Posted on 09/02/2022 11:35:58 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
Thousands of utility company customers in Colorado were locked out of changing their thermostats due to an "energy emergency," sparking outrage that spilled onto social media.
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“you won’t own anything, and you’ll be happy about it”...
or whatever it was that control freak stated.
Yes. Like your oven. Lol.
Voluntary in Denver now but coming soon to a state utility commission near you.
unless they are throttling at the meter, if you done have an manual over-ride, well...
“he says he did not sign up to have this much control taken away.”
Yes, he did!
Leftists are driving us back toward the Stone Age.
If it’s just an A/C, jumper R to Y on the thermostat to turn it on. When it is cool enough, pull the jumper. If it’s a heat pump, you have to be aware of the reversing valve which uses O for cooling, but I’m not sure how to jumper it.
Maybe some woke liberal engineer can park his Tesla in the living room and turn on its air conditioner?
... Just kidding, woke liberal engineers!
I’ve read elsewhere that you get a $25 credit on your bill for letting that utility company take control of your thermostat. That’s not $25 per month. That’s $25 per year.
Seems like those customers sold their freedom away rather cheaply.
In fairness, they volunteered for this program and received some kind of financial benefit. I too was offered this by my utility but declined. It was pretty well spelled out that the utility would do this in cases of very high demand. So this is not the power company just arbitrarily throttling people down.
The headline deceitfuly makes it sound like this was forced. No, those shut down were those who volunteered and were compensated.
Suckers!
I know someone who recently had to replace her thermostat, and they gave her a “smart thermostat.” They told her she had no choice, that everyone was going to have to get these “smart thermostats.” They will use these “smart thermostats” to control our heating and air conditioning, forcing us to use less, sweltering in the summer and freezing in the winter. Wait and see.
I hope the jeering left will shut up already about Texas’ power grid problems a year and a half ago. They have no reason to talk.
In effect the government is doing this, not the utilities. The utilities would not do it without government authorization, since the action usurps a right that you have over your private property.
What next? timers in showers? Flush counters? A limit to how many glasses of water you can drink? Ban on swimming pools?
How long before old people’s thermostats are controlled, and millions of elderly die because the temperature was set too high? Think they’re gonna care? The people who sent old people to nursing homes to die are going to welcome the thought of a few million more elderly dying.
In this case it was a one time $100.00 sign up bonus and $25.00 rebate per year.
Good news is: They can opt out any time, even during a "power emergency".
For now.
Correct. Some cheap compensation. Easy to anticipate that they would need to throttle you at either extreme heat (most likely, IMO) or in a deep freeze. Uh, no, keep your $25 bucks.
Ping for post 8 technical advice.
What next? timers in showers?
I have a tenant. We have a solar collector for hot water heating. If she uses to much it’ll get cold. And no more until sun up the next day. I seem to recall cavemen living this way !!
We will be moving further east in Texas soon - that “NEST” thermostat is coming out ASAP.
We have friends in Plano who had their water meter changed to a “smart meter”...
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