Sacramento Smart Meter Awareness Finally Wins the Official Right to an Analog (After much Blood, Sweat, and Tears) May 2013 Eleven months of hard labor paid off in March as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (or SMUD aka SMUG) bowed to public pressure and officially allowed customers to use an analog meter. Eleven months of relentless effort has paid off in California's capital. Starting in May of 2012, two Sacramento residents Eric Windheim & Bernie Gough started to vehemently object to the SMUD Board about health, safety billing and privacy issues. Eric and Bernie brought in five more key members right away, and a number of people from Bay Area environmental health groups provided technical assistance. Read more here: www.napervillesmartmeterawareness.org