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Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs

Posted by timothy on from the so-you-preferred-the-brownouts-sir dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Yawn, this technology has been around for 60 ye by toadlife · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!

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  2. Re:Maryland already has this by Rhesusmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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