BC Hydro – Smart Meters – Class Action Lawsuit Update – April 7, 2015

” . . . Direction 4 allowed opt out choice ONLY for residential customers who had thus far managed to avoid the installation of a microwave smart meter up until December 1, 2013. No commercial customers were allowed an opt out choice.

“After more than 2 years of forced installations, and two months after commencement of this legal action against BC Hydro, the Liberals used Direction 4 to deny opt out choice for 96% of BC Hydro customers, allowing opt out choice ONLY for those customers who had successfully refused a smart meter of any kind up to December 1, 2013. Out of 1.8 million customers, only 4% were deemed eligible for choice. Direction 4 only allowed customers to opt out if they had residential accounts (no business), and no RF smart meter had yet been installed by December 1, 2013. In short, Direction 4 closed any loopholes left out of the Clean Energy Act and determined the different ways in which individual customers may suffer under the heavy hand of BC Hydro’s smart meter rollout.

“It was an amazing moment to realize the Liberals had imposed an act which made legal severe restriction of civil liberties without any kind of parliamentary discussion. . . .

Read the full Update here
https://stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BC-Hydro-Class-Action-Lawsuit-Update-April-72015.pdf

2 thoughts on “BC Hydro – Smart Meters – Class Action Lawsuit Update – April 7, 2015”

  1. Uh, do you have a more recent “Update” on the lawsuit?
    April was a long time ago….

    Can you please confirm that I am still a participant in the lawsuit?

    1. Hi Bob. The summary of the 5 day session at the BC Supreme Court are on the site. See the main heading Lawsuit.

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