Watch Video from the interdisciplinary program, “The High Road to a True Smart Grid”, based on the paper “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid” held at the Commonwealth Club of California, January 28, 2014. The program included Dr. Timothy Schoechle, Duncan Campbell, Esq., Karl Maret, MD., Eng., Jim Turner,Esq. and Camilla Rees, MBA.

The Commonwealth Club program reviewed misunderstandings about the value of ‘smart meters’ being rolled out across the country, and the misguided direction of electricity and energy policy in the U.S. The panelists outlined a blueprint for a safer and smarter approach to both electricity generation and distribution in the United States. They described the roots of electricity paralysis in the United States, and what it will to take to create a reliable, safe, and sustainable electricity grid without the security, health and privacy concerns. Watch this program to learn how the smart meter rebellion is only the “tip of the iceberg” in a highly dysfunctional energy economy, where federal underwriting of unnecessary meters has wastefully enabled a dying utility model in desperate need of transformation to persist.

Upgrading the U.S. electricity grid sensibly has everything to do with ratepayer costs, the potential for sustainable energy independence, global economic competitiveness, preservation of natural resources, national security and the looming threat to life on Earth from man-made global warming. Listen to this panel and learn why–and what kind of grid citizens should get behind. Learn the advantages of local or ‘distributed’ renewable generation and microgrids.

Camilla Rees, MBA – Introductory Remarks (AUDIO only)
Public Interest Communications Executive
https://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/intro-remarks-12814/

Duncan Campbell, Esq. – Part I
New Energy Visionary, Advisor to Clean Tech Companies & Radio Host
https://vimeo.com/86447932

Timothy Schoechle, PhD
Engineer & Expert in Smart Grid and Home Automation Technologies
https://vimeo.com/86483758
Download Slides From Timothy Schoechle’s Presentation

Karl Maret, MD., Eng.
Engineer, Physician and Expert in Industrial and Military Communications Technologies
https://vimeo.com/87023780
Download Slides From Karl Maret’s Presentation

James S. Turner, Esq.
Public Interest & Regulatory Attorney; Strategic Advisor to Change Agents
https://vimeo.com/87046473

Duncan Campbell, Esq. – Part II
New Energy Visionary, Advisor to Clean Tech Companies & Radio Host
https://vimeo.com/86491412

Panel Discussion & Q&A
Moderator: Camilla Rees, MBA
Panelists: Tim Schoechle, PhD, Duncan Campbell, Esq.,
Karl Maret, MD., Eng., Jim Turner, Esq.
https://vimeo.com/87040978

The National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy panel will conduct a Media Teleconference in March 2014 to discuss the report “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid” and any questions we didn’t get to at the Commonwealth Club presentation. If you have questions about technologies to create an intelligent–or WISE–grid, or about the role of local communities in transforming the energy sector, please feel free to email them to [email protected] and we will put them on the agenda for this program. Check back for dates.

Download “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid” (PDF)

Read the Press Release for “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid”

Read the Media Advisory for the Program “The High Road to a True Smart Grid”

Timothy Schoechle’s Review of “Power Struggle: The Hundred-Year War Over Electricity”

Read Article on Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid on Mercola.com

Gratitude to the Commonwealth Club and William Grant, PhD for featuring this panel on smart meters and the smart grid. We were heartened by the sincere interest from the audience, and the doors that have opened wide to us in environmental circles since the program.



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