Re: Digital Tools Help Users Save Energy, Study Finds

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Neil Cherry" <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:03:52 -0500, Robert Green wrote:
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/technology/10energy.html?ref=science
> >
> > "Giving people the means to closely monitor and adjust their electricity
use
> > lowers their monthly bills and could significantly reduce the need to
build
> > new power plants, according to a yearlong government study.
>
> I question the 'reduce the need to build new power plants' portion.
> I'd agree with reduce the number of new plants.

After an outcry of objections, the California Energy Commission withdrew its
proposal to require new buildings in the state to have radio-controlled
thermostats that, in a power emergency, could be used to override customers?
temperature settings.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/16brfs-THERMOSTATPL_BRF.html

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Bobby G.