Yep, Maryland was opt-in and it basically just throttled the outside units. I doubt that TX just does that with your run-of-the-mill smart thermostats. I'd think that they probably gave you their controller or ask to connect to yours.
Read the link I posted. That's not how Texas is doing it.
I am not in Texas, but I have an ecobee and during the set-up, there's a section where it identifies your local utility and asks you about opting into remote control for cost savings (which I declined). It's a standard mass-market thermostat and definitely has that functionality. Also worth noting that this was not some fine print sneaky thing, it was very plain language along the lines of "would you like to allow your local utility to remotely change your temperature settings during periods of peak demand in exchange for reduced energy prices?"
Sounds like people knew what they were signing up for - and matches the closing in my post "or ask to connect to yours".
This is making me think you guys were lizards before the vaccine with these high temperatures
He doesn't look a thing like JesusBro.
You called yourself Jesus Christ Jim.
I called you:
Hairsplitting Apologist.
For accuracy.
Jesus was an apologist. Prove me wrong.
But he talks like a gentleman.
