Abstract
Recently, there has been significant public concern to RF exposure from Smart Meters. Utility companies have even provided Opt-Out options for consumers; however, the question still need to be answered is: Are Smart Meters emitting RF radiation within the prescribed FCC guidelines? Several experimental and simulation studies have been performed by the utility companies, and also supervisory agencies like EPRI, and the CPUC to determine the extent of RF radiation from residential Smart meters. The main goal of this project is to carry out an independent study of RF radiation from residential and workplace Smart Meters, and to compare it with FCC standard, whether it is within the permissible limit or not. The location where this study was performed was at the California State University campus, and also in a residential meter cluster in Folsom. The results give us a better understanding of RF radiation from Smart Meters, and are a valuable tool to planning future Smart meter capabilities such as Home Area Networks (HANs)