In a plan leaked and destroyed before it could even go before a Legislative committee, the California Energy Commission recommended changing new building construction codes to mandate the usage of "smart" thermostats. These pieces of hardware are "smart" because they can be controlled remotely...like by the utilities.
The plan was to give utilities the power to regulate energy usage during peak and/or emergency situations. The Energy Commission calls this eerie idea one of their "demand-response strategies."
Upon learning of the proposal, legislators from both sides of the aisle rejected the idea as something bordering on a "nanny government" intrusion.
Link: http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_7992487
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