Google Home app finally supports hot water controls for Nest thermostats

Google is supercharging the Home app with hot water controls for its European users as well as other climate controls for all ...

Op-Ed: Smart thermostats, dumb policy: Normalizing energy poverty by central control

In late summer 2019, an elderly woman I knew from church asked me to stop by her house in our New Mexico neighborhood. It was ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Ohio bill would let utilities create optional programs to control customers’ thermostats to reduce energy use

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — A state lawmaker proposes allowing utilities to take control of volunteering customers’ thermostats or appliances, to decrease overall demand on the energy grid in times of peak ...
New York Post

Ohio lawmaker wants to allow utilities to adjust homeowners’ thermostats, water heaters

Ohio lawmakers are weighing a new energy program that would let utilities temporarily adjust household thermostats and water heaters — but only for customers who sign up. House Bill 427, introduced ...
Yahoo

Bill would give energy companies control of customer thermostats

(The Center Square) – Ohio energy companies could take control of customers’ thermostats and water heaters. House Bill 427, recently introduced in the Ohio General Assembly, proposes creating a ...
WAFF

Proposed bill would give utility companies control of customer thermostats

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A lawmaker in Ohio has proposed legislation that would allow utility companies to throttle your energy usage during periods of high demand, essentially giving control ...
WDTN

Utility companies could access your thermostat under House Bill 427

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A bill introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives could potentially allow utility companies to remotely control your thermostat. Ohio House Bill 427 would aim to give ...