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Fifty-five year-old Thelma Taormina pulled out a gun on a CenterPoint Energy employee who arrived at her Houston-area home to install a smart meter.
Don’t mess with this woman’s electric meter.
Fifty-five year-old Thelma Taormina pulled out a gun on a CenterPoint Energy employee who arrived at her Houston-area home to install a smart meter, a local CBS affiliate reports.
“He just kept pushing me away,” Taormina told KHOU. “He saw [the gun], and went back the other way.”
More than two million of the meters have been installed in the Houston area, but Taormina just wasn’t feeling good about the device, designed to digitally and wirelessly transmit energy usage information.
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Thelma Taormina has founded a group called “We the People,” which is pushing for a change in smart meter police. "Our constitution allows us not to have that kind of intrusion on our personal privacy," says Taormina, who is licensed to carry a gun.
"Our constitution allows us not to have that kind of intrusion on our personal privacy," Taormina, who is licensed to carry a gun, told the station. "They’ll be able to tell if you are running your computer, air conditioner, whatever it is."
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Thelma Taormina didn’t want a new electric meter installed, so she pulled a gun on the install person. Taormina says, “He saw [the gun], and went back the other way.”
The Houston resident has also founded a group called “We the People,” which is pushing for a change in smart meter policy, according to the station. She has also been permitted to keep her old meter for the time being.
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More than two million of the meters have been installed in the Houston area, but Taormina just wasn’t feeling good about the device, designed to digitally and wirelessly transmit energy usage information.
CenterPoint, however, did not take the situation lightly.
"We are deeply troubled by anyone who would pull a gun on another person performing their job," a company spokesperson told the affiliate. "CenterPoint will be taking additional steps – including court actions – because what happened is dangerous, illegal and unwarranted."
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