Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative (PSREC) uses radio meters for most of its members. We do this to keep our costs as low as possible through reduced labor and more accurate meter readings.
Our radio meters are standard radio technology. They are similar to a cell phone but put out even lower amounts of radio frequency energy (RF).
Sources of RF in everyday life are varied and include TV and radio stations, with common sources in Plumas, Sierra, Lassen, and Washoe Counties being broadcast towers for Verizon 4G, Verizon 3G, AT&T 3G, and T-Mobile 3G, along with US Cellular and other secondary wireless providers and other broadcasters. These are all powerful RF sources. Still significant are cellphones, wireless routers, and laptops. PSREC’s radio meters are a very weak source of RF exposure.
There are no scientific studies showing that RF affects the human body at the levels approved by the FCC, and PSREC’s radio meters emit much lower levels of RF than approved FCC limits.