Some 200,000 people in the Portland, Oregon, area have handed control of their home thermostats over to an energy company.
“If you’re a Portlander with air conditioning who is used to keeping your thermostat low through the summer months, you may be in for a surprise Monday evening,” And when is that “peak” time? Between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. when everyone’s home, looking to relax after a hard day. You can override these settings, but it might cost you whatever credits this program puts on your power bill.Let’s begin with the fact that the human body is quite sensitive to temperature changes, and one to three degrees can be the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable.
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