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California Wants to Control Your T'Stat Dr. Hardcrab 01-12-2008
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Posted by Dr. Hardcrab on January 12, 2008, 7:58 am
I swear I don't see how anyone lives there.....

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/11/america/calif.php

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Posted by RicodJour on January 12, 2008, 8:35 am
> I swear I don't see how anyone lives there.....
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/11/america/calif.php

I don't see what's wrong with this:
"The changes would allow utilities to adjust customers' preset
temperatures when the price of electricity is soaring. Customers could
override the utilities' suggested temperatures. But in emergencies,
the utilities could override customers' wishes."
Seems to me it's better than a blackout.

R

Posted by lp13-30 on January 12, 2008, 8:58 am
Our utility co. has been installing these thermostats for several years
now. They call it the "Peak Saver Program." It is a Honeywell
programmable stat that they install free. They say during certain peak
hours (don't remember exactly what they were, but late afternoon during
summer, no mention of winter) they can turn the system off for something
like 10 or 15 minutes/hr. I've been to quite a few customers who have
them, and have not heard any complaints so far. Larry


Posted by Dr. Hardcrab on January 12, 2008, 9:10 am

> Our utility co. has been installing these thermostats for several years
> now. They call it the "Peak Saver Program." It is a Honeywell
> programmable stat that they install free. They say during certain peak
> hours (don't remember exactly what they were, but late afternoon during
> summer, no mention of winter) they can turn the system off for something
> like 10 or 15 minutes/hr. I've been to quite a few customers who have
> them, and have not heard any complaints so far. Larry

Yeah. Our local Co-Op puts "Load Management" boxes in and offer $75 of your
electric bill for a hooking it to a water heater
and $75 for having it hooked to their A/C. They SAY they will only turn it
off for 15 minutes during peak hours, but the past 2 summers they have been
turning it off for up to an hour.

Our customers get pretty pissed when they call us out on the weekend and
they get charged overtime for the Load Management
being the cause for a "No A/C" call.....


Posted by Rick Blaine on January 12, 2008, 9:29 am

> They SAY they will only turn it
>off for 15 minutes during peak hours, but the past 2 summers they have been
>turning it off for up to an hour.

That's the problem with systems like this. Once you given someone a tool like
this, it becomes the solution to all their problems and they use it for far more
than you agreed.

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