Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Smart Savers Texas” progrm

Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by Rebelgecko on Saturday June 19, 2021 @01:58AM (#27558162)

The equivalent program where I live (Los Angeles) gives you $120 for participating in your first summer, then $60 every following year. It's absolutely worth it in my book

All the fear mongering about the remote control is bizarre to me. You're warned in advance before the adjustment happens, and it's not like you're locked out of your thermostat. If you get uncomfortable just turn the temp back down. It's an easy way to reduce your fossil fuel consumption, especially since the thermostat will precool beforehand, which is typically a time when renewables are a higher proportional of the grid's supply

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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:01AM (#27558420)

> All the fear mongering about the remote control is bizarre to me.

That's because you're being paid a hundred times as much. No I will not let someone else screw up my heating for a coupon. $60 a year? I'll try it and I won't feel scammed.

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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by mattrick on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:51AM (#27560453)

I think it's important to note that this is a program these people voluntarily signed up for with those terms. I agree that I probably wouldn't sign up with those terms, but they did and are acting like this was unexpected.

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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by voakbasda on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:49AM (#27560881)

I want to be positive and give the benefit of the doubt, but this seems like the kind of thing that gets buried in the details and overlooked. It was just one piece of a bigger system.

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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by treesknees on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:29PM (#27564622)

Our energy company offers $20/year plus a raffle entry for each time they do it. It's pretty low, but last year they adjusted my thermostat by 4 degrees for about 4 or 5 hours, and it happened twice. The article makes it sound like the utility company is doing this every day or something. It's really not the case. So I'm not sure how much money people expect they're entitled to.

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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by throw_away on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:15AM (#27558490)

Not even a coupon, a raffle ticket.

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