Introduction

Problems reported worldwide with Smart Meters and related technology may (without appropriate action) occur in future rollouts and could generate health, legal, security and infrastructure difficulties unless appropriate measures are taken.

The recent classification of RF/microwave radiation as a Class 2B carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)), the Council of Europe’s recommendation that electromagnetic emissions should be “as low as reasonably achievable” and calls, such as the Seletun Resolution, to reduce electromagnetic fields (EMF) exposures also create strategic challenges.

Through learning from present successes and mistakes, taking suitable precautions, undertaking best practice and instigating further research and development, Governments and the Energy Sector can undertake appropriate measures to help ensure smooth and efficient Smart Meter rollouts that give positive environmental impact and consumer feedback.

Properly handled, there is a window of opportunity for best practice and innovation to create a better future and new business opportunities where ‘everybody wins’. Timing and system development, however, must be right.

Undertaken robustly, the development of bio-friendly ‘smart’ technology and robust grids can provide the opening for real progressive change and a truly dynamic revolution where both ecosustainability and bio-sustainability ‘kick start’ the future.

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