Ontario’s Auditor General Finds That Smart Meters Are Ineffective, But Are They Really?

Ontario’s auditor general has concluded that the provinces smart meters are ineffective. Stating “the two-billion-dollar smart meter program has so far spent double its projected cost but electricity conservation goals are not being met.”

According to the report failed energy programs, among other programs are burrying the province in debt.

Lysyk’s report estimates that by 2017, the provincial debt will climb $325 billion, that is double what it was 10 years ago.

Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli has stated “Bonnie Lysyk’s numbers are inaccurate because she doesn’t understand the “complex” electricity system.”

Smart meters may not be financially successful for the province or the people stuck paying for the program, but has that ever been the goal of the program?

Smart meters where rolled out across North America as the first component of the samrt grid (now being called the internet of things). A whole network of devices that connect to the “smart network”. The devices range from televisions that record audio and video of the rooms they are in, appliances that create databases on what foods you have and/or cook, all the way down to things as small as toothbrushes and clothing.

With everything in your home connected to the smart grid, could you imagine if CSEC or the NSA tapped into that network in the way that they have with the internet? Even if you haven’t the C.I.A has.

wired.com: CIA Chief: We’ll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher
March 15, 2012

More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them.

Earlier this month, Petraeus mused about the emergence of an “Internet of Things” — that is, wired devices — at a summit for In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm. “‘Transformational’ is an overused word, but I do believe it properly applies to these technologies,” Petraeus enthused, “particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft.”

All those new online devices are a treasure trove of data if you’re a “person of interest” to the spy community. Once upon a time, spies had to place a bug in your chandelier to hear your conversation. With the rise of the “smart home,” you’d be sending tagged, geolocated data that a spy agency can intercept in real time when you use the lighting app on your phone to adjust your living room’s ambiance.
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Let that sink in. The C.I.A see’s the smart grid/internet of things as a treasure trove of data on individuals. Below is a video that I produced explaining how dangerous this technology can be.

Smart meters have proven to be financially and environmentally ineffective that goes without question. But one question remains, have we simply been paying billions of dollars in the name of financial/environmental conservation for governments to build a Orwellian nightmare come true?