Various Utility Companies are offering current
Account Holders in
Select States:
Google Nest Thermostat or Nest Learning Thermostat on sale for prices listed below. Shipping may vary by location and provider.
Thanks to Staff Member
DLS4U for sharing this deal.
Offer Notes:
- Rebate amounts and requirements vary depending on the utility provider; requirements may include enrollment in rewards/savings programs. Other limitations & eligibility requirements may apply, e.g., connection to central AC.
Example Participating Locations/Services (prices below after all rebates & discounts, which may require enrollment in a savings/rewards program):
- Arizona:
- Arizona Public Service Electric (APS):
- Salt River Project (SRP):
- California:
- Glendale Water & Power (GWP):
- Los Angeles Department of Water & Power:
- PG&E
- Connecticut:
- Illinois:
- Indiana:
- Michigan:
- Consumers Energy Residential:
- New Jersey:
- AtlanticCity Electric
- JCP&L
- Elizabethtown Gas
- New Jersey Natural Gas
- Orange & Rockland New Jersey
- PSEG
- South Jersey Gas
- New Mexico
- New York
- PSE&G Long Island
- ConEdison
- National Grid Long Island
- National Grid Metro
- National Grid Upstate
- National Grid Upstate Small Business
- NYSEG
- Orange & Rockland
- PSE&G Long Island
- RG&E
- North Carolina
- Duke Energy residential
- Duke Energy small business
- NCEMC
- Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- AES Ohio (DP&L)
- Oregon
- Portland General Electric
- Pennsylvania
- DLC
- PPL
- PECO
- UGI (Smart Save)
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Dominion Energy
- Duke Energy residential
- Duke Energy small business
- Texas
- El Paso Electric
- Xcel Energy Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Puget Sound Energy
- Snohomish PUD
- Wisconsin
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First - no, the utilities are generally not "controlling" your thermostat. The situation these commenters are referring to is called demand response (DR). Where the utilities will pay their consumers to shift or reduce their demand during times of grid strain to reduce the likelihood of brown or blackouts. For this to happen you need to enroll in the DR program itself, you'll know if you're doing this. Utilities can't just enroll you without your notice.
Second - even if you are in one of these DR programs, you absolutely always have final control over your thermostat and temperature setting. You ALWAYS have the option to opt-out of DR events and keep your thermostat or AC humming along at whatever temperature you want. Yes, if you're enrolled in one of these DR programs and you opt-out, your electric bill may be higher. But that's the whole point. If the utility is offering free stuff (like a thermostat) and ongoing revenue to participate in a DR program, but you opt-out of actually participating? It hurts the utility (and the rest of the grid for that matter), who was expecting you to provide relief so there is some financial incentives there.
I'm just tried of people sensationalizing this stuff. Geeze.
My experience here is as someone who helps implement some of these types of programs for a few utilities around the country. I predominately work with commercial and industrial customers but interact with the residential side of things as well.
It's not about data mining for the utility. They don't get that visibility with any demand response programs. Does google for their nest product? Sure, but that's different than what other folks have being talking about here as google isn't offering the rebate. It's about the utility having an incentive to encourage you to use less energy, that's why they offer rebates and discounts on these things.
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First - no, the utilities are generally not "controlling" your thermostat. The situation these commenters are referring to is called demand response (DR). Where the utilities will pay their consumers to shift or reduce their demand during times of grid strain to reduce the likelihood of brown or blackouts. For this to happen you need to enroll in the DR program itself, you'll know if you're doing this. Utilities can't just enroll you without your notice.
Second - even if you are in one of these DR programs, you absolutely always have final control over your thermostat and temperature setting. You ALWAYS have the option to opt-out of DR events and keep your thermostat or AC humming along at whatever temperature you want. Yes, if you're enrolled in one of these DR programs and you opt-out, your electric bill may be higher. But that's the whole point. If the utility is offering free stuff (like a thermostat) and ongoing revenue to participate in a DR program, but you opt-out of actually participating? It hurts the utility (and the rest of the grid for that matter), who was expecting you to provide relief so there is some financial incentives there.
I'm just tried of people sensationalizing this stuff. Geeze.
My experience here is as someone who helps implement some of these types of programs for a few utilities around the country. I predominately work with commercial and industrial customers but interact with the residential side of things as well.
2) you want your ac generally constant in florida otherwise you will have mold , trim, drywall issues.
if you want a thermostat buy one ffs, there's plenty of energy star promotions in florida 'death santis' isn't stopping anyone. You can also move to a lock down can't work no school state.
Just got 2 pool pumps at two properties mostly paid for by energy star credits.
Some utilities DO require you to participate in such programs. Not all, but then I didn't say they all do. I said SOME do. Others do not.
YMMV.
Read the T&Cs on the link for your provider to get the full details for your provider.
And then read a few more before you inaccurately call someone a liar.
The nest thermostat is trying to learn your habits. A product is not inferior simply because the consumer is the ignorant component. Learn how the damn thing works
You can't troubleshoot a problem with the unit without the app since there is not native configuration of wifi,etc in the display. something entirely easy with the ecobee i had (even though in florida i found that useless too it worked).
And the app apparently when all else fails even though it's a cloud company wants you to remove the device from the home app and re-configure it thus removing it from the wall scanning the code, selecting the wires,etc. That had to be done because it wouldn't get on wifi, it took that to reset it. I'm just saying that's a pretty bad user experience....i know it's been 7 months but let's have you remove this from the wall and remember your wire colors. Then if the app fails, crashes, or whatever do it again.
Now here's the thing, that property does have a goofy router it could have entirely been an issue getting back online there. The unit after complete removal/add did get back on wifi (thus presumably ruling out the router) but whole process due to the app centric setup was horrible. And again the device failed because even after all that it would not cut on the compressor. If i had walked into the premises hit the display, reconfigured wifi and failed i would have immediately ruled out app, phone, account goofyness there.
It's a thermostat, not really work all that thought....but 15 minutes to home depot and 25 bucks later solved! boom out and on my way.
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In short I (and I know others) have had success with no C wire on the regular nest thermostat. BUT personally would never have purchased without access to a C wire and running fully powered.
Sell me on some reasons why I should get a nest or ecobee. My schedule on my non smart Honeywell thermostat runs fine. I just find myself always wanting one of these but not sure if there's a point
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