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Re: Ontario Energy Board Acts on Smart Meters
Posted by Sheriff on 4/30/2009, 2:20 pm, in reply to "Ontario Energy Board Acts on Smart Meters"
What I ment to ask is do we still have to pay Straticon
--Previous Message--
: A victory for tenants. Yesterday, the Ontario
: Energy Board issued a compliance notice that
: made it crystal clear that smart meters are
: not to be installed in rental apartment
: buildings and this is based on 2005
: legislation under section 53.18 of the
: Electricity Act.
:
: The directive is lengthy but says "all
: non-compliant activity will cease
: immediately."
:
: This should stop the jumping the gun that
: was happening all over Toronto with tenants
: getting insufficient rent reduction offers
: in return for paying their own hydro.
:
: Many tenants felt compelled or co-erced to
: go along with this scheme. Tenants who
: explicitly said no to the offer were shocked
: to receive bills from the sub meter company
: any way!
:
: We will be getting more information today
: about enforcement of this compliance
: bulletin. I am most concerned about
: achieving justice for all the tenants I
: described in the above paragraph.
:
: We applaud the OEB for taking this action.
: We do wish they had done this sooner as the
: stress has mounted for tenants after we
: brought this to their attention last year.
:
: We also called on the Consumer Protection
: complaints division and the Ministry of
: Housing to act.
:
: Meanwhile, we remain 100% committed to
: energy conservation that is achieved in a
: fair and balanced manner. Smart meters
: could play a legitimate role, but landlords
: were attempting forced social engineering
: for their profit and for the profit of the
: smart meter company.
:
: We have proposed many other ideas that would
: be far more positive.
:
: To read the directive, go to the Ontario
: Energy Board web site.
:
: There is also an article in today's Toronto
: Star.
:
: The landlord spokesperson claims to be
: totally surprised. What? We have been
: fighting this issue for months. We have
: worked with the Advocacy Centre for Tenants
: Ontario, and we hace the support of the City
: of Toronto.
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: Together we are strong!
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