We probably haven't dedicated enough space to one of the trendiest items for politicians/business people trying to promote clean energy and energy efficiency: the smart grid and smart meters.  Probably because we think they're a bit overrated, a fact we hit on in our post "Smart Grid - Who benefits most, utilities or customers".  This thought was reinforced in our post "Living with a smart meter" where we chronicled Gary Hart's observations about his life with a PG&E installed smart meter.

Aside from the fact of how useful smart meters are to utility customers, what about something more important: the safety of smart meters.  There is at least one smart grid safety documentary and a blog titled Stop Smart Meters that don't think they're safe.

The Electric Power Research Institute researched the safety of smart meters last year and they were pretty clear that they're evaluation found that radiation from smart meters fell well below the FCC limits on radiation:... Read more