Dive Summary:

• After getting a smart meter, Duke Energy customer Mike Derikson noticed a touch lamp inside his house would turn on and off all by itself. For a minute, Derikson thought he had a ghost.
• "At night, it would come on by itself," Derikson told ABC news. "We'd shut it off, it would come back on in the middle of the night."
• Later, the spooked customer called Duke and learned that smart meters emit radio frequencies (RF) that interfere with touch lamps which also use RF. Duke then recommended Derikson get a plug-in filter to mitigate the interference. “We're aware of customers experiencing difficulties with touch lamps,” a Duke spokeswoman said. “We were able to determine that the issue was not with the digital meters themselves, rather the communications nodes which are located on a pole nearby.”

From the article:

... “While some critics claim smart meters could be a health concern, power companies cite study after study that find no health issues.” ...