Smart Meter Concern Survey

 

This short survey is designed to identify the growing concerns over the use of smart meters. Smart meters are a new type of electric meter that use electronics to measure energy usage, instead of using mechanical methods.

The survey takes about 7 minutes. In order to arive at the most accurate representation of the populations concerns, we have included every single concern that people have made regarding smart meters. More concerns may be added to this survey in the future. The fact that certain concerns have been listed below does not indicate that we either believe them or that we do not believe them.

This survey is being conducted by the Smart Meter Education Network (SMEN) for nonprofit research purposes. The Smart Meter Education Network is dedicated to providing accurate information about smart meters. Your participation will help us achieve that goal. Thank you for participating!


HEALTH RELATED CONCERNS

  • Effects from wireless data transmission

  • Effects from switched mode power supply in the meter


PRIVACY RELATED CONCERNS

  • Real-time data collection

  • Safety/security of collected data

  • Where is the collected data stored?

  • Marketing collected data

  • Selling data to 3rd parties

  • Appliance usage tracking

  • Analysing data for personal activity trends


COST RELATED CONCERNS

  • Meter project/deployment costs

  • Who will pay for the rollout?

  • Rate increases and surcharges


SECURITY RELATED CONCERNS

  • Wireless/Cellular protocol security


TECHNOLOGY RELATED CONCERNS

  • Not knowing enough to make an educated decision

  • Provider remote shut-off of both appliances and outlets

  • Units needing to be replaced due to failures


HACKING RELATED CONCERNS

  • Unwarranted wireless/cellular remote shut-off

  • Physical meter security

  • Virus or Malware compromizing mesh network


SAFETY RELATED CONCERNS

  • Meter catching fire on home

  • Wiring faults causing electrical fires in the home


TERRORISM RELATED CONCERNS

  • Attack that uses EMP Pulse Technology

  • Attack that uses HAARP Technology

  • Used for depopulation tactics


Contact Information

In order to verify that this survey was submitted by you and/or to clear up any ambiguous answers, we need at least one way to contact you: an email, a phone number, or a street address. Your contact information will be used for these purposes only and is entirely confidential. Not providing contact information will also limit the uses to which we can put the data you submit (because we can’t verify that you submitted it), so we encourage you to provide at least one form of contact.









Additional Comments:



If the above are selected, be sure to provide your email address as a contact method.


Confidentiality Statement & Statement of Purpose
This survey is being conducted by the Smart Meter Education Network for nonprofit research purposes. Your answers to these questions and your personal information is completely confidential. Your answers will become part of a secure database. They will be used in statistical analysis and will not be individually reported.

The Smart Meter Education Network is dedicated to providing accurate information about smart meters. Your participation will help us achieve that goal.

Thank you for participating in this important research.

Questions? Please email us at SmartMeterEducationNetwork@gmail.com