1/10: 🚨🧵Snohomish PUD ignored their own rules, trespassed on locked property, & installed smart meter without proper notice. Fighting for my analog meter back—privacy, safety, rights at stake. Here's the full story. RT if this concerns you! #SnoPUD #SmartMeters #UtilityTrespass

Arcing danger: Sensus thinner blades & faulty switches burn contacts, start fires. NV: 45 "burned" meters; Reno/Sparks chiefs probed after 9 fires since 2012. SnoPUD installs risky? https://t.co/714O8gG9Fl #SmartMeterFires #SnoPUD @SnoPUD @KIRONewsradio @jasonrantz

2/5 Series: "Green" Push in WA PUDs. Yesterday's intro to Lighthouse—now, the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) they weave in. Dec 9: SCC Breakdown. How SCC inflates "benefits" in PUD reports using fed 2.5% discount rates, making efficiency look cheaper. https://t.co/zl0PopiXsy In

AWS handles SnoPUD's 160M reads via Kafka/EC2. Secure? Privacy issues: Granular data breaches reveal personal habits, per MDPI study. Don't let surveillance in! https://t.co/6VxFrC5SEB #PrivacyIssues #SmartMeters @SnoPUD @ACLU_WA @BrandiKruse

Overheating in Sensus meters? Electronics & MOVs melt solder, cause shorts & fires. SaskPower pulled 105K Sensus meters in 2014 after 8 fires. SnoPUD ignores—PA had 29 overheated. Risk rising! https://t.co/lsILzbGXTZ #FireHazards #SnoPUD @SnoPUD @LynnwoodTimes @SamLow39

10/10: Final thought: SnoPUD's AWS tie-in isn't progress—it's a gamble with your data & reliability. Join the fight for safe, private utilities. Follow for more, RT to spread awareness! #SnoPUD #UtilityWatchdog

9/10: Ignored 2020 warnings on AMI flaws—now add AWS vulnerabilities. Ratepayers: Contact commissioners, opt-out (even w/fees), push for analogs. Share your stories—let's expose this! Tag @SnoPUD @EFF #SmartMeterConcerns

8/10: Ties to WA's CETA/CEIP: Smart meters "modernize" grid for clean energy, but AWS link amplifies concerns. No mandate for this, yet PUD pushes ahead. Better alternatives: Conservation without invasion or cloud hacks. Defund & demand accountability! #CETAAct #NoSmartMeters

7/10: What if AWS goes down? Meter data processing halts—estimated bills, slower responses. Smart meters enable TOU pricing & demand response, but cloud dependency adds fragility. SnoPUD's $93M project: Outsourced risk to ratepayers' pockets & privacy. #RatepayerBurden

6/10: AWS outages: Multiple failures, like 2021 US-East-1 meltdown hitting airlines & streaming. Oct 2025 DNS issues downed banks & exchanges for hours. SnoPUD claims 100% uptime w/redundancy, but outages could delay billing, outage detection—no direct power loss, but ops strain.

5/10: Recent AWS scares: Oct 2025, "Crimson Collective" hackers exploited services for data exfil. China-linked UNC5221 in networks over a year. Not direct AWS breaches, but ecosystem vulnerabilities. Imagine hackers tampering with SnoPUD meter data—billing chaos? #HackerThreats

4/10: Cybersecurity implications: AWS touts "high fidelity security," but history says otherwise. No massive core hack, yet customer-side exploits abound—e.g., 2022 exposed 6.5TB data via misconfigs. SnoPUD's setup via TRC/Siemens could be next if not airtight. #CyberRisks

3/10: Your home's energy data—detailed usage patterns—now streams to AWS clouds. Privacy? AWS promises encryption & access controls, but cloud = expanded attack surface. Misconfigs have leaked data before. Ratepayers deserve better than Big Tech holding our info. #DataPrivacy

2/10: SnoPUD's "Connect Up" initiative: Over 380k electric & 23k water smart meters feeding data to AWS-hosted Siemens Gridscale X. Handles 160M daily measurements for billing, monitoring, & grid optimization. Sounds efficient? Wait for the catch.

🚨 🧵1/10: Snohomish PUD's Smart Meter Rollout Goes Cloud—Powered by AWS. But is this "modernization" a security nightmare for ratepayers? Let's unpack the risks. #SmartMeterConcerns #SnoPUD #NoSmartMeters

The current governor is being very sneaky about this week's fundraising visit by his scandal-plagued colleague, Minnesota politician "Tampon" Tim Walz. Clearly, the crisis of government-benefit fraud engulfing Minnesota politics right now makes the timing of this money grab

Cyber threat: Hackers breach Sensus via remote access, alter data or cut power. 2014 Germany SIM attack shows vulnerability. Sensus whistleblower warned of cyber risks & privacy loss. SnoPUD's AWS amplifies. https://t.co/qLNeMeJLXE #CyberSecurity #SmartMeters @SnoPUD @EFF

1/5 Series: Unpacking the "Green" Push in WA PUDs – Same Consultants, Same Playbook? Starting today, diving into how firms like Lighthouse Energy Consulting shape utility plans that could mean higher rates & more control via smart tech. #UtilityWatch @Susan_Dupres @JimWalshLD19

7/7: Public comment on Lewis PUD's plan open til Dec 16—email lukec@lcpud.org or mail to PO Box 330, Chehalis, WA 98532. Question the SCC math! #RatepayerRevolt #CETA

6/7: Critique: Is this real savings or a backdoor carbon tax? Lower discount rates hype long-term "damages" based on models some call flawed—overestimating costs or ignoring adaptation. Ratepayers foot the bill for speculative "social" costs, while utilities outsource to firms

5/7: Check Table 15 on page 48: Avoided costs include "Social Cost CO₂ Federal 2.5% Discount Rate Values" across scenarios. They also assume emissions drop to ZERO post-2030 per CETA (page 46), ignoring real-world grid realities. This zeros out future SCC benefits after that,