FREE ELECTRICITY Q & A

As the idea of "free electricity" has been marketed over the past few years, we have received many questions. Some of these questions seem to come over and over again. So, in an effort to clarify these issues, here are some of the Frequently Asked Questions and their answers.

Below is an index of all the questions. To go directly to the answer for a question, just click on the question and the page will be scrolled down to the point where the answer can be found.
Q. I've always believed that nothing is free in this world, so how is UCSA able to offer me "free electricity"?
Q. Will we actually stop the use of our local electric company?
Q. Who will install the generator?
Q. Is 26,000 kilowatts per year enough to run everything in my home?
Q. What happens if we use more than 26,000 kW per year?
Q. Where will the generator be installed?
Q. How big is the generator?
Q. How loud is the generator?
Q. Will the generator be safe to get around?
Q. Will the generator produce anything that is harmful?
Q. Aren't there laws that prevent you from selling power back to the electric company?
Q. If my state has a law against selling power back over the grid from a home generator, how will I get my electricity for free?
Q. Why shouldn't I just wait to sign up until the units begin to ship?
Q. Will I ever be able to buy a home unit?
Q. Can I sign up to get a unit on the house that I rent?
Q. Can I sign up to put units on the rental houses that I own?
Q. Can I sign up for more than one unit on my home?
Q. Can I sign up to get free electricity at my apartment?
Q. Can I sign up to put a unit on my town house or condo?
Q. Can I sign up my church to get free electricity?
Q. Can I sign up to put units on my business?
Q. What happens if the generator breaks down?
Q. What happens if I move before the generator is installed?
Q. If I move can I take the generator with me?
Q. If I die can my family still receive "free electricity"?
Q. When can we expect the units to begin shipping?
Q. Why is UCSA waiting until you have 1.6 million people signed up before releasing the technology?
Q. What will happen on the day the technology is released?
Q. What if I am not able to attend the day the technology is released?
Q. When can I expect to begin receiving "free electricity"?
Q. How many companies will manufacture these units?
Q. Even if UCSA has the technology figured out, isn't it possible that politics will stop you from distributing the units?
Q. Isn't UCSA claiming to have a perpetual motion machine?
Q. Isn't UCSA claiming that the Hummingbird motor breaks the laws of energy conservation which say you can't get more energy out of something than you put into it?
Q. Isn't "free electricity" technology impossible?
Q. What do you say to someone that thinks "free electricity" technology is impossible?
Q. Isn't your offer of "free electricity" just another scam?
Q. How does Dennis Lee respond to people and web sites that claim what you are doing is a scam?
Q. If this technology is real, why haven't we heard about it all over the media?
Q. What are UCSA and BWT and how are they related?
Q. The registration certificate for "free electricity" is from International Tesla Electric Company (ITEC). Who is ITEC?

A. We don't mean in a physics sense that we are getting something for nothing. But in an economic sense, anything that you get to use something without paying for it, I call that free. That is what we mean any time we use the term "free electricity." We are willing to give you up to 26,000 kW (kilowatts) of electricity for free because we are making our money by selling the power that you don't use back through the grid. So we have a profit motive. We will be independent power producers selling our electricity over the grid.

A. You will probably still be connected to the grid. So you will appear to still be a customer of the electric company. However, if we put a generator on your property, you will be sending power back to them rather than taking it from them. In effect, the electric meter will be running backwards. So, even though you would still be connected, you would not owe them any money for your electricity.

A. The generators will be installed by local licensed electricians. The electrician will get any permits that are required.

A. The average all electric home in America uses 2 kW per hour. The 26,000 kW per year is about 3 kW per hour. So we are giving you 50% more than the national average usage. The peak demand for most homes usually does not exceed 10-15 kW. Since the generator will produce 30 kW, peak demand will not be a problem. In fact, the transformer that supplies electricity to your home is probably rated at 30 kva (kilovolt amps) which is the same as generator will be able to produce. Since the average usage for an all electric home is 2 kW and the generator produces 30 kW, it actually produces enough energy to service your average demand and 14 of your neighbors.

A. You may have to pay for the excess power that you use. However, the rate would be the same as we charge the electric company. So you would be buying your power at wholesale rates. That is bound to be a better price than you are currently paying, and you would only pay the usage above the allotment.

A. The generators will probably be installed on a pad outside your house similar to the pad that an external air conditioner would sit on.

A. The 30 kW Sundance Generator and Hummingbird motor combination along with ancillary equipment will probably fit on a cement pad that is three feet on each side.

A. The generator is quiet and should not make any more noise than your outside air conditioning unit makes.

A. Yes, we plan on having a safety enclosure around it.

A. Some people are worried about the harmful effects of high power electric lines. The home generators will put out about the same energy as the transformer that services your home can handle. So, it will have no more harmful effects than the energy that is currently available to your home.

A. No, in fact there is a federal law that was enacted in 1996 that says anyone can be an independent power producer. Anyone can put a generator (diesel, gas, wind, solar) on their house and the electric company must buy back the excess power they produce. It's just that most people don't do this because the costs of these systems is prohibitive.

A. You will still receive "free electricity" if cases like this exist when we release the technology. We will take the unit that would have gone on your house and group it with other units from people who are in the same situation. We will then put these units on commercial businesses to supply their electricity needs. If they won't allow us to connect to the grid in these states, then these commercial customers would get all their electricity from us. Then we will take some of the revenue that we make from this commercial electricity sales and pay your electricity bill (up to 26,000 kW per year).

A. There are two compelling reasons to sign up before the technology comes out. First, people will be given "free electricity" in the order in which the sign up. So the sooner you sign up, the earlier you will get it. Second, the price to sign up now is FREE! Once the technology ships, the price to sign up may go up to a $1000 or more.

A. No, UCSA will always own the equipment. We will pay for the maintenance and upkeep. But it should not matter as you will get the use of the equipment for free.

A. Yes, but you have to have the permission of the home owner.

A. Yes.

A. No, the only means of making money we have from this project is to sell the excess power commercially over the grid. Each home unit will produce as much energy as the typical transformer that services a home can handle. We would not be able to send any of the power from the second unit back over the grid. So we cannot permit more than one home unit per address.

A. Yes, so long as each apartment has a separate electric meter and you get permission from the land lord. Each resident can sign up separately. We will only be able to install the number of units on the apartment building that the transformers can handle. But, no matter how many units we install you will get your electricity for free. If we can't install a unit for you on site, the unit you would have gotten will be installed elsewhere and we will use some on the revenue it generates to pay your electric bill (up to 26,000kW hours per year). If you are the owner of an apartment (4-plex, etc) building, you can sign up for the apartment building but only for as many units as we can install. If you have a 120 kVA transformer, you could sign up 4 times (four 30 kW generators would meet the capacity of the transformer). You would need to put a separate installation address (e.g. apartment number) on each application but you could use the same name and mailing address.

A. Yes, so long as there is an independent electric meter for the home.

A. Yes, you can register your church for one unit. The church can be any religious worship center (church, synagogue, mosque, temple, etc.).

A. No. We are only allowing these units to be put on residences.

A. First of all, it is very unlikely that the equipment will break down completely. The parts that usually fail on a generator are the windings. As a generator is used, the windings heat up and will eventually will break. With most generators, when the windings break the entire unit is usually replaced. But the Sundance generator has the windings in 30 separate modules. If one module breaks, the generator will continue to produce plenty of power for your home. The broken module can be replaced while the generator continues to produce power.
Secondly, in the event of a complete equipment failure, you will still be connected to the grid and you will still have power available. If the generator fails, you will have to call ITEC (International Tesla Electric Company, the UCSA subsidiary that will operate the electric business). They will send someone to repair the equipment. We will have an incentive to repair it quickly since we don't make any money while the unit is broken. UCSA will also pay for the electricity you use from the electric company while our equipment was not working.

A. UCSA needs to know about any change of address that has occurred since you signed up for "free electricity". If they don't know about the change, they will not be able to locate you to install your "free electricity" generator. To notify us of the change, send ITEC a letter with the new contact information and $1. The contact information should include; name, installation address, mailing address (if different), home phone number, work phone number. We will change our records and forward the information to UCSA along with the dollar. UCSA requires the dollar to cover their administrative costs for the address change. UCSA will send you a new Letter of Confirmation for the new address. If the $1 is not included, the address change will not be processed.

A. Yes, but UCSA would have to be kept fully informed. You would also have to pay the expense of having it uninstalled, shipped and reinstalled.

A. Yes, if you should pass away (we pray that this will not happen), your heirs can have the registration passed to them. They would need to send a letter to us containing the heir's name, address, etc. and they must include a copy of the death certificate. We will pass this information on to UCSA who will register the heir in place of the deceased. There will be no charge for making this change.

A. This is perhaps the most frequently asked question and the most difficult to answer with any precision. At this point, it appears that most, if not all, technical issues for the home units have been resolved. UCSA plans to begin shipping the home units when we have 1.6 million people signed up to receive "free electricity".

A. Dennis Lee (head of UCSA) has written a book called "The Alternative". In the book, he describes resistance that he and the "free electricity" project have received since we began our efforts in the late 1980s. Back then, Dennis had the first "free electricity" technology ready and he demonstrated it for a group of 600 people. Shortly thereafter, local law enforcement officials raided his headquarters and took all the technology and all the records (technology and financial). Then a long legal battle began that was also part of the harassment by "the powers that be". Dennis realized that he had made tragic mistake. He had announced that the technology was ready without having public support to overcome resistance by those who profit from the current methods of generating electricity. We do not plan to make this same mistake again. He will not release the technology until we have a base of support in place. We want 1.6 million people signed up who know about our technology and have an interest in seeing it come out.

A. We currently plan on installing 100 demo units on houses across America. On the same day, all 1.6 million people who have been registered will be required to attend and witness a working demonstration of the system. At that point, all of them will KNOW that the technology works. Each of them will also be invited to sign up 9 of their friends and/or family members at a cost of perhaps $1000 or more. This will get an additional 14.4 million people registered. We expect that these additional people will be registered very quickly. This would mean that a total of 16 million people will be registered. Once 16 million have been registered, no additional registrations will be accepted.

A. After you are registered, if you are not able to attend the day the technology is released, you may send a stand-in with a letter of introduction with your notorized signature. Someone's attendance is mandatory for you to get free electricity.

A. It is very difficult to answer this question directly. The answer depends upon a lot of factors including: when we start manufacturing, how many units we can manufacture in a given period of time, our ability to get the components we need to manufacture the units. Many of these factors are outside of our control. The one factor that is under your control is when you sign up. The units will be delivered on a first come, first served bases. The people who sign up early will get units before those who sign up later.

A. We currently have 200 companies that want to manufacture "free electricity" technology. In addition to this, each of the 2000 UCSA dealers has the right to become an manufacturer for any of UCSA's products. We expect that manufacturing 16 million units will create a lot of jobs in a lot of companies.

A. Yes. In fact we believe that this is the most difficult problem that we may face. The groups that currently produce power in this country represent a very powerful political force. Many public officials are beholden to these groups. To overcome this force will be difficult. However, we believe that we can form our own grass roots support base by signing lots of people up to receive "free electricity". We are very busy signing people up all across America. We plan to sign up 1.6 million people before we begin to release the home units. We believe this will give us the support base we may need.

A. No, not the way a scientist would mean it. My dictionary defines perpetual motion as "the hypothetical continuous operation of an isolated mechanical device or other closed system without a sustaining energy source". Based upon this kind of definition, most people believe that perpetual motion is impossible. My dictionary defines perpetual as "1. lasting for eternity, 2. lasting for an indefinitely long duration". We don't know if anything lasts for eternity since we have not gotten to the end of eternity yet (as if we ever will). But, we do expect our Hummingbird motor and Sundance generator to meet this second definition, run for an "indefinitely long duration". We (and I suspect you) are not so concerned about eternity as we are concerned at this point about what happens while we are alive on this earth. It is obvious from nature that as long as you have a perpetual (long running) energy supply that perpetual energy (long running) is possible. For example, our sun has certainly been shining bright for a long time and we expect it to continue to do so for a long time in the future. Gravity is another force that seems to still be working. Permanent magnets also seem to work for a long time. None of these may be perpetual motion in the strict scientific sense but from a practical standpoint they are perpetual. We are using very powerful permanent magnets in both the motor and generator. Did you every wonder what makes a permanent magnet stick to your refrigerator? How long will the permanent magnet stick to the refrigerator? Won't it stick up there permanently or at least a very long time? The best scientists cannot fully explain why this happens. We are saying that we have figured out how to harness some of the energy in permanent magnets.

A. No, we are not claiming this. We are saying that we are getting more energy out of the Hummingbird motor than electricity that is put into it. We are also saying that current measurement technology is inadequate to measure all the energy that is coming from the permanent magnets in the motor. No one knows how to fully measure the energy output by a permanent magnet. We can measure the strength of magnets but not how much energy they give up. It is obvious that the permanent magnets must be giving up energy but it is not obvious why their source of power seems to be renewable.

A. Well, people have been saying that all kinds of things were impossible that we now know are quite possible. Think about the things that we take for granted that 100 to 200 years ago would have seemed impossible. This list would certainly include television, radio, VCRs, automobiles, airplanes, space travel, lasers, atomic energy, atomic bombs, internal combustion engines. This list could go on for pages. Even the Wright brothers flew their airplane for five years before the media would pay any attention to them. For further insight you might want to read some famous quotes about what was considered impossible.
A quote from UCSofA explains this point of view.

Allow me to share some of my own world view. The word of God says that "all things are possible with Him". I believe this statement is true. I have talked with hundreds of inventors about where their ideas came from. All of them say in their own way that the idea just came to them and most don't know where from. They often describe it as a flash of insight. I believe that God holds all knowledge. I also believe that God is the creator of all that exists, and that He knows how everything works. I believe that God is the One that reveals to inventors new inventions and ideas. I believe His motive is to bless man while he is on the earth because he is loving and gracious.

A. That is a difficult question to answer with certainty. Many people do not think for themselves. We are accustomed to accepting "sound bite" answers and platitudes and never questioning them. For example, one that we've all heard, "if it sounds too good to be true then it probably isn't true". This is the first thought that many people have when they hear what we are offering. They usually cease all independent thought once they have the thought. They never stop to think that many of the modern conveniences we take for granted today seemed impossible just 100 to 200 years ago. Another common thought that people have is "that's impossible". They never stop to think that in order to know for sure that something is impossible implies that you have all knowledge. If you don't have all knowledge (and I don't know any human that does), then you can't say for sure that something is impossible.
So before someone dismisses "free electricity" as "impossible" or "too good to be true", I would encourage them to look at the evidence offered. They should weigh the evidence that is available. Then they can make a decision for themselves. If they wait until everyone has a home unit or until the media tells them it is OK, they may miss out on a great opportunity. The future belongs to those who see an opportunity before it is obvious to everyone else.

A. No. We are honest people attempting to do the impossible (at least what the scientists have said is impossible). Some people say that since we have been working on this problem for such a long period of time and haven't manufactured a "free electricity" machine yet that it must be a scam. It's true that we have been working on the problem of "free electricity" since 1987. Because we are trying to do the impossible, it might take a little longer than we originally thought. How long has Jerry Lewis been raising money to cure Muscular Dystrophy? Jerry has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for research (far more than we have had available). They haven't cured the disease yet but no one calls them a scam. The same thing could be said for the National Cancer Society and lots of other organizations that are working on hard problems. UCSA did a national tour in 1996 that stopped in Washington, D.C. Many government officials were invited to this show including: Janet Reno (then Attorney General of the US), the President, the vice President, all US Representatives and all US Senators. All the members of the House and Senate (except one) either sent a representative to the show or signed to receive a video of the show. Our purpose for doing the show was to get the US congress to enact legislation to deregulate production of electricity nation wide. We were concerned that our technology could wreck the economy because so many retirement funds, banks and mutual funds invest in electric utility companies. We sent a letter to congress stating what we wanted in the legislation and asking for a meeting with congressional committees by July 4 of that year to discuss these issues. Congress never granted the meeting but by July 14 they had passed a law that gave us everything we wanted. If we were trying to run a scam, we certainly would not have done the show in Washington and we certainly would not have invited the Attorney General (the top law enforcement official in our country). UCSA did another national tour in 1999. On Friday 9/17/99, we ran a full page ad in "USA Today" on page 15A announcing the tour. The ad gave the dates and locations of every tour stop. At each tour stop, we demonstrated the Hummingbird motor running at 500% efficiency (scientists say this is impossible because the most efficient motor you can buy today is only about 90% efficient). The ad invited anyone to "bring your own test meters and measure the devices for yourself". At each show, people were invited to run tests on our measurements using their own equipment. Not once during the entire tour did anyone prove that the efficiencies we demonstrated were a fraud. These are not the actions of people who are trying to conduct a scam. Dennis Lee was also invited to speak before the Kansas house and senate Energy Committee on February 7, 2001. It seems highly unlikely that a con artist would be invited to make such a speech. Dennis shared his speech, the reaction of the Kansas legislators and his comments about the experience on his February 17 radio show. You can listen to the archive of this radio show and read a copy of the speech on the UCSofA web site.

A. One of the unfortunate things about the internet is that anyone can say virtually anything on a web site. Most people take whatever they read on the web as if it were absolutely true. In actual fact, most if not all of what has been published on the web about Dennis Lee and UCSA are lies. The UCSA web site has a page where Dennis Lee has a recorded message that answers the critics. There is one web site in particular that has been very critical. In addition to all this, Dennis Lee plans to spend some time each week on his weekly radio show answering the charges made by our critics. If you can't catch the show live, you can listen to the show archives.

A. When UCSofA was asked this question, this was their response.

That's a great question and we wonder the same thing. But the sad truth is that the media has had many opportunities to report on what we are doing. Rarely do they take us up on an offer to honestly report on what we are doing. When they do report on what we are doing, they always give a biased report that ends up making it sound as if we are crooks who are trying to rip people off. To illustrate this point, let me tell you about a story that Good Morning America did on us in November of 1999. UCSA did a national tour with stops in 47 cities in 1999 where we demonstrated some of our technologies. Out of that tour, Good Morning America did one story on us and they implied that we were con artists. They interviewed a scientist that said what we were doing was impossible but there is no evidence to indicate that the scientist ever came to one of our shows. We offered to let people bring their own test equipment at every show to prove that our measurements of the input and output of the Hummingbird motor were false. No one ever proved that we were lying. The Good Morning America segment never mentioned this fact. You can draw your on conclusions about the reasons for this. But let me share my view (although you may think it a little paranoid). According to an article put out by Sentinel of Freedom (in Reno Nevada) in October 1997, just four companies control the vast majority of print and broadcast media: General Electric, Westinghouse, Time Warner, and Disney/Cap Cities. Two of these companies, General Electric and Westinghouse, have all the contracts to build huge turbines and generators for all the new power plants that would be built and to maintain the existing ones. The last thing they want is to see the end of large, central power plants. Plus, all of the media outlets have to be concerned about their advertisers. These might include power producers, electric utilities, petroleum companies, coal companies, etc. There is a lot of interconnection between these companies and they help keep the status quo. For example, I've been told that GE (the largest manufacturer of electric motors in the US) has a representative on the board of directors of every electric utility in the nation. [I have not been able to confirm this so if you have any information, I would like to hear your feedback.] These self interest groups have a big stake in continuing to make huge profits from the current system of energy production. If the media was to tell you that there was a viable alternative, we would get lots of support that would allow us to bring out the alternative more quickly. This would kill their cash cow more quickly. Political conservatives have often lamented the fact that conservative ideas rarely get a fair representation in America. I believe that this situation is no different.

A. UCSofA (United Community Services of America) is a marketing company and BWT (Better World Technologies) is a research company. BWT has an exclusive agreement with UCSA that allows UCSA to be the only company that can market the discoveries that come from BWT's research. UCSA has 2000 dealerships that have the exclusive right to market the products that UCSA offers. UCSA does not sell the products directly to the public nor does it deal with the public directly. Only dealers can market UCSofA's products (including "free electricity"). Dennis Lee is the head of both companies and both companies are privately held corporations.

A. ITEC is a division of UCSA that will operate the electric energy business.