There is a sinister agenda underway to forcibly convert every standard electric  meter in the U.S. to the “smart” variety under the guise of promoting renewable  energy interests. And one of the latest pieces of Trojan horse legislation  pushing for this ominous transformation is the Smart Grid Advancement Act of  2013, introduced by Representative Jerry McNerney (D-Cal.) and co-authored  by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.), which would force utilities all across the  country to convert their customers to smart meters.

The new bill, as  stated in a recent press release posted on Rep. McNerney’s website, would  require virtually all energy utility companies nationwide to implement so-called  “smart grid technologies,” which in turn would require the installation of smart  meters on customers’ homes and businesses. Smart meters, as you may already be  aware, contain wireless communication components that are not only a serious  threat to human health, but also a monumental detriment to personal  privacy.

But crafty politicians like Rep. McNerney and Rep. Cartwright  are couching the technology as a viable way to help save people money by  lowering their electricity bills. This explanation, of course, is meant to  divert attention away from the not-so-enticing fact that the technology is  really nothing more than a massive, interconnected government spying and control  apparatus.

“[The bill] would apparently require all electricity  providers, including rural cooperatives and municipal utilities, to join the  ‘smart’ grid and install ‘smart’ meters,” explains the energy freedom advocacy group StopSmartMeters.org.
What else does this  inauspicious bill aim to accomplish? According to a summary of the bill, posted  as H.R. 2685 at GovTrack.us — you need to read between the lines to  really understand what is being stated in this summary — certified Energy Star  appliances and other energy-saving products will be required to contain wireless  technologies capable of communicating with both energy providers and potentially  even the government.

“[T]he bill would require appliances with the Energy  Star label to include wireless transmitters that cannot be turned off, in order  to communicate (and presumably cough up your private data and respond to orders  from Big Brother Smart Grid to switch you off at a moment’s notice, as happened  to dozens of people in Northern California recently when their not-so-smart-AC  program cut off their air conditioning at the height of the recent heat wave,”  adds StopSmartMeters.org.
“The bill would also establish a ‘smart  grid information center’ that would presumably create pro-smart-grid propaganda  at the taxpayer’s expense.”

Smart meters exposed as part of NSA ‘PRISM’ spying scam

Even worse is  the fact that Landis Gyr, a major smart meter manufacturer that describes itself  as a “world leader” in smart grid technology, let the cat out of the bag that  the National Security Agency (NSA), which we now know actively spies on  innocent Americans’ phone calls and text messages, also uses smart  meters to spy on Americans.
Thanks to a NaturalNews reader  tip, we learned that Landis Gyr recently had a company voicemail message that  admitted smart meter technology is part of the NSA’s “PRISM” spying and surveillance program. Since gaining national attention about this admission, Landis Gyr has  apparently altered its company voicemail message to omit this indicting  information.

Your help needed to oppose HR 2685, the Smart Meter Trojan Horse Act

H.R. 2685 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for  consideration, which means this is the first point of contact in effectively  killing this bill. StopSmartMeters.org has set up a helpful action page  that you can use to contact not only the committee but also the bill’s sponsors  and the rest of your Congressmen: http://stopsmartmeters.org
Sources for this  article include:
http://mcnerney.house.gov
http://www.govtrack.us
http://stopsmartmeters.org
Source: Natural News.com