Posted on 06/22/2021 1:21:42 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Better that, than shutting off their power
Sometimes, progress is GOOD!
Is anybody shocked this happened? This is the exact reason the state wants these things installed
I couldn’t stop them from putting a smart meter on the house (or changing it out when it didn’t function as designed when they tried to cut folks off during the big freeze last winter), but nope, no “smart” thermostat for me (it is electronic but has to be manually accessed.)
Friend lives in an apartment complex. They have Nest thermostats. Energy provider raised hers. They had to sent alert prior to doing so and she could change it back.
Reminds me of an episode of SCI, I think, where the serial killer hacked the thermostat and other electronics (Alexa, echo) to get into the home.
They probably DID consent.
When they checked the Terms and Conditions box.
78 thats a treat and a boon to FPL around here. Here in SW Fl inside I am at 84/85 during the day and after sun down 82/83
Humidity in here is on avg at 45 %
Me more concerned with Humidity than temp. As long as we dont stick to things were fine.
Coming into 84/85 from the yard at 91+ degrees and 80% is a treat
NVenergy keeps pushing for us to have them. Uh, no.
If you sign up for the rate discount with a smart thermostat, that’s part of the deal. If someone didn’t realize that, they didn’t read the fine print.
Ah yeah, another instance of people not having a clue what they are signing up for.
My thermostat is set at 67 degrees all winter and all summer.
No way I could live with someone controlling my home like that.
Can one remove the Smart Thermostat and replace it with a regular one?
Are they allowed to get their thermostats replaced?
In each energy control area, there is a spinning reserve. If the energy demand in the control area exceeds that area’s spinning reserve, energy can be ‘borrowed’ from their neighbor’s control area. However, that borrowing can only last for 15 minutes or severe fines may occur.
Overall, the total energy demand can not ever exceed the amount generated, or voltage will drop and at a certain point generation protection devices will trip generators off line causing cascading and widespread power outages.
Raising temperature settings is just an alternative to disconnecting customers from electric service in order to protect the grid.
There is no excuse for these people to accept the offer after their legal team reviewed the terms and conditions.
Everyone does have their own personal legal department right?
Yes, but they are hard to find for sale.
The big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes intentionally only carry the “smart” ones.
I bough analog mercury ones off the internet from Poland for my house in the USA.
They are in Celsius, but I grew up with that.
For years here in Raleigh I refused to let them put in an outside smartmeter. Eventually they just put it in. I had no choice.
Wrong. Consent was given. They just didn’t read the fine print and see that there is a way to opt out of that “feature”.
Ya gotta be careful signing up for electricity plans that offer “free” service and “free” thermostats.
Ou Nest is set to 71° at night and 74° during the day year-round.
Every one of them agreed when they clicked “accept”.
They just didn’t read the fine print.
Glad I had a “dumb one” installed when I got my system replaced a few years back.
I was more worried about some smart assed kid hacker getting into and either making it snow, or so hot that it created it’s own weather.
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