By: BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer |
Home control of thermostats would be guaranteed under a new bill introduced in the state Legislature...
The California Energy Commission attempted earlier this year to mandate so-called "programmable communicating thermostats" in new and substantially remodeled homes. Utilities seeking to cut power consumption as shortages developed could have used a remote control device in the thermostat to override customer control. The device would not have been removable by the customer...
"The intent of the bill is to assure that unelected bureaucrats can't become so intrusive as to seek to monitor and control personal decisions like what temperature we can set our thermostats," McClintock said...
1 comment:
I'd rather have them controlling my thermostat than controlling what I think or do! Goodness, what's next, how long I can take a shower? Don't mess with the shower, it's the only haven a mom (sometimes) has!
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