NY.Enervee has for
New York Residents:
Google Nest Smart Programmable Wifi Thermostat (Snow) for
Free. Shipping is $9.99.
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Note, Offer applies for customers of Enervee/NY Residents only. Additionally, Tax applies to the pre-sale price of $129.99.
Features:
- Programmable: Yes
- Occupancy Sensor: Yes
- Heating & Cooling System: Type2 stage
- Periods per Programmable Day: 96
- Power Options: Hardwired
- Smart Home: Smart Home Enabled
- Smart Home Protocol: Bluetooth,Weave,Wi-Fi
- Smart Technology: Smart Home Hub Compatible, Smart Phone/Android App
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There is ZERO downside to this program...except that taxpayers are subsidizing these rebates, and your feelings can be whatever on that.
The tl;dr of this deal is that no one can "control" anything without your explicit consent...you have to literally fill out a form and say that you are submitting to the program, usually in exchange for some financial incentive, AND YOU CAN OPT-OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT IN REAL-TIME; this is called demand-response.
https://www.energy.gov/oe/demand-response
demand-response (DNR) is an attempt to mitigate the possibility of brownouts as well as reduce the need for high cost/highly polluting "peaker" power plants by matching energy consumption with immediate supply. The utility will only "control" your thermostat during the hottest days, of which there are probably less than 5 in a year (at least in NY). However, this isnt how it sounds:
- They dont just raise the temp to make you suffer when its super hot. Rather, they will cool your house down as much as possible in anticipation of the DNR event (also called a "rush hour" event in local parlance), and then turn your thermostat up (ie: make it work less) when the event actually happens. Your house will (ideally) still be cool enough from the prior cooling to not need much energy at the moment
Example - if a rush hour event is expected for 3pm on a Tuesday, when its projected to be 102 degrees outside, and you signed up for DNR, the utility may cool your house down to the mid to high 60s around noontime, and then then the thermostat up to 80 degrees at 3pm...you still stay cool, and the utility has distributed the load across multiple hours, instead of everyone blasting AC on at 3pm.
- I REPEAT...YOU CAN OVERRIDE A RUSH HOUR EVENT ANYTIME. If you want to use your stuff, go ahead and blast the AC (in this example, at 3pm when its 102 outside). LIfe returns to normal. However, you may lose the financial incentive for that year if you do this. But materally, its no different than if you turned down membershp in the program.
Source - I got $100 a year ($50 x 2 thermostats) from 2017 on for signing up for PSEGLI rush hour rewards. I get maybe 2 rush-hour events per summer (none at all this summer). However, because I set my thermostat at 76 degrees, Im actually above the threshold, and absolutely NOTHING happens to me, so Im getting $100 a year for nothing.
Unfortunately, I had to leave the program in 2019 when I upgraded my AC to units which has its own proprietary thermostat...not compatible with Nest or Ecobee. Im still eligible on the heating side during the winter. My boiler is still run by Nests, so I still get $$ there.
We are witnessing the tinfoil hats out themselves.
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Or is there some level of paranoia here? Is it tied to the property?
NY government gets $10 tax for a $0 purchase.
Seems typical NY actually.
All summer, it goes to "peak time" and automatically adjust 2-3 degrees above set point. You just feel the air getting warmer and, sure enough, the screen says peak time.
You can kick it back down manually but still it's annoying. Makes me want to go back to my old ecobee.
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There is ZERO downside to this program...except that taxpayers are subsidizing these rebates, and your feelings can be whatever on that.
The tl;dr of this deal is that no one can "control" anything without your explicit consent...you have to literally fill out a form and say that you are submitting to the program, usually in exchange for some financial incentive, AND YOU CAN OPT-OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT IN REAL-TIME; this is called demand-response.
https://www.energy.gov/oe/demand-response
demand-response (DNR) is an attempt to mitigate the possibility of brownouts as well as reduce the need for high cost/highly polluting "peaker" power plants by matching energy consumption with immediate supply. The utility will only "control" your thermostat during the hottest days, of which there are probably less than 5 in a year (at least in NY). However, this isnt how it sounds:
- They dont just raise the temp to make you suffer when its super hot. Rather, they will cool your house down as much as possible in anticipation of the DNR event (also called a "rush hour" event in local parlance), and then turn your thermostat up (ie: make it work less) when the event actually happens. Your house will (ideally) still be cool enough from the prior cooling to not need much energy at the moment
Example - if a rush hour event is expected for 3pm on a Tuesday, when its projected to be 102 degrees outside, and you signed up for DNR, the utility may cool your house down to the mid to high 60s around noontime, and then then the thermostat up to 80 degrees at 3pm...you still stay cool, and the utility has distributed the load across multiple hours, instead of everyone blasting AC on at 3pm.
- I REPEAT...YOU CAN OVERRIDE A RUSH HOUR EVENT ANYTIME. If you want to use your stuff, go ahead and blast the AC (in this example, at 3pm when its 102 outside). LIfe returns to normal. However, you may lose the financial incentive for that year if you do this. But materally, its no different than if you turned down membershp in the program.
Source - I got $100 a year ($50 x 2 thermostats) from 2017 on for signing up for PSEGLI rush hour rewards. I get maybe 2 rush-hour events per summer (none at all this summer). However, because I set my thermostat at 76 degrees, Im actually above the threshold, and absolutely NOTHING happens to me, so Im getting $100 a year for nothing.
Unfortunately, I had to leave the program in 2019 when I upgraded my AC to units which has its own proprietary thermostat...not compatible with Nest or Ecobee. Im still eligible on the heating side during the winter. My boiler is still run by Nests, so I still get $$ there.
There is ZERO downside to this program...except that taxpayers are subsidizing these rebates, and your feelings can be whatever on that.
The tl;dr of this deal is that no one can "control" anything without your explicit consent...you have to literally fill out a form and say that you are submitting to the program, usually in exchange for some financial incentive, AND YOU CAN OPT-OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT IN REAL-TIME; this is called demand-response.
https://www.energy.gov/oe/demand-response
demand-response (DNR) is an attempt to mitigate the possibility of brownouts as well as reduce the need for high cost/highly polluting "peaker" power plants by matching energy consumption with immediate supply. The utility will only "control" your thermostat during the hottest days, of which there are probably less than 5 in a year (at least in NY). However, this isnt how it sounds:
- They dont just raise the temp to make you suffer when its super hot. Rather, they will cool your house down as much as possible in anticipation of the DNR event (also called a "rush hour" event in local parlance), and then turn your thermostat up (ie: make it work less) when the event actually happens. Your house will (ideally) still be cool enough from the prior cooling to not need much energy at the moment
Example - if a rush hour event is expected for 3pm on a Tuesday, when its projected to be 102 degrees outside, and you signed up for DNR, the utility may cool your house down to the mid to high 60s around noontime, and then then the thermostat up to 80 degrees at 3pm...you still stay cool, and the utility has distributed the load across multiple hours, instead of everyone blasting AC on at 3pm.
- I REPEAT...YOU CAN OVERRIDE A RUSH HOUR EVENT ANYTIME. If you want to use your stuff, go ahead and blast the AC (in this example, at 3pm when its 102 outside). LIfe returns to normal. However, you may lose the financial incentive for that year if you do this. But materally, its no different than if you turned down membershp in the program.
Source - I got $100 a year ($50 x 2 thermostats) from 2017 on for signing up for PSEGLI rush hour rewards. I get maybe 2 rush-hour events per summer (none at all this summer). However, because I set my thermostat at 76 degrees, Im actually above the threshold, and absolutely NOTHING happens to me, so Im getting $100 a year for nothing.
Unfortunately, I had to leave the program in 2019 when I upgraded my AC to units which has its own proprietary thermostat...not compatible with Nest or Ecobee. Im still eligible on the heating side during the winter. My boiler is still run by Nests, so I still get $$ there.
NY government gets $10 tax for a $0 purchase.
Seems typical NY actually.
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