If you have a WiFi-connected home thermostat, the utility can turn the dial to save power during a 'conservation event.'
If you’ve lived in San Antonio for any length of time, you may have noticed that it gets really hot around here — and sometimes really cold. It’s CPS Energy’s job to keep the juice flowing when severe weather strains the grid. That’s why the city-owned utility would like you to install an internet-connected home thermostat. Then it can fiddle with the thing remotely and move the setting up or down a few degrees.
If that doesn’t make you feel better about the whole thing, perhaps this will: “Participating in our WiFi Thermostat Rewards Program helps prevent power outages in our community and across the state.” How often will CPS touch the dial? They’ll do it during “conservation events,” when energy usage spikes. The utility says this typically happens several times a year during the summer, usually between 3 and 7 p.m. on a weekday.
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