MA RESIDENTS FILE DPU FRAUD COMPLAINT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Posted on May 13, 2015 by admin Contact: StopSmartMetersMASS@gmail.com MA RESIDENTS FILE DPU FRAUD COMPLAINT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Short Version Massachusetts residents have filed a fraud complaint with the Attorney General and the Legislature concerning the $7B MA Department of Public Utilities smart meter mandate. Smart meters enable electric companies to implement time-of-use billing for electricity. The meters have resulted in rising consumer costs and reported adverse health effects nationally and internationally. Tobacco scientist Peter Valberg provided testimony justifying smart meter safety for the MA Department of Public Utilities in Feb. of 2014, within weeks of his testifying for Phillip Morris light cigarettes. Valberg also testified for National Grid before the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals in May of 2014. Worcester is the site of the controversial $48M National Grid pilot, which was delayed due to citizen opposition. The pilot includes 15,000 smart meters and 180 WiMax microwave antennas. The fraud complaint states that Peter Valberg misrepresented international exposure limits and health research to the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals, and calls for an investigation of the Worcester pilot, which is behind schedule. The $250,00 unbudgeted expense for installation of an industrial-scale sound wall in the Tory Fort area was necessitated by noise violations and has been attributed to improper engineering by opponents, who question why the DPU has mandated smart meters without waiting for the results of the pilot program