Heidi on MSNBC 9-28-11

Lou Dobbs show 9-24-11

MSNBC Ed Show 12-15-10 (DADT)

Tomorrow: Sandy Heaverly, STOP DUI Exec. Director,  joins me to talk about several recent DUI related deaths.

And James Hirsen from Newsmax.com!

Saturday, Feb 18: I’ll be signing copies of my book, “Cocktail Waitress Wisdom” at the Rocky Mountain Gun Show, 9-Noon, Southpoint Casino in Las Vegas.

Feb 25th: I’ll be emceeing the Clark County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner at the Palazzo in Las Vegas!

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Cabinets by: J Waisman Cabinetry 868-6000

Contractor: Cadiz Construction 522-6763

Electrical: Ledbetter Electric 776-8197

Granite Countertops: Stone Trade 251-5451

NV Energy will be here to talk Smart Meters

Peter Gadiel, from 9-11 Families will talk about 9-11, 10 years after he lost his son.

Here’s some more information on the subject, so you can decide for yourself whether this is just another attempt at government surveillance of your life.

Did NV Energy Notify Investors That Their Smart Meters Were Never Tested for Human Safety?

NV Energy: Science Versus Hyperbole on Smart Meters.

NV Energy: Elihu D Richter MD, MPH, on Smart Meters.

Smart Meters

Smart Meters investigated

Dark Side of Smart Meters

‘Smart’ Meters Violate FCC Radiation Exposure Limits Says New Study

Why Stop Smart Meters?

Here are excerpts from an Australian report on the issue:

Cost Benefit Analysis of Smart Metering and Direct Load Control I’ve chosen excerpts I find interesteing, but they are in context. I’ve “bolded” the worst passages.

“A consequence of the flat tariff (or inclining block tariff) is that most small electricity consumers do not face price signals that reflect the difference in the cost of providing electricity during peak, off-peak and shoulder periods throughout the day, or the cost associated with providing electricity when the network is constrained or wholesale prices are peaking.

Unlike accumulation meters, smart meters can record consumption on a half-hourly basis throughout the day and this feature provides the capability for the introduction of TOU (Time of Use) based tariffs (where prices vary according to the time of use within a day)….

…There are currently two exceptions to this. In the case of hot water systems that are directly controlled by a remote agent to operate in off-peak periods consumers pay an off-peak tariff. The second exception is prepayment meters where consumers are charged on a time of use basis because the meter has the capability to record the time of day.

…TOU tariffs can be structured in a number of different ways including simple peak and off-peak tariffs, or peak/shoulder/off-peak tariffs. The length of the period that is defined as peak or off-peak can vary between jurisdictions according to the characteristics of network load peaks or wholesale cost peaks during a day within each jurisdiction.

…By charging TOU tariffs, a consumer is given a price signal to change the pattern of electricity use during a day. As noted above, in the absence of this signal, significant capital expenditure may be required to build sufficient capacity to meet peak generation and network needs that may only be used for a small period of the year. Small reductions in demand during peak periods that lowers the peak generation and network capacity required can deliver significant capital infrastructure cost savings over time.

…In addition to TOU tariffs, smart meters also allow for the application of CPP (Critical Peak Pricing). CPP allows a retailer or network operator to charge a higher electricity price for a set number of critical peak events each year. The CPP is usually higher than the peak TOU tariff and can be used when the network is reaching its peak capacity or wholesale prices are particularly high. CPP requires the electricity business to provide sufficient notice of a critical peak price period and usually requires communicating that information to customers in a number of different ways, for example via short message service (SMS), email, telephone messaging systems of an in-home display (IHD), where available. Once called, all electricity used by consumers who are affected by the CPP is charged at the high CPP for the duration of the critical peak period.

…CPP provides flexibility to both electricity businesses and consumers. Consumers can choose to respond to the higher CPP by shifting demand or not consuming electricity for the duration of the critical peak period. Electricity businesses are able to call CPP events when and if required during a year. As with the TOU tariffs, CPP is a market signal to consumers to change the pattern or level of demand and can deliver significant capital infrastructure cost savings and/or retailer hedging cost savings over time.

In the short run, TOU tariffs and CPP are likely to affect the demand for electricity in one or both of two ways:

First, by shifting electricity demand from periods of high prices to periods of low prices for those appliances that a consumer wishes to use, but where they have some discretion over the time of use (eg, using the washing machine on the weekends rather than on weekday afternoons); and

Second, by reducing demand in periods of high prices if a consumer decides that the value of using the appliance at a particular time is lower than the cost of operating the appliance (eg, turning an air conditioner off during peak periods).

…It would also be possible to introduce TOU tariffs or CPP using a manually read interval meter compared to a smart meter with two way communications. However for the purposes of our analysis we have been asked to consider the implications of TOU and CPP as part of a smart metering rollout.

…It would also be possible to design a TOU tariff that reflected the relative intensity of carbon emissions at different times of the day.

…Critical peak pricing tends to be used on a small number of occasions during the year to signal network or wholesale market constraints. These prices are set in advance and are typically three to seven times higher than the off-peak price. They are usually implemented in conjunction with an underlying time-of-use tariff, which is the approach we have adopted in our analysis.

 …In summary, existing accumulation meters do not provide retailers and distributors with information on the time of electricity use and therefore do not allow for the development of TOU tariffs or CPP. Smart meters allow retailers and/or distributors to introduce TOU and CPP tariff structures. These structures in turn have the potential to alter consumer demand patterns, reducing the level of peak demand and therefore deferring network augmentation and additional investment in generating capacity. Changes in tariffs, coupled with additional information on energy usage, may also result in consumers deferring consumption from peak to off peak periods or reducing energy use altogether. These demand impacts have implications in terms of the generation dispatch pattern and therefore the level of greenhouse gas emissions.

.….the remote reading of meters is likely to lower the cost of meter reading by avoiding the costs associated with manually reading accumulation meters (a business efficiency). This cost saving would be expected to be retained for a period of time by the business and….in the case of regulated retail tariffs, the retailer would be able to retain the cost saving for the regulatory period before the business efficiency is passed on to customers.

Hmmm…so they keep the profits and earn the interest, and THEN pass it on to us? Who believes that?

James Hirsen Newsmax.com

Chris Baughman, LVMPD Vice Detective joins me about his new book “Off the Street”.

SCHOOL CONTRACT 2011-2012

1.      ONE missing  assignment and your texting privileges will be immediately revoked for the entire quarter  Pay close attention to the words ONE  IMMEDIATELY & ENTIRE QUARTER

2.     TWO missing assignments and your phone privileges will be immediately revoked for the entire quarter. See above warning.

3.     THREE missing assignments and your driving and weekend privileges will be immediately revoked for the entire quarter. Yes, this means you will lose your car. See above warning.

4.     There will BE no 4^th chance. ONE, TWO & THREE above will simply be extended for the 2^nd quarter [Yes, this means for the entire semester.] Your phone, car & dating life depend on me doing my job, so do yours.

The plan? Do your homework.

I will not care if losing your driving privileges means you can’t get to work. It was all avoidable. School is your 1^st and full time job. Any other part time job is unimportant to me. If it’s really so important to you, pay attention to your full time job. Any penalty was completely avoidable and based on choices YOU made, not me.

I do not care if this ruins your dating life. It was all avoidable.

I don’t care…____________________[Fill in the blank]

Do your job and the penalties associated with this contract become moot.

I love you. Sign below. Mom.

Signature_____________________________ Date________________

And It’s Caller Freedom Day!