Describes a lemon tree’s decline near a replacement smart meter and improvement after relocation, attribu…

HHS public comment #2173 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-09

#1Describes a lemon tree’s decline near a replacement smart meter and improvement after relocation, attribu…by Elizabeth Pellini » 2026-10-09
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Describes a lemon tree’s decline near a replacement smart meter and improvement after relocation, attributing the change to the meter.

  • Smart meters: n I have noted something that occurred since smart meter had been installed about 3 years ago on our home. I li
  • Environmental effects: e last 23 years I had always place my Meyer lemon tree in front of where meter is hung on our home. Every yea

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Hello

As a US citizen I have noted something that occurred since smart meter had been installed about 3 years ago on our home.

I live in NJ a d AC Electric as a matter of routine phased out our old meter and replaced it with a Smart meter.

For the last 23 years I had always place my Meyer lemon tree in front of where meter is hung on our home.

Every year I had multiple lemons and many flowers..but since the smart meter placement the lemon tree has not flowered . Leaves turned pale cramy yellow and bore no fruit.

So last winter after removing the tree from winter storage in front if windows in our garage we placed the tree in a different area on the other side of garage doors about 16 feet from the meter..abd this summer although it the first summer after moving the failing tree, it had many new glossy dark green leaves and a few flowers..no lemons were produced but it sure had a healthy look overall in comparison to the last three years where it was failing over by the meter.

It had the same sun exposure just mo ed 16 feet away from the meter.

It led me to understand that some sort of frequency had been affected the tree & its fruit production.

I am looking forward to many lemons next year as the small fruits winter over in garage and grow bigger when put outside in the sun in springtime. This is an observational comment but I attribute its failing to that meter 100%. I've had the tree for about 15 years...nothing in its care had changed except that dumb meter 3 years ago. Now what does that frequency to my family in the house ??

Thanks for the opportunity to speak my mind.

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