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Texans' Smart Thermostats Raised Remotely

posted by mrpg on Sunday June 20 2021, @05:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the they're-not-asking-anymore dept.

Booga1 writes:

The headline at WFAA reads: 'Woke up sweating': Some Texans shocked to find their smart thermostats were raised remotely

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

[...] His wife received an alert on her phone soon after that. The family said their thermostat had been changed remotely, raising the temperature of their home during a three-hour “energy saving event.”

The family’s smart thermostat was installed a few years ago as part of a new home security package. Many smart thermostats can be enrolled in a program called "Smart Savers Texas." It's operated by a company called EnergyHub.

The agreement states that in exchange for an entry into sweepstakes, electric customers allow them to control their thermostats during periods of high energy demand. EnergyHub’s list of its clients include TXU Energy, CenterPoint and ERCOT.

Previously:
'Unplanned' Outages Hit Texas Power Plants in Soaring Temperatures

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 20 2021, @06:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 20 2021, @06:08AM (#1147430)
    so whythe guy left the baby alone at home? Or more likely he brought it home from the daycare and was too fat and lazy and intimidated by the prospect of having to change the kid because " not my job."

    Either way , a moron looking for a reason to bitch and moan:

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