For PG&E rate payers:
Rebate has increase to up to $120 towards the actual cost You agree to switch to the time of day usage plan for 12 months however the PG&E has a 12 month bill gurantee so that your bill will not be more than for your actual usage had it been billed at your old rate. This is per a PG&E csr today.
Go to PG-E Market place to view eligible smart t-sat models and apply for your rebate online. You may apply as soon as you have downloaded your invoice.
FYI, PG&E does not remotely control smart thermostats.
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Read the fine print. All legal doublespeak.
This is from one in my state's utilities linked in the post.
"By participating in the Company's energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs, customers agree their electric utility will maintain ownership of all Capacity Rights from electric savings measures, which refers to the demand reduction associated with any energy efficiency or peak demand reduction measures for which incentives were provided by the Company"
During periods of high demand or as they say there "peak demand reduction programs" they will raise or lower your thermostat and you have no control over it. Enjoy.
No thanks.
If you don't have a c wire and don't want to run new wire, they sell an official Nest $25 wiring kit that you install in your air handler. I recommend getting one if you don't have a c wire.
Also, check the wires that are coming out of your wall behind the thermostat. I found in my old home the c wire was there but never connected to the board in the air handler. It all just depends on if you have an extra unused wire already run. In my new home I have only 4 wires and they are all in use, so when I replace the dumb thermostat with a Nest I will need the c wire kit.
https://store.google.co
You can buy this at Best Buy or Amazon or a number of places. Also be sure you have a c wire connection on your air handler board. You probably do but look for a low voltage screw terminal Marked "C"
There's a concept where a homeowner with their own energy source, eg solar, can get credited for either feeding electricity back into the grid, or at least for helping the power company meet their required capacity by reducing that home's draw from the grid.
The legalese you quoted says that any power saved because of a thermostat-related demand reduction program will not result in a credit to the homeowner.
That's it. The part that actually signs the user up for such a program, if that part exists, is not here.
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If you don't have a c wire and don't want to run new wire, they sell an official Nest $25 wiring kit that you install in your air handler. I recommend getting one if you don't have a c wire.
Also, check the wires that are coming out of your wall behind the thermostat. I found in my old home the c wire was there but never connected to the board in the air handler. It all just depends on if you have an extra unused wire already run. In my new home I have only 4 wires and they are all in use, so when I replace the dumb thermostat with a Nest I will need the c wire kit.
https://store.google.co
You can buy this at Best Buy or Amazon or a number of places. Also be sure you have a c wire connection on your air handler board. You probably do but look for a low voltage screw terminal Marked "C"
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The nest learning thermostat has an actual dial for turning the temperature up and down. The nest thermostat has a touch sensor on the side and it's not quite as nice, accurate or as intuitive. I prefer satisfying click click click of the nest learning thermostat as I turn the dial.
I also could never get the nest thermostat to connect with any of the nest sensors that I use for the different rooms in the house for changing the temperature based on rooms. (Seems the nest thermostat is not compatible with remote sensors according to Google)
The nest thermostat also doesn't use the nest application only Google Home, whereas the nest learning thermostat uses both/either. There's some features on the nest application such as using widgets on your home screen that I really enjoy such as multi-room temperature control and application temperature shortcut on your phones home screen.
The build quality of the nest learning thermostat feels far superior and less plasticky than the nest thermostat.
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Read the fine print. All legal doublespeak.
This is from one in my state's utilities linked in the post.
"By participating in the Company's energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs, customers agree their electric utility will maintain ownership of all Capacity Rights from electric savings measures, which refers to the demand reduction associated with any energy efficiency or peak demand reduction measures for which incentives were provided by the Company"
During periods of high demand or as they say there "peak demand reduction programs" they will raise or lower your thermostat and you have no control over it. Enjoy.
No thanks.
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Read the fine print. All legal doublespeak.
This is from one in my state's utilities linked in the post.
"By participating in the Company's energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs, customers agree their electric utility will maintain ownership of all Capacity Rights from electric savings measures, which refers to the demand reduction associated with any energy efficiency or peak demand reduction measures for which incentives were provided by the Company"
During periods of high demand or as they say there "peak demand reduction programs" they will raise or lower your thermostat and you have no control over it. Enjoy.
No thanks.
There's a concept where a homeowner with their own energy source, eg solar, can get credited for either feeding electricity back into the grid, or at least for helping the power company meet their required capacity by reducing that home's draw from the grid.
The legalese you quoted says that any power saved because of a thermostat-related demand reduction program will not result in a credit to the homeowner.
That's it. The part that actually signs the user up for such a program, if that part exists, is not here.
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