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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Stop being stupid and I won't need to keep it up.
1. You can go to the grocery store and while you are out, the device/application will shut down your thermostat so that it could potentially go from 72 to 80.
2. This device and the applications are awful.
3. You know they're awful because you work on them specifically and program them..
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