New rule(optional for now) would allow electric companies in NYS to control your thermostat for a $25/month credit

[Saltwater60]

Governor Hochul hopes you will opt into this program becuase she is a failed governor and hopes this will save us this summer. I won’t.

For $300, would you give National Grid control over your thermostat?

State officials hope flexibility from customers will help cut costs on the electric system.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Robin]

More fake shit from government! You can cut costs by removing all you add on fees that do nothing but fuel the corruption that you legislate in the first place.
Robin

 

[tirwin1]

Hard pass. And Fuck You kathy.

 

[Acer-m14]

let see , you lower the heat , or put in better appliances, better light bulbs..

now you done cut your electric/gas bill in 1/2 thus effectively lowering the

profits of said company. now the company has to raise the rates again to

account for the lost of profits ....

keep repeating it ... it just feels good that your saving so much ..

 

[That_FNG]

Nope fuck you no. Imma leave all the lights on from now on.

 

[Brawny71]

Like they control priority of power and cut off NNY? Like Las Vegas controls their and cuts AC to 80’ during the day because NOONE stays home with their kids. We learn so well.

 

[Saltwater60]

It’s optional for now, but I suspect when one one does this it will no longer be optional. I think everyone enrolled in HEAP or other government assistance should be forced on this plan. If I pay for it why let them crash my grid.

 

[FP1201]

Having enough knowledge about HAVC to be dangerous, I'd give 'em "access" to a dummy t-stat.

 

[Bigfoot]

Democrats hate freedom, they're all about control. Control and Corruption.

 

[Bigfoot]

Two things I make it a point to have. Wood-burning stove and a private well.
Warmth and water are two things I want complete control over.

 

[S&W Fan]

This is becoming quite habit forming
My Obligatory response
FUKH

 

[Cavalry]

Having enough knowledge about HAVC to be dangerous, I'd give 'em "access" to a dummy t-stat.

Exactly. The thermostat could sit in your basement not actually connected to anything all winter. What a good citizen, keeping their house at 63 all winter. In the summer, throw it in the attic.
Id be more concerned giving an outside entity access inside my network.

 

[fresch]

Just like everything now days if you want more pay more.
Go into section8 housing and the control the heat by opening the windows in the winter because it is too hot.

 

[TopShot]

No way.
There are enough people, companies and agencies telling me what to do.
I don't need them to tell me how warm or cold my house should be.
Besides, I live with a polar bear.
In the winter the thermostat is 64 degrees and in the summer it's 68 degrees.
C.B.

 

[Defilade]

Governor Hochul hopes you will opt into this program becuase she is a failed governor and hopes this will save us this summer. I won’t.

For $300, would you give National Grid control over your thermostat?

State officials hope flexibility from customers will help cut costs on the electric system.

www.syracuse.com

All the options – nuclear power, fossil fuel power, renewable power, transmission lines – are expensive and time-consuming to build.

Get rid of the Illegals you are funding to the tune of billions you nasty Witch!

 

[Zerex]

I still run analog thermostats, that cannot be controlled by demonic entities, masquerading as humans.

 

[repete]

I noticed this line, " several aging gas-fired power plants failed to come online," Why did they "fail"? Did they fail because they were told to fail?

 

[fresch]

I noticed this line, " several aging gas-fired power plants failed to come online," Why did they "fail"? Did they fail because they were told to fail?

Didn't see why they were off line to begin with. Probably just BS state propaganda; just last year they were closing power plants.
Today you have nothing to fear if you don't use " too much" power shown by the smart meters we installed. Let us control all electricity, so we turn off your kidney pump for 3 hours - walk it off.

 

[Saltwater60]

I noticed this line, " several aging gas-fired power plants failed to come online," Why did they "fail"? Did they fail because they were told to fail?

I mean they have no incentive to come online right? Gas prices are high right now because the demand is high and electric prices are high, but will drop or not get used if these come online so why would they? Our governor has screwed the pooch on this crap for sure.

 

[Bigfoot]

Last Friday, I paid a $420 electric bill. Not long ago, even though I used much more electricity back then, my highest electric bills weren't much over $200.



It's going to get worse before it gets worse, it's how New York rolls.

 

[Saltwater60]

Last Friday, I paid a $420 electric bill. Not long ago, even though I used much more electricity back then, my highest electric bills weren't much over $200.



It's going to get worse before it gets worse, it's how New York rolls.

Yes, my winter bills were around $200 and my summer bills would approach $400-$450 because of AC running. My wife just said our winter bill is about what our summer one is. We hit $500 for one summer bill this year. 10% increase is not even close to accurate.

 

[Robin]

Some retirement advice:
1 Figure what you need for retirement, then double it.
2 Leave this state, even if the new job pays less.
3. If 2 is not an option, buy more ammo.
Robin Morgan Stanley

 

[GTN]

I’m sure this will eventually end up like the smart meters.
Start out with a $ incentive to get one then move on to -we will charge you extra if you don’t want one

 

[camper4lyfe]

I'm pretty sure this is already a thing with the utility companies. That's a hard fuck no from me. I want control of my house. For $25, you can fuck right off.

 

[Saltwater60]

I just bought a spare non smart thermostat just because I can see these being banned next.

 

[2WheelGnnr]

heat with wood!!!!

screw that.........

 

[pshift]

Last Friday, I paid a $420 electric bill. Not long ago, even though I used much more electricity back then, my highest electric bills weren't much over $200.



It's going to get worse before it gets worse, it's how New York rolls.

Hard truth!

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

"Thank you for participating in the NYS Heating Equity Program. Congratulations. By giving NYS remote control of your white privilege thermostat, you are on track to use 53% less energy this period than your poorest neighbors. We know it's cold in your home, but this should warm your heart"
-ConEd (probably)

 

[GOPerfect]

I hope this passes. The government in NY knows best

 

[Acer-m14]

the big board is a off brand of a Arduino Uno i got in a learning kit .. for 30 bucks don't expect to much but it is fun
learning something new programming is C++ so im learning as i go .. what your seeing is it hooked to a cheap 2
dollar DHT11 Temp/humidity sensor .. and showing on a display .. this is a start .. then you can build on it with code
if TEMP ==(80) then shut down furnace .. turn a pin on or off to trip the shut down relay ..

the smaller board you see is a Arduino ESP32-S3 16megs of storage , 210MHZ dual core i believe .. wi-fi , bluetooth and webserver
that was 13.75 i think .. i bought 3 of them . this little thing is a power house .. want to make your own smart home .. this is the
little dude that can basically .. i cam move what on the big board to the little one and just have to change what pins are used
in the code .. you can hit the webserver and bring up what is showing on the display on your phone . .. pretty neat ..