Dive Summary:
- On September 5, Josh del Sol will release “Take Back Your Power,” an online documentary that discloses "questionable industry practices in support of implementing networked control systems for power plants,” USA Today reports.
- Del Sol began making the movie after a friend fell sick after a smart meter installation. The film then goes on to link a host of problems—including billing mistakes, invasive monitoring and illness—to smart grid technologies in the U.S. and Europe.
- The first-time filmmaker crowdsourced the project with funding from 400 supporters across the world. Some of the film's financial backers gave eye-witness accounts of interactions with utilities and local governments.
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From the article:
Del Sol hopes the documentary helps to prompt the electricity industry "to provide more transparency, accountability and clarity on the issues we explore in the film."