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On a Hot Day, Utility Takes
Control of Thermostats

Sep 1, 2022 8:05 PM CDT

On a Hot Day, Utility Takes Control of Thermostats

Customers enrolled in a rewards program were locked out

(Newser) - Signing up for a rewards program that lets the utility take control of your thermostat settings, in exchange for credits toward bills, probably sounds like a better idea when the weather is mild. But when temperatures reached into the 90s Tuesday in Denver, and thousands of customers read a message...

Power Companies Are Warming Up Texas Homes Remotely

Thermostats
in Texas Are
Being Adjusted
Remotely

Jun 20, 2021 12:45 PM CDT

Thermostats in Texas Are Being Adjusted Remotely

To help the power grid, utilities are invoking energy-saving program customers agreed to

(Newser) - It may not be any of the usual suspects in your household who are changing the thermostat setting. In Texas, power companies are reaching into homes remotely to turn the temperature up, USA Today reports. People who have noticed the surprise adjustments have pointed them out on social media. But...

Energy Star's Guideline for Home Temps Fires Up Internet

This Is the Temp the Feds Say
Your Home Should Be

Aug 21, 2019 7:53 AM CDT

This Is the Temp the Feds Say Your Home Should Be

The internet doesn't think it's literally or metaphorically cool enough

(Newser) - If you've been heeding the advice of sleep hygienists and dozing off in a cool bedroom each night—a standard suggestion is somewhere between 65 degrees and 72 degrees Fahrenheit —the feds have just upended that routine, and people are getting heated about it. Energy Star, jointly run...

MacBook Air, Windows Phone 7 Top 2011 Gadgets: Farhad Manjoo

And the Gadget
of the Year Is ...

opinion

Dec 11, 2011 12:10 PM CST

And the Gadget of the Year Is ...

... New MacBook Air, says Farhad Manjoo

(Newser) - Apple may top Slate's gadgets of the year , but don't look for an iPad 2 on its list. No, the best gadget of 2011 was the new-generation MacBook Air, writes Farhad Manjoo. It's small but doesn't "feel compromised in any way," he says, calling...

Admit It:
Carter Was
100% Right

OPINION

Jul 15, 2008 4:41 PM CDT

Admit It: Carter Was 100% Right

Energy conservation sounds like a pretty good idea about now

(Newser) - “Misunderstood, mocked and maligned” though he was, Jimmy Carter was exactly right about our energy problems and their solutions, Joseph Wheelan writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Way back in 1979, "Carter outlined a program for achieving energy independence." In 2008, "It turns out that Carter was...