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" [Brandon] English appears to have enrolled the thermostat, operated by the company EnergyHub, in a program known as “Smart Savers Texas,” KHOU 11 notes. The program, which customers have to opt-into, allows power companies to remotely adjust thermostats when energy demands are high in exchange for an entry into a sweepstakes. Other power companies have been known to offer customers reduced billing costs for entering similar programs.

Upon realizing the details of the program, English says he immediately unenrolled: “I wouldn’t want anybody else controlling my things for me.”

Read the EULA mother fucker!

Some of the initial articles were failing to mention the "sweepstakes" and some people getting between $80 and $150 credit (depending on square footage of house) for opting into and were making it sound like ERCOT was hacking into thermostats which was NOT THE CASE.

From the article: " [Brandon] English appears to have enrolled the thermostat, operated by the company EnergyHub, in a program known as “Smart Savers Texas,” KHOU 11 notes. The program, which customers have to opt-into, allows power companies to remotely adjust thermostats when energy demands are high in exchange for an entry into a sweepstakes. Other power companies have been known to offer customers reduced billing costs for entering similar programs. Upon realizing the details of the program, English says he immediately unenrolled: “I wouldn’t want anybody else controlling my things for me.” Read the EULA mother fucker! Some of the initial articles were failing to mention the "sweepstakes" and some people getting between $80 and $150 credit (depending on square footage of house) for opting into and were making it sound like ERCOT was hacking into thermostats which was NOT THE CASE.

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[–] • 1 pt

the whole bullshit about this was that the thermostat got changed during the night when demand was already down...full retard...

then again, I keep my thermostat at 78 during the day anyway when I'm home (in central texas) as at that setting the unit is running a lot anyway (e.g. cool dry air is being moved around) and that works for me, but at night? why??? I drop it to 75 or 76 according to the projected low

the whole concept of letting assholes with shit for brains control your thermostat is retarded...I rather feel no pity for anybody who signed up for it

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

the thermostat got changed during the night

The story I read was during the day, at 2:30 PM when taking an afternoon nap. Here's a :

When Deer Park resident Brandon English got home from work on Wednesday, his house was hot.

“(My wife) had it cranked it down at 2:30,” English said. "It takes a long time for this house to get cool when it gets that hot.”

English’s wife and their daughters decided to take their afternoon nap earlier in the day.

“They’d been asleep long enough that the house had already gotten to 78 degrees,” English said. “So they woke up sweating.”

Without anyone touching it, they said their thermostat was changed while they were sleeping, making their home unbearably hot.

“Was my daughter at the point of overheating?” English said. “She’s 3 months old. They dehydrate very quickly.”

[–] • 0 pt

well I stand corrected then...and to be clear, in Texas during the day having the AC at 78 is just fine unless you're a fucking candy ass niggerfaggot...I should know having lived here for 32 years

[–] • 0 pt

I know someone who keeps it at 70. More money than sense.