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re: Texans thermostats raised remotely without their knowledge during “energy saving event”
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:23 pm to Buzzed
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:23 pm to Buzzed
Nest thermostats have an "eco" mode that uses motion sensing and optional phone location before turning on after 1-2 hours of inactivity. It comes preset at like 80 so if you don't turn it off or change the presets that's what you get.
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:23 pm to Obtuse1
Then they need to build more capacity... simple. But people like big brother Biden and his ilk does not want that option. So you, peon... will suffer for the good of the political class.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:26 pm to Obtuse1
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however, if it prevents the grid going down for several days or even rolling blackouts it is hard to argue with.
The frick it isn’t. I agree it’s the homeowners fault as he signed up for
The program. But screw Ercot or Whoever for running
The thermostat up to 80F. 78 would be bad enough.
I’m not sympathetic to a power companies woes at
producing energy. That’s their Job. I’m not the least bit willing to have my home heated to an uncomfortable level to save their grid. Build a better grid!!
This concept and principle is lunacy.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:26 pm to Buzzed
You AC-loving baws better buy property in the Pacific Northwest soon. I don't think it's hyperbole at all to say that many places will pass punitive legislation in the future for excessive use of AC.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:28 pm to Yat27
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You AC-loving baws better buy property in the Pacific Northwest soon. I don't think it's hyperbole at all to say that many places will pass punitive legislation in the future for excessive use of AC
Why would I move to an area of the country largely controlled by Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco to avoid that?
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:28 pm to Buzzed
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The agreement states that in exchange for an entry into sweepstakes, electric customers allow them to control their thermostats during periods of high energy demand.
Sort of ridiculous, but they did what the owner allowed them to do, and they were also informed of the action. I was expecting some shady stuff when reading the thread title.
There really isn't much to get mad at except the fact people will allow all sorts of stuff for some stupid sweepstakes entry.
edit add: Give us your name, email, address, phone, facebook login, annual income, and fill out these common security questions to enter into a draw for this $20 drink tumbler.
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:30 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Why would I move to an area of the country largely controlled by Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco to avoid that?
Because you don't need air-conditioning in a lot of those places, and because Idaho exists too.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:30 pm to Buzzed
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“They’d been asleep long enough that the house had already gotten to 78 degrees,
That's what my thermostat stays at when I'm home. They sound soft.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:32 pm to Yat27
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Because you don't need air-conditioning in a lot of those places
I don't think that's exactly a threshold issue for the authoritarian types.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:32 pm to Buzzed
They ain’t accessing my thermostat baws
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:32 pm to Buzzed
Technology good.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:33 pm to Buzzed
Oh wow…yeah that’s some shite you get a plane flown into your office for
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:34 pm to deltaland
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They ain’t accessing my thermostat baws
I'm not sure they'd want to.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:36 pm to Buzzed
Sounds like those rich Texans need to go old school and get some window units…
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:39 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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These people signed up or their contractor signed up the thermostat for the rebates. The rebates are sometimes high enough to make money off the thermostat purchase. They have no room to complain IMO.
This. We had the same program in Philadelphia where you would get $30-$50 per month for the utility to install a throttling device on your outdoor condenser unit. During heat waves the utility would exercise the device and would get 100’s of calls complaining. I don’t remember anyone complaining about the bill credit though.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:39 pm to Buzzed
I'll say it again
It's the Californicaters and their shite they brought with them.
We never had issues until they all moved here
It's the Californicaters and their shite they brought with them.
We never had issues until they all moved here
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:41 pm to Eighteen
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Misleading. When you install a smart thermostat you have an option to enroll in the program (in our case you get a $100 rebate) and you agree to have your thermostat accessed during “peak” times
Reminds me of those people who signed up for some "market rate plus $20 per month" program and then ran to the local news when the "market rate" hit $1,472 per kWh or whatever.
Electric / gas deregulation is pretty asinine in my book. Where has it ever really worked? Natural monopolies and public goods are real things, muh market be damned.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:43 pm to deltaland
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They ain’t accessing my thermostat baws
damn baw! looks like one of those old mercury thermometer thermostats
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:48 pm to TDsngumbo
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We are living in a fricked up age that historians will look back on and ask “why didn’t they see it coming?”.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 4:49 pm to Obtuse1
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We" as in modern Americans don't do well in times of limited resources we take for granted.
It’s true. Spoiled beyond help.
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