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1 posted on 09/01/2022 7:36:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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But you can still charge up your EV...


2 posted on 09/01/2022 7:38:26 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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Reason to keep a spare room air conditioner sitting around.


3 posted on 09/01/2022 7:38:42 AM PDT by madison10
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Don’t install a wifi thermostat!


4 posted on 09/01/2022 7:40:16 AM PDT by oil_dude
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This is why you should NEVER accept that “Free Nest Thermostat” offer from your utility company.


7 posted on 09/01/2022 7:44:55 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Also...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4090003/posts


8 posted on 09/01/2022 7:45:29 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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At least they are currently given the ability to opt out. I assume that ability will be removed sooner or later.


9 posted on 09/01/2022 7:46:33 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Isn’t this what they signed up for when they made the deal with the energy company? Allow them to control your home... Tough, you got what you asked for


10 posted on 09/01/2022 7:49:58 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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How are these thermostats connected to the utility? WiFi in your house? Cellular phone built into the thermostat? Long range receiver direct from the utility? Short range range receiver from a message over the power lines to your smart meter then transmitted to the thermostat?

WiFi is easiest to break - change the password and don't tell your thermostat so it's off the network. But I wouldn't be surprised if it loses the network it will go into jerk mode and not let you cool.

11 posted on 09/01/2022 7:50:17 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The government sees you as either livestock or pet. If things get bad they will eat their pets too.)
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At your air handler just jump R-Y-G to keep cool.


13 posted on 09/01/2022 7:59:48 AM PDT by jughandle
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i wonder if any government agencies, like the local irs had to have their energy locked?


16 posted on 09/01/2022 8:08:23 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Just wait until winter, when customers learn that XCEL Energy can declare another energy emergency and shut off their heat.


19 posted on 09/01/2022 8:11:27 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (If Black Lives Matter, why do Black people keep shooting each other?)
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Can these people not twist 3 wires together in their air handler?


20 posted on 09/01/2022 8:12:44 AM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power )
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Nanny state ping.


21 posted on 09/01/2022 8:14:13 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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NEVER! Never allow the power company to deign to give you a lower rate so they can have you use a thermostat they can control OR a device placed on your AC that allows them to cycle the compressor off whenever they want to, period. NEVER


23 posted on 09/01/2022 8:17:17 AM PDT by Gaffer (Infidel, and proud of it!)
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Why the IOT is going to be a bad thing.


24 posted on 09/01/2022 8:18:20 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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The same day, Honeywell saw a boom of sales of old-school mercury switch thermostats in Colorado. Odd coincidence.


28 posted on 09/01/2022 8:43:25 AM PDT by NicoDon
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UGH! Energy company locks thermostats at +80 degrees for 22,000 customers during ‘energy crisis’

I wonder if the company did that to elderly customers, too...

29 posted on 09/01/2022 8:49:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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“because you enrolled in a Community Energy Savings Program...”

So once again, people failed to read the fine print.


32 posted on 09/01/2022 9:06:01 AM PDT by Boogieman
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The very reason I refused to sign onto that program, despite City Public Service’s protestations that “We’d NEVER do that! You’ll ALWAY have override control!”


35 posted on 09/01/2022 9:21:52 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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Poor babies. Locked at 78 or 79? That’s awful.

NOT.

Ours stays at 78 all summer and has since the 70s. It has been done for economics alone all those years. In the winter it is at 68 for the same reason.

If I lived in Denver most of the other dry places in Colorado I would use evaporative coolers just like we did in the desert regions of Texas. They are cheap to operate and work very well in those climates.

How do snowflakes ever make it out of the house in the mornings?


37 posted on 09/01/2022 9:47:03 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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