File A CPUC Complaint(s)
What to File
File A CPUC Complaint On Double Extortion Penalties
File A Complaint on A Bogus Opt Out
Where to File
Formal Complaint (with a hearing in front of a judge): A formal complaint would allow a hearing with a judge. The expedited complaint is not recommended as there are no transcripts of the hearing.
Informal Complaint: CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch and call (800) 649-7570 If you have had smart meter related problems (health, safety, billing etc.), file a complaint with your utility and follow up with a complaint to the CPUC.
Contact the California Public Utilities Commissioners (CPUC):
CPUC Public Advisor, 505 Van Ness Ave. Rm. 2103 San Francisco CA. 94102. Phone: 866.849.8390 fax: 415-703-1758
Why is this important?
Statistics are kept on of the number of calls and complaints received - reporting and decisions are made based on these numbers - it's very important.
File A CPUC Complaint On Double Extortion Penalties
File A Complaint on A Bogus Opt Out
- You do not want the Smart Meter; only an electromechanical analog meter. You never opted in.
- You want fair tiered rates for analog meter customers.
- You want viable “opt-out” options: free and community-wide.
- You want businesses to have an "opt out" option.
- You want the wireless infrastructure of the "smart" grid dismantled.
- The interim Opt Out fees are unjust, arbitrary and unreasonable, which violates of Public utilities Code 451: 'All charges demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is unlawful.”
- If you avoid RF for medical reasons, to pay more for a different meter violates PUC code 453(b). “No public utility shall prejudice, disadvantage, or require different rates or deposit amounts from a person because of ancestry, medical condition, marital status or change in marital status, occupation, or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code.”
- The federal government never made Smart Meters mandatory: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Title Xll, Subtitle E, Section 1252, (a), (14), (C):“Each electric utility subject to subparagraph (A) shall provide each customer requesting a time-based rate with a time-based meter capable of enabling the utility and customer to offer and receive such rate, respectively.”
- Time of use metering is not mandatory: CPUC Code Section 745(d)(1):“Residential customers have the option to not receive service pursuant to time-variant pricing and incur no additional charges as a result of the exercise of that option. Prohibited charges include, but are not limited to, administrative fees for switching away from time-variant pricing, . . .”
Where to File
Formal Complaint (with a hearing in front of a judge): A formal complaint would allow a hearing with a judge. The expedited complaint is not recommended as there are no transcripts of the hearing.
Informal Complaint: CPUC's Consumer Affairs Branch and call (800) 649-7570 If you have had smart meter related problems (health, safety, billing etc.), file a complaint with your utility and follow up with a complaint to the CPUC.
Contact the California Public Utilities Commissioners (CPUC):
- President Michael Peevey mp1@cpuc.ca.gov or call 415-703-3703
- Mike Florio mf1@cpuc.ca.gov or call 415-703-1840
- Catharine Sandoval cjs@cpuc.ca.gov or call 415-703-2593
- Carla Peterman cap@cpuc.ca.gov or call 415- 703-1407
- Michael Picker at michael.picker@cpuc.ca.gov or call 415- 703-2444
CPUC Public Advisor, 505 Van Ness Ave. Rm. 2103 San Francisco CA. 94102. Phone: 866.849.8390 fax: 415-703-1758
Why is this important?
Statistics are kept on of the number of calls and complaints received - reporting and decisions are made based on these numbers - it's very important.