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Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs
AzTechGuy writes "Arizona Public Service Co., Arizona's largest power company, is implementing a test program that would put customers' thermostats under their control to help balance power needs during critical peak usage times. APS will be able to remote control the customers' thermostats to control power draw from their A/C when there is a critical power transmission issue on the grid. Customers will be able to override these settings if they desire."
The next day, nobody goes to work as they haven't got enough battery power in their cars.
Which would save even MORE energy!
Brilliant!
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
"Kay, we'll keep the spent fissionable material in your house"
In the back yard is fine provided the waste is hot enough that it produces heat. Then I can pipe the cooling water into the house during the seven months of winter, and shut the valve and let the pond gently steam in the two weeks of summer.
Seriously, I need heat any month with an R in it, and the first half of May. Air conditioning season is about two weeks in late July, for about three hours a day.
You realize that if they wrest control of our thermostat from us we'll just start leaving the freezer door open right?
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Soviet Arizona trials Anonymous Cowards controlling Utility Systems
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