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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:Maryland already has this by gladish · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And I'll write the app that creates a chat room and joins all the people who just received the offer, so they can collude and fix the price by all denying the offer. Of course, version 2.0 will require no user intervention. Eventually, I'll just call the power company, threaten to turn on my bank of 100 Air Conditioners, and they offer me free power for the weak in exchange for only using 1. Of course, by then, I've patented the process of extoring energy, whic means I license the process to all of you and I've effectively become the owner of the all the power generting facilities. Steve Jobs, goes on TV claiming, "yes there's an app for that".