{"id":1051,"date":"2014-04-12T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2014-04-12T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T15:44:59","slug":"bogus-examiners-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"Maine complainants take exception to MPUC Examiners\u2019 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linked comments were submitted 11 April 2014 in opposition to the MPUC Examiners\u2019 Report on \u201csmart\u201d meter safety (read about that report <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/2014\/03\/mpuc-issues-examiners-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Technically, comments should be based on the case record and (in also laying grounds for appeal) should point out and discuss, for the most part, errors of law and fact. A few excerpts from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Complainants-Comments-on-Examiners-Report-4-11-14.pdf\">Complainants\u2019 Comments<\/a> follow here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Examiners\u2019 Report should be rejected by the commission for several reasons. Most fundamentally, the report fails to decide the discrete issue the Maine Law Court directed the commission to resolve, that is, whether CMP\u2019s smart meters pose a credible risk of harm. The report thereby fails to satisfy the commission&#8217;s statutory mandate to ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p>The report also applies the wrong standard of proof and does so in a manner that effectively shifts the burden of proof to complainants. To the extent the report evaluates record evidence on the question of safety, it discusses primarily whether complainants have produced sufficient evidence to prove causation of harm, as opposed to whether CMP has produced sufficient evidence to prove there is no credible threat of harm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And the brief conclusion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the foregoing reasons, complainants take exception to the Examiners\u2019 Report and urge the MPUC to determine that: 1) <strong>CMP has failed<\/strong> to prove there is no credible threat of harm from its \u201csmart\u201d meter technology; and 2) <strong>safety cannot be ensured without remedial measures<\/strong>, the scope of which may need to be determined in a separate proceeding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full Complainants\u2019 Comments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Complainants-Comments-on-Examiners-Report-4-11-14.pdf\">here<\/a>, as well as these filings:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Citizens-for-Health-Jim-Turner-Comments-on-Examiners-Report-4-11-14.pdf\">Citizens for Health Comments<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Wilkins-Intervener-Comments-on-Examiners-Report-4-8-14.pdf\">Dianne Wilkins\u2019 Comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Ed Friedman, 11 April 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linked comments were submitted 11 April 2014 in opposition to the MPUC Examiners\u2019 Report on \u201csmart\u201d meter safety (read about that report here). Technically, comments should be based on the case record and (in also laying grounds for appeal) should point out and discuss, for the most part, errors of law and fact. 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