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12-14-2010, 10:37 AM
Report: PG&E executive's SmartMeter snooping widely shared
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 8:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 8:44 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite Pacific Gas & Electric claims he acted alone, internal documents show information from online snooping by a former executive was widely shared with employees at the San Francisco-based utility.
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William Devereaux, the former senior director of PG&E's SmartMeter program, resigned last month after admitting he used a phony name to monitor online discussion groups by activists opposed to SmartMeters. They are concerned about health effects of SmartMeter electromagnetic radiation.
The San Jose Mercury News says internal PG&E documents turned over to state regulators and obtained by the newspaper on Monday also reveal that PG&E went beyond mere online monitoring.
A series of e-mail exchanges, for instance, show that PG&E sent an employee to monitor a SmartMeter demonstration in Rohnert Park in October. The employee took at least four photographs of protesters.
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Information from: San Jose Mercury News, https://www.sjmercury.com
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 8:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 8:44 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite Pacific Gas & Electric claims he acted alone, internal documents show information from online snooping by a former executive was widely shared with employees at the San Francisco-based utility.
Related Links:
SmartMeter revolt persists
PG&E executive resigns over SmartMeter ruse
PG&E executive suspended for infiltrating anti-SmartMeter group
William Devereaux, the former senior director of PG&E's SmartMeter program, resigned last month after admitting he used a phony name to monitor online discussion groups by activists opposed to SmartMeters. They are concerned about health effects of SmartMeter electromagnetic radiation.
The San Jose Mercury News says internal PG&E documents turned over to state regulators and obtained by the newspaper on Monday also reveal that PG&E went beyond mere online monitoring.
A series of e-mail exchanges, for instance, show that PG&E sent an employee to monitor a SmartMeter demonstration in Rohnert Park in October. The employee took at least four photographs of protesters.
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Information from: San Jose Mercury News, https://www.sjmercury.com