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Texas homeowners startled by "hijacked" thermostats

Jun 23, 2021
The changes were made by utilities trying to manage overtaxed power grids.
Customers who found their homes warmer than they'd programmed had actually consented to these changes, which were made by an energy-management firm called EnergyHub.
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The battle of the thermostat is really a battle of the sexes

Aug 29, 2018
We've got your comments on the workplace air conditioning wars.
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