINPOWER/PACIFICORP are attempting to impair our obligation to.This contractual
relationship,as I said before has been in place since we moved in our home about 3.5 years ago
when we requested ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP(formerly UTAH POWER AND
LIGHT)supply our home with electrical power,to which they agreed.This has worked smoothlywithoutanyproblemsordisputesuntillastyear,when ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP attempted to change the terms of our previously agreed upon and long
standing "contract"without consideration of individual customers'desires or full disclosure that
they were attempting to change said terms of or initiate a new contract without my knowledge and
consent in order for them to bullytheir way onto our private property to make a non-repair (or install
a Trespassing Technology)which is not part of our existing contractual agreement.
As you well know,for any changes to be made to a contract,both parties must be,in
agreement,and both parties must have a clear understanding of any and all terms and changes in
terms of said contract to be valid and binding.This is simply not the case in this matter.To allow
this abuse to continue would be a travesty of justice.ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP
acknowledges the existence of our contractual relationship (see Exhibit A)but in a skewed and
twisted fashion,not relating the matter truthfully.They spread propaganda that smart meters are safe
without considering contrary evidence and portray objecting homeowners as the antagonist and an
uncooperative party for not wanting their smart meter Trespassing Technology,making us the "bad
guy".What is the marginal benefit of pressuring 100%of customers to adopt upgraded meters?If
90%of customers have already upgraded,isn't network awareness sufficiently improved to inform
outage restorations?Threatening service disconnection appears to be an overly coercive tactic to
achieve complete compliance and ignore alternatives (e.g.-self-reporting or a surcharge for meter
reading).Why does the IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION/Legislature support or
sanction this coercion which has become criminal (felonious)behavior?Other states offer "opt-out"
alternatives,so that 100%compliance is demonstrably unnecessary.
There is no one person or agency in the Idaho government advocating for the
people/inhabitants in their plight with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP,but there is a
government agency advocating for ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's position -the
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION under the thumb of the state legislature.However,
the interpretationof the Commission on this matter so far does not honor the rights of the people of
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Idaho to make decisions affecting their privacy or medical freedom.Where there is risk,there must
remain choice.So far as smart meter upgrades are concerned,IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION appears only to consider the best interests of the utility company,and not the public
trust.
Understand,we have committed no wrong in this instant matter and have done our due
diligence in an attempt to resolve all issues in order to keep the peace and our electric power on.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORPhas been acting in bad faith and continue to walk in
dishonor.They are a huge corporate giant with endless fmancial resources coming against this small
single family who only desires to live in peace.This huge corporate giant seems to think that because
they operate as a government sanctioned monopoly,knowing that customers have no other option
or choice in power companies,they can just run roughshod over their perceived disobedient
customers to force their unlawful will (Trespassing Technology)upon them by use of deception,
lies,strong-arm intimidation tactics,threat,duress,and coercion (criminal acts)in order to covertly
alter a previously agreed upon "contract"without my knowledge and consent -HOLDING OUR
ELECTRICAL POWER SERVICE AS RANSOM.
This is a matter of the big bully on the block going around breaching the peace,terrorizing
and strong-arming the inhabitants in the neighborhood and bullyingtheir way onto their customer's
private property and into their private lives.This is criminal behavior and it must be stopped.
FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
We,Samuel &Peggy Edwards,hereinafter referred to as complainant,in complaint of ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP and their Trespassing Technology,hereinafter referred to as
"violator",respectfully alleging various felonious acts being perpetrated upon complainant as
follows:
COUNT 1:Breach of the peace.ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's attempted
unlawful intrusion onto complainant's private property and into complainant's home resulting in a
breach of complainant's and other household members peace causing undue fear,emotional and
physical stress of complainant and other household members.
COUNT 2:Attempted extortion of complainant's will,consent,and rights through use of threat,
duress,and coercion in order to induce complainant to capitulate,by wrongful use of fear and
under color of official right to ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's unlawful
compulsion to accept their smart meter (Trespassing Technology)while holding the threat of
electrical service disconnection over complainant's head.
COUNT 3:Impairment of complainant's obligation of an existing contract between ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP and complainant by use of threat,deception,strong-arm
intimidation tactics,trickery,duress,and coercion.Violators are attempting to change terms of an
existing contract and or create a new contract with complainant in order to install a "smart"meter
(Trespassing Technology)without the authorization/consent of complainant by wrongful use of
fear and under color of official right,hoping complainant will grant coerced or tacit agreement for
such contract changes by either omitting to perform a particular act or through the performance of
a particular act induced under compulsion in order to get their smart meter (Trespassing
Technology)installed on complainant's home.
COUNT 4:Attempted extortion and takeover of complainant's private property for commercial
use.Violators,by wrongful use of fear and under color of official right are attempting to
commandeer complainant's private property in order to install a smart Meter "relay station"
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(Trespassing Technology)on complainant's property for the sole benefit of ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP and outside third-party entities without any just authorization and
compensation to complainant for such.This would amount to theft,unlawful conversion of private
property,unjust enrichment,and violation of the complainant's FIFTH AMENDMENT right to not
"be deprived of life,liberty,or property,without due process of law".
COUNT 5:Attempted illegal wiretapping and extraction of personal and private information
without a lawfully issued and or executed search warrant,through the installation of an unlawful
(as no consent is given)surveillance/buggingdevice known as a smart meter (Trespassing
Technology).Smart meter capabilities include,but not limited to monitoring,logging,storing,
transferring,and sharing of daily personal and private habits and routines of occupants of private
homes and then giving said information to unauthorized third-parties for profit,including police
and federal government snoop agents,all without the homeowner's or other occupants consent to
do so.This would amount to gross violation of complainant's FOURTH AMENDMENT right to
be "secure in their person,houses,papers,and effects,against unreasonable searches and seizures",
as well as complainant's FIFTH AMENDMENT right to not "be deprived of life,liberty,or
property,without due process of law".
COUNT 6:Threat with intent to commit harm to complainant and other household members by
threatening to shut off electrical power to complainant's property/house if complainant does not
allow ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP to install a smart meter (Trespassing
Technology)on complainant's house.Terminationof electrical power will cause severe hardship,
stress,and duress,as well as severe physical and emotional harm to the complainant and other
members of this household,including family members with special medical needs.ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP,having foreknowledge of the complainant's special needs
daughter's age and physical condition,continues to acknowledge their intent to harm complainant
and complainant's child,which makes this a criminal act.
COUNT 7:Gross Negligence;Hazardous Negligence.The "gross negligence",or reckless and
wanton behavior of ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP is manifest in their failure to
exercise even slight care,and evidences a reckless disregard of complainant's life and safety,as
well as of others in complainant's household,by attempting to expose us to the dangerous/
hazardous health effects of a smart meter (Trespassing Technology)which they are attempting to
install on complainant's private property against complainant's will and consent.There intentional
failure to perform a manifest duty to truthfullyinform complainant of the actual dangers of a smart
meter is in reckless disregard of the consequences as affecting complainant's life and property,
including a gross want of care and regard for complainant's rights and the rights of others in
complainant's household.
Their behavior is also "hazardous negligence"due to ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/
PACIFICORP's careless or reckless conduct by attempting to expose complainant and other
members of complainant's household to the very great danger of injury and imminent peril should
the installation of their smart meter (Trespassing Technology)on complainant's home take place.
COUNT 8:Actionable Fraud.ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP has committed an
"actionable fraud"against complainant by use of deceptive practices in an attempt to induce
complainant to part with complainant's legal right(s),to include complainant's long-standing
existing contractual agreement with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP,as well asunlawfullyattemptingtocommandeercomplainant's private property for commercial use by
installing a "relay station"(smart meter Trespassing Technology)without complainant's consent
by making false representations with the intentionto deceive.Further,it appearsthat ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP makes a material representation which is knowingly false
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concerning their smart meter (Trespassing Technology),making such representation without any
knowledge of its truth and as a positive assertion that smart meters are safe,and made it with the
intention that it should be acted on by complainant.If complainant acts and complies with this
false representation,complainant fears and believes an impending injurywill be suffered by
complainant and possibly others in complainant's household as well.
Note:If attempted murder is prosecutable,then attempted extortion and piracy is also prosecutable.
DEFINITIONS
From:Black's Law Dictionary,Fourth Edition
EXTORT.To compel or coerce,as a confession or information by any means serving to overcome
one's power of resistance,or making the confession or admission involuntary.Sutton v.
Commonwealth,207 Ky.597,269 S.W.754,757.
To gain by wrongful methods,to obtain in an unlawful manner,to compel payments by means of
threats of injuryto person,property,or reputation.McKenzie v.State,l13 Neb.576,204 N.W.60,
61;State v.Richards,97 Wash.587,167 P.47,48.To take from unlawfully;to exact something
wrongfullyby threats or putting in fear.State v.Adams,Del.,106 A.287,288,7 Boyce,335.See
Extortion.
The natural meaning of the word "extort"is to obtain money or other valuable thing either by
compulsion,by actual force,or by the force of motives applied to the will,and often more
overpowering and irresistible than physical force.Com.v.O'Brien,12 Cush.,Mass.,90.
EXTORTION.Unlawful obtaining of money from another.People v.Parkinson,181 Misc.603,41
N.Y.S.2d 331,334.
Obtaining of property from another,with his consent,induced by wrongful use of force or fear,or
under color of official right.And see State v.Logan,104 La.760,29 So.336;In re Rempfer,51
S.D.393,216 N.W.355,359,55 A.L.R.1346;Lee v.State,16 Ariz.291,145 P.244,246,
Ann.Cas.1917B,131.Obtaining of property of another by threats to injure him and to destroy his
property,State v.Phillips,62 Idaho 656,l 15 P.2d 418,420.Taking or obtaining of anything from
another by means of illegal compulsion or oppressive exaction,Daniels v.U.S.,C.C.A.Cal.,17 F.2d
339,342;whether by an officer or otherwise,United States v.Dunkley,D.C.Cal.,235 F.1000,
1001.
A taking under color of office is of essence of offense.La Tour v.Stone,139 Fla.681,190 So.704,
709,710.
At common law,any oppression by color or pretense of right,and particularly and technically the
exaction or unlawful taking by an officer of money or thing of value,by color of his office,either
when none at all is due,or not so much is due,or when it is not yet due.Preston v.Bacon,4 Conn.
480.See People v.Barondess,16 N.Y.S.436,61 Hun,571;Murray v.State,125 Tex.Cr.R.252,
67 S.W.2d 274,275;State v.Anderson,66 N.D.522,267 N.W.121,123;Whart.Cr.L.833.
Term in comprehensive or general sense signifies any oppression under color of right,and in strict
or technical sense signifies unlawful taking by any officer,under color of office,of any money or
thing of value not due him,more than is due,or before it is due.State v.Barts,132 N.J.L.74,38
A.2d 838,843,844,848;State v.Vallee,136 Me.432,12 A.2d 421.
To constitute "extortion,"money or other thing of value must have been willfully and corruptly
received.La Tour v.Stone,139 Fla.681,190 So.709,710.
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To constitute "extortion,"the wrongfuluse of fear must be the operating cause producing consent.
People v.Biggs,178 Cal.79,172 P.152,153.
GROSS NEGLIGENCE.The Intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard
of the consequences as affecting the life or property of another;such a gross want of care and regard
for the rights of others as to justify the presumption of willfulness and wantonness.Seelig v.First
Nat.Bank,D.C.llL,20 F.Supp.61,68.
The failure to exercise slight care.Jones v.Atchison,T.&S.F.Ry.Co.,98 Kan.133,157 P.399,
400;Burton Const.Co.v.Metcalfe,162 Ky.366,172 S.W.698,701.
In the law of torts (and especially with reference to personal injury cases),the term means such
negligence as evidences a reckless disregard of human life,or of the safety of persons exposed to its
dangerous effects,or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of a conscious
indifferenceto the rights of others which is equivalent to an intentional violation of them.McDonald
v.Railroad Co.,Tex.Civ.App.,21 S.W.775;Railroad Co.v.Bodemer,139 Ill.596,29 N.E.692,
32 Am.St.Rep.218;Coit v.Western Union Tel.Co.,130 Cal.657,63 P.83,53 L.R.A.678;Bremer
v.Lake Erie &W.R.Co.,318 Ill.11,148 N.E.862,866,41 A.L.R.1345.
Indifferenceto present legal duty and utter forgetfulness of legal obligations,so far as other persons
may be affected,and a manifestly smaller amount of watchfulness and circumspection than the
circumstances require of a person of ordinary prudence.Burke v.Cook,246 Mass.518,141 N.E.
585,586.Negligencebordering on recklessness.People v.Adams,289 Ill.339,124 N.E.575,577.
Words "gross negligence,"are equivalent to words "reckless and wanton."Jones v.
Commonwealth,213 Ky.356,281 S.W.164,167.
HAZARDOUS NEGLIGENCE.Such careless or reckless conduct as exposes one to very great
danger of injury or to imminent peril.Riggs v.Standard Oil Co.,C.C.Minn.,130 F.204.
Ÿ ACTIONABLE.That for which an action will lie,furnishing legal ground for an action.
ACTIONABLE FRAUD.Deception practiced in order to induce another to part with property or
surrender some legal right;a false representation made with an intention to deceive;may be
committed by stating what is known to be false or by professing knowledge of the truth of a statement
which is false,but in either case,the essential ingredient is a falsehood uttered with intent to deceive.
Sawyer v.Prickett,19 Wall.146,22 L.Ed.105.
To constitute "actionable fraud,"it must appear that defendant made a material representation;that
it was false;that when he made it he knew it was false,-or made it recklessly without any knowledge
of its truth and as a positive assertion;that he made it with intention that it should be acted on byplaintiff;that plaintiff acted in reliance on it;and that plaintiff thereby suffered injury.Blair v.
McCool,136 Or.139,295 P.950,952.Essential elements are representation,falsity,scienter,
deception,and injury.Cobb v.Cobb,211 N.C.146,189 S.E.479,482.
CONCLUSION
We respectfully request that the Commissioners for the Idaho Public Utility Commission
investigate this entire matter concerning this criminal and wanton behavior and the strong-arm
intimidation tactics of ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP and why they are permitted
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to continue to violate and interfere with my,as well as many other ROCKY MOUNTA1NPOWER/PACIFICORP customer's existing valid contractual agreements against their will and tiee
consent,and their FOURTH and FIFTH AMENDMENT Rights,and other violations mentioned
above,and also why the IDAHO PUC/State Legislature permits/sanctions this type of criminalbehavior.
As túne is of the essence,we respectfully request that this matter be given priority status
and a timely remedy sought in order to avoid the apparent upcoming electrical servicedisconnectioninjustamatterofdays,not just for ourselves but for many other ROCKYMOUNTAINPOWER/PACIFICORP customers similarly situated.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration in remedying this matter as soon as
possible in order that justice may be done.
Very truly,
SaníÑ Z.Edwards,Sui Juris Peg ..Edwards,Sui Juris
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DECLARATION OF SAMUEL Z.EDWARDS
IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT
L Samuel Edwards.being of sound mind and body do make this Declaration of my own free will
without any undue outside influence.
I declare the following:
1.On December 17,2021,I did receive an unsigned letter from ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/
PACIFK ORP stating that new digital smart meters would be installed in our neighborhood
beginning in January 2022.
2.Both my wife and I have grave concerns over the health affects of a smart meter as our 16 year
old daughter has a complex medical history including Autism Spectrum Disorder.is Wheelchair
Bound and completely dependent for care.She is cognitively between 4-6 years old with
speech,hearing and physical impairments.Her sleeping space is located approximately 8 feet
from the existing meter base for our home's electric service.During 2020-2021,we renovated
this sleeping space to be suitable for our daughter's care and need to remain in our home
indefinitelywhich includes an electric ceiling lift system,electric feeding pump station,roll
under sink and roll-in shower.(Doctors'notes available upon request.)
3.On February 11,2022,we were notified that the upgrade was happening in our neighborhood
with no option of opting out.My wife,Peggy Edwards,communicated with ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP and informed their representative,Alison,of our
daughter s complex medical history,autism and the proximity of the meter base close to her
sleeping space.Peggy further told ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP that we do not
consent to the meter upgrade at our home.Alison informed Peggy that we carnot "opt-out"of the
meter upgrade and stated that we must move the sleeping space or move the meter base.
4.On February 13.2022,Peggy emailed our state legislator (Representative Ron Nate)and
informed him of the conversation that she'd had with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/
PAClFICORP.In subsequentdays,we also reachedout to RepresentativesKarey Hanks,Jon
Weber and Senator Doug Ricks,complaining about the lack of an "opt out"option.
5.During February and March 2022,we consulted with ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/
PA CIFICORP representativesabout moving the existing meter base.On March 3,2022,Peggy
called Russel!Westerberg at ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP,who put us in
contact with lim Solomon to discuss moving the existing meter base.We obtained a quote from
a local electrician (Leroy Edwards)of about $5000 to move it,but this was too expensive for us
at that time.
6.During Summer of 2022,a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP subcontractor came
to request to switch out our current meter base for the new digital smart meter.We declined the
upgradebecause of concerns that the new digital smart meter would have a deleterious affect
upon our daughter's health.
7.On 10 November 2022.we received an undated and unsigned letter from ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER/PACIFICORP claiming that their "installercouldn't access the meter base"located at
our home (333 Shoshone Ave;Rexburg,ID).In response to this letter.Peggy called ROCKY
MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP multiple times,including talking with an employee
Christian #36743 twice and informing him of the details of our conversation with the
subcontractor.Peggy requesteda mailing address to formally dispute the claim that their"instaler couldn't access the meter base".
8.We did not receive a mailing address from ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP to
submit our dispute.so we found an address for their corporate offices online and mailed our
disputadon in late February 2023.According to UPS Ground tracking
(#1ZX048R30397898301),our disputation was delivered to the ofEce of CEO Gary Ï loogeveen
in Portland.OR on March 2,2023.
9.On March 3,we received ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's 22 February 2023
letter,subject 'SECOND NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgrade at 333 Shoshone Ave
Rexburg,.lD 83440"(Exhibit B),and that their contractor was refused "access"to perform a
meter (TrespassingTechnology)exchange.
10.On March 17,we received ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/PACIFICORP's 14 March 2023,
subject FINAL NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgrade at 333 ShoshoneAve,Rexburg.
Idaho (Exhibit A).We are informed in this letter that our service will be terminated on 28March.2023.
L Samuel Z.Edwards,affirm and certify on my own unlimited commercial liability that I have read
the above alTidavit and do know the contents to be the truth,the whole truth,correct and complete
to the best of my knowledge,and willing to testify to this.
Samut Z.Edwards,Sui Juris Date
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ROCK Y MOUNTAIN IW West North Temp
-POWER Salt Lake City,Utah 84 I 16
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SAMUEL Z EDWARDS March 14,2023
333 SHOSHONE AVE
REXBURG ID 83440
RE:FINAL NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgradeat 333 ShoshoneAvenue,Rexburg,Idaho
Dear Samuel Z Edwards:
Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.If you are not responsible for the electricserviceatthesite,please pass this request to the property manager or owner as soon as possible.
As required by 31.21.01-CustomerRelations Rules for Gas,Electric,and Water Public Utilities ("Utility
CustomerRelations Rules")-Rule 304 (Requirements for Notice to CustomersBefore Termination of
Service).This letter will serve as final notice of termination of electric service,which will occur onMarch28,2023 for failure to provide access as required under Utility Customer Relations Rules-Rule302(e).If access to property is acquiredprior to this date to enable Rocky Mountain Powerto install anupgradedmeteratthesite,termination will be canceled.
Please contact us at 1-800-895-0631if you wish to resolvethis issue.
Kind Regards,
Rocky Mountain Power
REQUIRED DISCLOSURES:
IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVECODE IDAPA 31.21.01
Public Utilities CommissionUtilityCustomerRelations Rules 305.
CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF INTENTTO TERMINATESERVICE (RULE 305).
01.Contents of Notice.The written or oral notice of intent to terminate service requiredby Rule 304 will
state:a.The reason(s),citing these rules,why service will be terminatedand the proposed date oftermination
b.Actions the customer may take to avoid termination of service.
c.That a certificate notifying the utilityof a serious illness or medical emergency in the household may
delay termination as prescribedby Rule 308.
d.That an informal or formal complaint concerningtermination may be filed with the utility or theComrnission,and that servicewill not be terminatedon the ground relating to the dispute betweenthe
customer and the utilitybefore resolution of the complaint.
The IdahoPublic Utility Conunissioncan be reached at 208-334-0369,or 1-800-432-0369,or online atpuc.idaho.gov/form/consumerassistance,or by mail at Idaho Public Utilities Commission,P.O.Box
83720,Boise,ID 83720-0074.A copy of the Utility Customer Relation Rules can be found at
Mins d ein yk:sidaho.cov/rules/current/31/312101.pdf
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POWER Salt Lake City,Utah 84 I 16
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Samuel Z Edwards February 22,2023
333 Shoshone Ave
Rexburg,ID 83440 2229
RE:SECOND NOTICE:Required Access for Meter Upgrade at 333 Shoshone Ave Rexburg,ID 83440
Dear Samuel Z Edwards:
Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.If you are not responsible for the electric service at
the site listed above,please pass this request to the property manager or owner as soon as possible.
Our contractor was refused access to perform a meter exchange at the address listed above.This is our second
written notice.We have also attempted to reach you by telephone.To avoid termination of electric service at
this address,you must contact us at the number provided below.
You are contractually obligated to allow us safe and unencumbered access to our equipment.Meter access is
a condition of electric service,as expressed in the Idaho Public Utilities Commission's Customer Relation Rules,
namely Electric Service Regulation No.6,a copy of which is enclosed for your convenience.Moreover,to the
extent that access was denied because of the type of meter being installed,please be aware that the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission has reviewed smart meter technology,includingthe prevailingscientific research
on consumer safety,and concluded that smart meters are safe and allowed for all customers in Idaho.If you
would like additional information regarding the electric regulations that governs Rocky Mountain Power's
operations,review them at the Idaho Commission's website at puc.idaho.gov.
Our new meters bring with them a host of benefits,enablingour customers to securely -
View Daily/Hourly/15-Minute interval usage data through your Rocky Mountain Power account
Set billing thresholds and alerts through our website and mobile application
Automatically send notifications whenever your power is interrupted and subsequently restored
Rocky Mountain Power will also be able to troubleshoot abnormal electric voltage or current issues on our
lines that could impact the quality of your service.Our meters deliver whole home usage data through a
secure LTE network and do not connect with any additional smart devices installed at your site or external
networks.Your data is safe and no personal information is ever shared with outside parties.
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Please contact us at 1-800-895-0631immediatelyto resolve access issues and to set an appointment to have
your meter updated.We are happy to answer any additional questions you may have regarding the new
meter and look forward to working with you.
If we do not hear from you within 15 days from the date of this letter to resolve this issue,we will refer your
account to our service disconnection process.We look forward to hearing from you and will always consider it
a privilege to serve you,
Kind Regards,
Rocky Mountain Power
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ROCKY MOUNTAINPOWER
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ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATION NO.6
STATE OF IDAllO
Company's lastaBation
1.OTIMPANV'SINSTALLATION
Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations,an Eicctric Service Agreement,or the £1cctric
Service Schedules,the Company will install and maintain its lines and equipment on its side of the
Point of Delivery,but shall not be required to install or maintain any lines or equipment except
meters and accessories beyond that point.Only the Company is authorized to make the connections
at the Point of Delivery.Electric service fumished under this tariff will be altcmating current,60
hertz.singic or threc-phase.Primary service voltage will be at one of the nominal standard voltages
avaitahic from the Company at or near the Customets location.Secondary service voltage will be
hmited to:
Single-phase,120 volts,2-wire,grounded
Single-phase,120/240 vohs,3-wire,grounded
Single-phase,24&480 vohs,3-nä,gmunded
Three-phase,208Y/120 volts,4-wire,grounded,mye
Three-phase,480Y/277 volts.4-wire,grounded,wyc
2.COMPANY FACILITIESON CUSTOMER'SPREMISES
ta)All materials fumished and installed by the Company on the Customer's premises,shall be,
and remain,the property of the Company.Tbc Customer shall not break the Companys
meter seals.In the event ofloss or damage to the Company's property,arisin8 from neglect,
carcicssness,or misuse by the Customcr.tbc cost of necessary repairs or replacement shall
be paid by the Customer.
(b)Customer without expense to the Company shall make or procure conveyance to the
company of satisfactory Rights-of-Way Easements acmss the property ovmed or controucd
by the Customer for the Company's lines or cxtensions thereof necessary or incademat to the
fumishing of service to the Customer.
(c)The Customer shall permit safe,access to Company's répresentatives at all hours to maintain
the Company's cicetric distribution facilitics.The Customer aball also permit the Company
to trim trees and other vegetation to the extent accessary to avoid interference with the
Company's lines and to protect public safety.
(d)The Customer shall provide safe,unencumbered access to Company's representatives at
reasonabic times,for the purpose of reading meters,impceting,repairing or removing
metering devices and wiring of the ny.
Submitted Under Case No.PAC-E-19-12
ISSUED:September 13.2019 EFFECTIVE:January 8.2020
16 February 2023
Peggy and Samuel Edwards333ShoshoneAveRexburgidaho83440
Gary Hoogeveen
Chief ExecutiveOfficerRockyMountainPower
825 NE Multnomah StSuite1800
PortlandOR 97232
Re:Rocky Mountain Power Work Order#8314953
Dear Mr Hoogeveen,
We are responding to the undated and unsigned letter sent by Rocky MountainPower(copy attached)received 10 November2022.We are giving notice todisputeyourclaimthatyour"installer couldn't access the meter base"located at333ShoshoneAve,RexburgIdaho,83440.We contest your claim and state thebasisofourobjectiontoyourclaimtobethattherehasalwaysbeenunimpededphysicalaccesstothemeterbasesincetakingpossessionofthispropertyinOctober2019.
As evidence.we presentwith this letter:
Photographicevidenceof clear,unimpededphysicalaccess to the power meterGoogle Maps aerial view of 333 ShoshoneAve,RexburgIdaho 83440Notarized statement by Jeanne Grimmettwho resides at 330 ShoshoneAve,Rexburg idaho,83440
Notarizedstatement by Kristine Bennion,who resides at 295 ShoshoneAve,Rexburg Idaho 83440
We have spoken with Rocky Mountain Power representativesmultipletimes,andeachtimetheyhavethreatenedtoterminateservice.Accordingto the IdahoPublicUtilityCommission's"IdahoResidential Utility Disconnection"(copyattached),the grounds to make these threats credible is "you tamper with orpreventaccesstoyourmeter."
These phone calls occurred:
initiated by RMP between Sam and a RMP Rep on or around Nov 10thinitiated by Peggy between Peggyand Christian#36743 on Nov 30th at1:59pm for 25 minutes
initiated by Peggy between Peggy,Sam and Christian #36743 on Dec 6th at
1:31pm for 20 minutes
In consideration of the seriousness of these threats,especiallyin the sub-zero
winter weather of SoutheasternIdaho (initiallyweeks before Christmas,and stillpersistingintoFebruaryoftemperaturesgoing20-30 degrees below zero),we
demand evidence of your claim that "the installer couldn't access the meter
base."We contest your claim and object to threats to disconnect our power.
We further object to your claim of "the prevailingscientific research on consumer
safety"and conclusion "that smart meters are allowed in Idaho without any
alternative metering options."It is common knowledgeand fully supported byevidence,peer reviewed and published researchi,science and facts that
"Advanced"utility meters including all electronic utility meters and all utility
meters which contain any digital or electronic componentswhatsoever:
1.Emit frequenciesthat contribute to pathophysiologicaland biologicallydisruptiveeffectsonthosewithAutismSpectrumConditions(ASC)which
are defined behaviorallyand also involve multileveled disturbances of
underlying biologythat find striking parallelsin the physiologicalimpacts ofelectromagneticfrequencyandradio-frequencyexposures (EMF/RFR).23
2.Are fire hazards due to lack of surge protectorsin violation of necessary
standards for utility meters.
3.Cannot withstand typical grid surges.
4.Cause damage to,or destroy,homes,lives and structures when damaged
by grid surges.Dr.Magda Havas,Associate Professor of Environmental &
Resource Studies at Trent University in Peterborough,Ontario,Canada
has received emails and phonecalls from occupantsof propertieswhere
smart meters were recently installed.They complain of ill health,including
new symptomssuch as headaches,insomnia,anxiety,skin rashes,tinnitus,heart palpitations,depression,fatigue,and short-term memory
loss.Many are unable to use the room closest to the smart meter.4
5.Emit biologicallyharmful "pulsed"EMF radiation continually (whethertransmittingdataornot).In May 2011,the World Health Organization's
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)classified radio-
ihttps://bitly/EMF221205 via www.saferemr.com and Joel M Moskowitz Ph.D.Director CenterforFamilyandCommunityHealth,School of Public Health,Universityof California,Berkeley
2 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24095003/
3 TOby Rogers,The Political Economy of Autism,Doctoral Thesis,University of Sydney,2019,37-38 or llitAy/taby_then
4:http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?page_id=2292
frequency electromagneticfields (RF-EMF)as a possible humancarcinogen(Group 2B)in the same classification as lead,DDT,andchloroform.6 We do not want additional layers of pulsed radio-frequencyelectromagneticfieldsinourhome.
6.Create and collect personaldata of private activities in the home in
violation of law.Smart meters identify electrical devices inside the homeandrecordwhenandforhowlongtheyareoperated,resulting in aninvasionofmyprivacy.Smart meters monitor household activity and
occupancy in violation of my right to privacy in my home.According to aFebruary2012CongressionalResearchServiceReportentitledSmart
Meter Privacy and Cybersecurity,the Departmentof Energy reportedthat
by matching data with known appliance load signatures,smart meters will
be able to reveal people'sdaily schedules,their appliancesand electronicequipment,and whether they use certain types of medical equipment.6
7.Allow sharing of data of personalliving habits with utility personneland
others without authorization of the property owner and occupants.Smart
meters transmit information-carryingradio waves which can be intercepted
by unauthorized and unknown parties.The signals can be used to monitorbehaviorandoccupancy,and they can be used by criminals to aid criminalactivityagainsttheoccupants.Former CIA Director James Woolsey
accounted the wireless security threat on EnergyNews.com.7
S.Fatally disrupt and disable medical devices such as Pacemakers.
9.Cause wasted electricity and health-damagingtransients by the improperplacementanduseofaofaswitchmodepowersupplywithintheutility
meter.Utilities claim that smart meters will cause customers to monitor
their electrical usage to conserve more electricity.However,a British studyreportedonSept.2,2011 that thousands of citizens with a smart meter ontheirhomeoverthecourseofoneyearexperiencedlittletonochangeinelectricalusage.We do not know if energy will be conserved with smart
meters,and it is inaccurate to assume that the use of a smart meter
causes customers to conserve energy.8
10.Cause heating and antenna effects upon any metal body implants whichdamagebodytissues.
I 1.Cause damage to health and life by placing high-energyradio transmitters
in close proximityto human living spaces.Medical research has
6https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf
6https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R42338.pdf
Thttps://bit.ly/jameswoolseygridsecurity
a Tom Hargreaves.Michael Nye,Jacquelin Burgess,Makingenergy visible:A qualitative field
study of how householders interact with feedback from smart energy monitors,Energy Policy,Volume 38,Issue 10,2010,Pages 6111-6119 or httos://doi.org/10.1016/i.enpol.2010.05.068
documented that smart meters can negativelyimpact health.In April 2012,the American Academy of EnvironmentalMedicine (AAEM)issued apositionpaperentitled,Electrornagneticand RadiofrequencyFields Effect
on Human Health.9 According to the report,"Multiple studies correlate RFexposurewithdiseasessuchascancer,neurologicaldisease,reproductivedisorders,immune dysfunction,and electromagnetichypersensitivity...many in vitro,in vivo and epidemiologicalstudies demonstratethatsignificantharmfulbiologicaleffectsoccurfromnon-thermal RFexposure...Genetic damage,reproductivedefects,cancer,neurologicaldegenerationandnervoussystemdysfunction,immune systemdysfunction,cognitiveeffects,protein and peptide damage,kidney
damage,and developmentaleffects have all been reported in the peer-
reviewed scientific literature."In a press release,the AAEM calls forimmediatecautionregardingsmartmeterinstallationsduetopotentially
harrnful exposure to pulsed radiofrequencyradiation.10
12.Representexcess equipmentcosts with more expensive meters andrepresentmorefrequentreplacementofthemoreexpensivemeters,all ofwhichcostswillbepassedontoratepayersviaexcessandunnecessarychargeswhenthisalternate"advanced"metering is unnecessary.
13.Representunnecessary higher service costs in the processingand storing
of data collected and general maintenance of the wireless grid network.Representunlawful invasion of privacy by the harvest and exploitation of
databases of information about the personaland private activities inside
the home without the consent of the owners,occupantsand guestsu.Data
about residents'daily routines and activities are collected,recorded,and
stored in the utility's databases,which are accessed by parties not
authorized by occupantsto know and share that private data.Those
databases may be handed off to criminals,blackmailers,corrupt law
enforcement,privatehackers,power company employees,and anyone
who may act against the interests of the occupants who are under metered
surveillance.
The above violations and abuses cannot be authorized by any lawful easement
contract and representsunlawful and highly dangerous trespasson our property
for which major liabilities will arise for which you are fully and personally
responsibleas authorizing and administeringthe policies which broughtabout
9 https://www.aaemonline.org/electromagnetic-and-radiofrequency-fields-effect-on-human-health/
10 https://www.aaemonline.org/aaem-calls-for-immediate-caution-regarding-smart-meter-installation/
U.S.Const.Amend.IV
and/or maintain the trespassand hazards.We,as utility customers,hereby donotconsenttoassumesuchhazardsanddamagesasaconditionofreceivingelectricserviceorasameansofextortionofadditionalservicepaymentsfrom usinreturnforsafe,lawful and reliable metering.
NOTICE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Your service must be safe and lawful,and is not safe and lawful if you are puttingelectronicutilitymetersonhomes.We invoke our right to self-defense,that in thefaceofthisimmediatebodilyinjury,this is a God-givenright,protected by theLawandConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica12.The laws you areviolatingbyinstallingelectronicutilitymetersonprivatehomesandbusinesseswithoutconsentandfulldisclosureare,in general,Public Endangerment,Trespass,Extortion,Fraud,Assault,Arson and FCC regulationsrequiring
consent of propertyowners for installation of radio transmitterS.13In light of thoseviolationsandthehazardsandharmtheycause,you must provide,within 21daysofthisdelivery,record of insurance naming me,your account holder,as
beneficiary in order to providefull and speedy remedy,reimbursement andpenaltiesforallhazardsandharmlistedaboveandanyothersthatmayarise.
Absent such insurance,you are agreeing by the installation of any electronicutilitymetertopersonallyandpromptlypayallclaimsandsatisfyalldemandswhichmayarisefromthedangers,nuisances,damages and harm that may be
caused by any such electronic utility meter and you are agreeing that the theabovelistisgenerallytrueandrepresentsintentionalhazardandharmperpetrateduponanyutilitycustomerwhoreceivesaninstalledelectronicutility
meter.
You may avoid this liability by permanentlyinstalling,at no charge,penalty orassessment,a safe and lawful fully electromechanical meter to record our utility
service usage on a coarse monthly basis.Any claim that electromechanical
meters are "not available"is false.The simple issue of a purchase order to a
meter manufacturer will provide unlimited supply.If you refuse or fail to provide
or allow safe,reliable and lawful electromechanical meteringtimely,we require
full bonding,insurance and assurance of liabilityfor all hazards listed above and
any hazards not yet anticipatedcaused by electronic metering.That insurance orassumptionofliabilityandresponsibilitymustincludeyourprovidinganameandaddressofafullyresponsibleandliablepartywhereourclaimsmaybefiledand
paid WITHOUT HESITATION OR QUESTION to remedy any real or perceived
harm,injury,loss,damageor violation of rights caused by the above described
electronic utility metering hazards,defects and offensive features and functions.
U.S.Const.Amend il and IV
13 Electronics Communications Privacy Act (Title 18,USC,Sec.2511,2512,2518)
If you do not provide that timely,then you and all other top policy-makingofficersofyourorganizationarefullyliableforallrisks,violations,hazards and harmdescribedabove.
In summary:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTICEDTHATYOU ARE PERSONALLYCAUSING HARMANDDAMAGEWlTHYOURNON-CONSENSUALMETERING DEVICES ANDPROGRAMS,AND YOU ARE FULLY AND PERSONALLYLIABLE FOR ALLCONSEQUENCESOFTHATMETERINGPOLICYIFYOUFAILTOCEASE ANDDESlŠTTHEABOVEHAZARDSANDVIOLATIONSIMMEDIATELY.
If,havingfailed to providethe safe and lawful meteringdescribed above,youadditionallyfailorrefusetoprovidetheaboveassuranceofliabilityandresponsibilityrequestedhereintimelyyouwillbeindefaultandfullyandpersonallyaccountable,liable and responsible for all consequences,damages,harm,injuries,losses,violations of rights,trespass,bad faith,negligence,nuisance,and malice.Your failure to timely provideinsurance,bonding and claim information described above is your agreementto personally
pay for all claims as described above.You will also,by any failure or refusal toprovideinsuranceandclaimcontactsdescribedabove,be putting up and offeringyouandyourcompany's resources for prompt and uncontested settlement of our
claims whenever they may be submitted for any incident where damages occur.
Any failure to pay any our claim/s within 30 days of delivery will obligate you to
pay all collection costs,legal costs and expenses,court fees and all incidental
costs and expenses we may find necessary to secure settlement and collectionofourclaims.
We recommend providingcontacts to us of your insurance carrier and providing
the wording of your policyls immediately.Any policy that is not providedand/or
does not clearly providethe protectionrequestedwill be default of this notice andobligation
Because electronic meters representnumerous hazards,violations and potentialdamages,you are liable for major penaltiesclaims for simply installing a workingelectronicutilityonourpropertyregardlessofanytangibledamagecaused.
This notice and all terms,conditions,declarations and representationsherein aresuperiortoandsupplantanyandallcontentineasementcontractsthatmay
have been established,proposedor presumed.Herein are the terms under which
your company may lawfullyprovide electric service.Any contrary terms are
unlawful and unenforceable and will cause you personally and your companymajorpenalty.We have made no unreasonable demand and may not be refused
or penalizedfor requiring safe and lawful entry and occupationof our property.
This notice does not,and may not be construed to be a refusal of any kind
of metering or violation of any easement or terms of service.It is simply
requirement for the necessary insurance to mitigate the risks and harm you
are causing.
All terms and conditions above automaticallytake effect upon your default on the
above conditions and terms.However,a simple denial of this requirementand
notice is insufficient because the hazards are serious,real and confirmed by
overwhelmingevidence and you are responsiblefor causing those hazards and
violations.If you do not timely rebut,with fact,law and evidence,our allegations
of unlawful trespass of fire hazard,radiation emission,transient causation and
unlawful surveillance,all representations,claims,declarations,terms and
conditions put forth herein will be effective as contract and obligationagainstyou.
Bullying and threats of denial of service,penaltiesand "consequences"are not
valid rebuttal to our allegationsand serve only to expose your malfeasance and
failure of responsibility.
Any rebuttal to this notice must be submitted to us timely.Timely means prior to
installation of electronic meteringor,if electronic metering is installed,within 21
days of deliveryof this notice.Urgency dictates that no "grace"period will be
allowed beyond 21 days from this deliveryother than reasonable time for mail
delivery.Failure to respond in writing and with supported rebuttal within 21 days
constitutes full and final default by you,agreementto all terms,conditions and
representationsherein by you,your company and agents.If you require up to 15
additional days to respondyou may requestthat in writing prior to default.We will
determine if your meteringactivities and policieswill allow the extension and we
will notify you in writing if extension is granted.
This Notice supersedesand replacesall prior agreements,clauses,contracts
and easements which conflict with any point herein.
Notice to principal is notice to agent and notice to agent is notice to principal.
This is an adhesion contract with full effective power and effect by default.
Samuel Edwards Peggy M.B.Edwards
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Information You Requested
Solomon,Timothy (PacifiCorp)<[e-mail]>Fri,Mar 4,2022 at 11:55 AMTo:"[e-mail]"<[e-mail]>
Cc:"Hoopiiaina,Keven (PacifiCorp)"<[e-mail]>
Hello,Mrs.Edwards.
Thank you again for taking time with me today on the telephone.Along with the attachments,here are several linksthatrelatetoourconversation:
1.This link will take you to information on the meter currently installed in your meter base:CENTRON®(itron.com)
2.This link will take you to details on the upgraded meter we are installing in Idaho.Please note that,despite thename,our system does not operate on 5G:Gen5 Riva Meter (itron.com)
3.Itron's radio frequency (RF)information can be found here:Radio Frequency Resource Center ltron
For your information.I have also followed up with Greg Andrus,the planner who will be calling you,as well as hismanagerAaronHancock.I've also copied Keven Hoopiiaina into this email.Keven is the project manager for themeterupgrades.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.I'll keep in touch with the Rexburg operations group to make suretheyhaveconnectedwíthyou.
Again,thank you for your time this morning.
Tim
Timothy L Solomon
Regional Business Manager
Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp
208-252-2446
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 1407West North Temple
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Samue1Z Edwards
333 Shoshone Ave
Rexburg ID 83440 2229
Dear Samuel Z Edwards:
You can count on us to provide the affordable and consistent power you need.We're using
state-of-the-art technologyto deliver dependablepower as we plan for the future.
We were recently in your area to upgrade your existing electric meter,but our installer couldn't
access the meter base at 333 Shoshone Ave,Rexburg,Idaho.As required by the Idaho Public
Service Commission,clear and safe access must be available to electric meters for inspection,
maintenance,meter upgrades,and to enable us to respond to any emergencies.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has reviewed smart meter technology,and the prevailing
scientific research on consumer safety,and concluded that smart meters are allowed in Idaho
without any alternative metering options.
Please call 1-800-895-0631 within 15 days of receiving this letter to resolve any access issues
and set an appointment to have your meter updated.We are happy to answer any questions
you may have regarding the new meter and look forward to working with you.
Kind Regards,
Rocky Mountain Power
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Krist ne Benrnon
295 Shoshone Ave.
Rexburg.Idaho.83440
To Whom It May Concern,
I,Kristine Bennion,do testify that The Edwards property at 333 Shoshone Ave,is unimpeded by any gates,
fences,or obstacles that would inhibit access to the power meter.I was here in the summer of 2022 when
the new smart meters were set to be installed and the installation crew easily entered,without issue,on
to my property as well as the neighbor's property for installation-we both refused the new meters at that
time.
Sincerely,
Kristine Bennien
PRPMBER]
2 November 2020
To Whom it May Concern,
I,Jeanne Grimmett,of 330 ShoshoneAve Rexburg Idaho,83440,do attest that
the property of Samuel and Peggy Edwards at 330 Shoshone Ave,Rexburg
Idaho,83440 is open and unfenced from the street.
I have their permission to access their property including their backyard
where the meter base is located.
I attest that there are no physical barriers to the meter base and there have
never been any physicalbarriers there since they moved into that home in
October 2019.
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Idaho Residential Utility Disconnection
in idaho,investor-owned utilities providing basic services such as electricity,gas,water and
telecommunications services must follow rules that protect consumers.The rules are established
and enforced by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC).The IPUC is a state agency charged
with regulating investor-owned utilities.(City-owned or cooperative utilities are not regulated by
the IPUC).The rules say when a utility can and cannot disconnect service to a customer.They
also reauire utilities to inform customers before service is actually shut off,so that payment pians
can be attempted and -disconnection avoided.
This fact sheet answers comrnon questions about your rights and responsibilities as a customer
of a regulated gas,electric,or water utility.
When can a company shut off my service?
Your electric,gas,or water company may begin taking steps to shut off your service if:
e You do not pay your bill by the due date.
You pay your bill with a dishonored check or make an electronic payment from an account
that has insufficient funds.
You do not pay a required deposit.
You use a false name or misrepresent yourself to get service.
You do not pay according to an arrangement you made with the utility.
You are wasting service through improper equipment or otherwise,
e The customer is a minor not competent to contract (an un-emancipated minor).
You temper with or prevent access to your meter.
How much notice will I get?
If the utility has grounds to shut off your service,the company must:
o Send you a written notice telling you of its intention to shut off service at least SEVEN
DAYS before the planned date.
The utility may send you a final notice at least THREE DAYS before the planned date.It
must give you a final notice at least 24 HOURS before it plans to actually shut off service.
The utility must attempt to contact you or an adult member of your household before
shutting off service.
The utility must shut off service within 21 DAYS after the planned date or begin the
notification process again.
No additional notice is required if a payment arrangement made after receiving written
notice is not kept,or you pay your bill with a dishonored check or make an electronic
payment from an account that has insufficient funds.
If you receive your bill electronically,you may separately consent,in writing,to receive
electionic notifications.
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Can I be shut off without notice?
There are times when a utility can shut off service without notifying you first.For example,no
advance notice is required if a dangerous condition exists or meter tampering is discovered.
Do I have to pay my bill in winter?
Yes.However,if you are having trouble paying the gas or electric bill,you should notify the
company and try to make special arrangements.Payment plans are available,including a special
Winter Payment Plan.
What if I have children,elderly,or seriously ill peopleat home?
You are still required to make payments if possible.A special Winter Payment Plan is available if
you are unable to pay your bill in full during the winter.But if you are not able to pay AND have
children.elderly,or ill people in your home,your gas or electric heat cannot be shut off duringthemonthsofDecember,January,and February.You must let the utility know you cannot payyourbiliandhowyouqualify.The winter disconnection moratorium,however,does not apply to
customers who don't apply for service or obtain service dishonestly.
What if Ym seriously ill?
No utility can shut off service if you provide the utility with a certificate from your doctor or apublichealthofficialwithmedicaltraining,stating that a serious illness or a medical emergency
exists or could be created for any permanent member of your household if your service is shutoff.
This certificate will postpone a shut-off for 30 days.If your service is already shut-off,the utilitymustturnitbackon.Within the 30-day period,you must make arrangements with the utilitytopaythebili.The utility may agree to renew a medical certificate for an additional 30 days if youarestillunabletopaythebill.
Can I get disconnected at night or on the weekends?
Even if the utility has grounds to shut off service,it may not do so at these times:
Before 8 a.m.or after 5 p.m.Service may be shut off between 5 p.m.and 9 p.m.MondaythroughThursdayiftheutilityisunabletogainaccesstothecustomer's meter duringnormalbusinesshours.
Friday,Saturday,Sunday or any legal holiday recognized by the State of Idaho (New Year'sDay,Martin Luther King Day,President's Day,Memorial Day,July 4th,Labor Day,Columbus Day,Veteran's Day,Thanksgiving Day,and Christmas Day).
The day before a legal holiday recognized by the State of Idaho.
Any time the utility's business offices are closed.
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