Maryland State Delegate Glen Glass, member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following statement regarding the Smart Meter No Cost Opt-out Bill: The utility companies in Maryland are installing Smart Meters on our homes, our businesses and our schools to collect our usage information for billing purposes. The information is transmitted to the utilities through wireless communication. This is an invasion of our right of privacy, as the utilities are able to collect personal data from each of its customers. Smart Meters have also been linked to health issues and to home fires. This is a safety issue which all consumers should be made aware of, and one in which they should have the ability to opt-out of having one of these meters installed, at no cost to them. I have introduced the Smart Meters No Cost Opt-out bill the past two sessions. This year, the bill was referred to summer study in the Economic Matters Committee, where it will be examined and may be used as a framework for codifying into law what the no cost opt-out provision would look like. This is a bipartisan issue that has support in the Maryland Legislature from members of both parties. [...]
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