**** it. Crank up the AC

Edit: **** off, autocorrect.

AlaskanAg99 said:

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Don't install a smart meter. Pretty easy solution.

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Meters are installed by the utility. I don't think most have a choice.

UninformedInternetBlogger said:

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AlaskanAg99 said:

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Don't install a smart meter. Pretty easy solution.

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Meters are installed by the utility. I don't think most have a choice.

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There's a way to block the meter's RF communication when needed. Just can't do it all of the time because then they notice.

For utility controlled smart thermostats, buy a cheap $15 c-wire power transformer and hook it up to that while your own thermostat is hooked up to your air conditioner. The c-wire provides power to their thermostat and lets it communicate back to the utility while controlling nothing. "Install" theirs somewhere warm and out of the way like a closet.

Better be able to to do the Rf block thing too or they will figure out the fake thermostat thing pretty quickly.

AlaskanAg99 said:

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Don't install a smart meter. Pretty easy solution.

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Swapped mine out.

No. This is the 21st Century

atmtws said:

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*Turns AC down to 68

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So. Much. This.

This has nothing to do with smart meters.

Did you all even read the article?

2wealfth Man said:

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-power-use-break-records-heat-wave-prices-soar-ercot-2023-06-20/

how long until they control our thermostats (as opposed to building new capacity which is sorely needed with the growth in population)

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Who is the they in this statement and where do 'they' fit into the decision making on building new capacity

Conserve energy? House just got 5* colder. [/Trump]

UninformedInternetBlogger said:

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AlaskanAg99 said:

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Don't install a smart meter. Pretty easy solution.

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Meters are installed by the utility. I don't think most have a choice.

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Eh. I mean't Smart Thermostat. Most people understood what I was saying. But technically you're right.

Just out of curiosity, has the energy chaos of the last few years caused anybody to buy or consider buying solar panels + a battery wall? I lost power for almost a week during the February 2022 mega freeze and never again want to be a slave to the whims of the idiots running these things, so we're buying some to become grid independent.

AlaskanAg99 said:

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UninformedInternetBlogger said:

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AlaskanAg99 said:

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Don't install a smart meter. Pretty easy solution.

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Meters are installed by the utility. I don't think most have a choice.

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Eh. I mean't Smart Thermostat. Most people understood what I was saying. But technically you're right.

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You should definitely install a smart thermostat, there are a lot of benefits to it.
On the other hand, don't let your city control it.
That is stupid.

And every charging Electric vehicle uses the same amount or more power than a whole home central air cooling system.

Tesla Charging units


Air Conditioner Watt Use

ERCOT want us to reduce electricity so the "independent energy" source won't crap out again.

Not going to happen. How about fix the grid or at least try to keep up with the rest of the country, third world state of Texas.#TruBlue #Fresh #ProudBlue

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— 🟧💔฿ⱤɆ₦Đ₳ 🇵🇷🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈 (@BKPR701) June 20, 2023

Just dropped my AC to 68 in anticipation of the excitement.

aggie93 said:

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I don't think it's a conspiracy theory when the temps get above 105 that they ask people to voluntarily use less power.

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This. They'll get people to voluntary conserve to the extent that they can. Beyond that, they'll shed load on a circuit basis.

The limit is the limit. When usage approaches capacity they'll shed load.

And a note of warning from a person in the know... Don't rely on current capacity numbers. Much of the available capacity we see on the grid right now is 70+ years old held together by duct tape and bailing wire and we're at the beginning of the season. By August, a significant percentage of the coal and gas capacity will go offline. Happens every year.

Leftists love every chance they can try to make another ridiculous remark against Texas.

Bring it, a******.

Every damn summer we go through this process of ERCOT and what they are saying and then the speculation. The genesis of the conservation notice was a rolling outage we had to have in spring of 2006. I was working at ERCOT at the time and it caught us flat footed.

The PUC wanted some kind of warning system etc, so the EEA process is refined and made public. Fast forward to winter of 2008??? I am fuzzy on the year, but we had another series of outages that were caused by poorly winterized generators and equipment. PUC says ERCOT you need some interim messaging to the EEA process to get the public to reduce consumption. Thus the "Conservation" message you see now. Also there was a push during this time for voluntary curtailment of firm loads that agreed to be interrupted for a price. Utilities call this demand response. These coupled together were supposed to buy time and reduce the number of rolling outages.

There is nothing abnormal about this messaging and it is just part of the mandated ERCOT process at certain load and reserve capacity points and projections.

All of this is open source through the ERCOT website and pretty easy to understand.

Do we need more base loading generation, ABSOLUTELY. Are we getting base loading generation anytime soon, NO. Get used to the messaging.

i'll conserve energy when they pay my bill

All of you m'fers turning your thermostats down to 68. My house can't get below 72 in this heat.