Always Read the Fine Print
As temperatures soar in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas is urging residents to conserve power, according to Newsweek.
Some residents are surprised to find their WiFi thermostats going up remotely. It seems customers opted into CPS Energy for an $85 credit upon enrollment and a $30 annual bill credit at the end of the summer.
The program allows the company to adjust their customers’ thermostats remotely “as needed” during peak energy usage times, according to the CPS Energy website.
“During summer peak energy demand days, we may briefly adjust your thermostat settings by a few degrees. We’ll do this only as needed,” the website said.
The fine print of the website noted that these “conservation events,” will likely happen during the summer between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Texas is heavily invested in alternative energy. That would be fine if we were ready for it. We’re not. Alternative energy isn’t up to the task yet.
At the same time, California can’t keep the lights on. They keep investing in renewables to the detriment of what we know works.
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This is what happens when you let Government have ANY power without our expressed permission. In our Republic, the Government is supposed to work for us and WE tell the Government what to do. Government is not supposed to do anything without our permission. Big Issues should be decided by the People, not the Courts or Representatives and least of all Bureaucrats! Any Government Official not understanding this should be subject to a charge of Treason and hanged if convicted. Texas is having this problem because Liberal Communist Democrats and RINOs in Austin bought into the Green Energy scam. I don’t remember “The People” of Texas voting for “Unreliable” Green Energy. Think about this, this is in Texas with more Oil and Gas than any State in the Nation. Soon, Texas will be Like California and won’t even be able to keep the lights on with rolling blackouts. If you invest in Green Energy, you MUST retain adequate Traditional 24/7 Power Plant infrastructure; just in case!
What we are now seeing in Texas is the same play the Democrats did in California. Flood the State with Illegal Aliens and stuff ballot boxes accordingly to take over the Government. Texas is back to the days of LBJ style election fixing and needs to put an end to that shenanigans once and for all.
Smart meters. Always try to keep from getting those but as a consumer shopper in the global Benetton shopping mall, you don’t have any rights.
Evolved enlightened beings have decided that real Hades hasn’t been tried and they will drag us all kicking and screaming to Wakandastan.