{"id":2428,"date":"2012-05-09T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/texaselectricityratings.com\/blog\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2012-06-04T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:55:16","slug":"smart-thermostats-readily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texaselectricityratings.com\/blog\/smart-thermostats-readily\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Thermostats About To Be Readily Available"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news for people looking to save money on their Texas electricity<\/a> bills. A few weeks back, I posted a blog entry talking about my experience with my smart meter while moving into a new home. One person in the comments section, David, immediately pointed out a two-day delay in data and being dissatisfied with the difficulty he had in finding Smart Thermostats to take advantage of Smart Meter Technology.<\/p>\n

Well, good news for David, as it was recently announced that Lowes would begin carrying the Nest iThermostat<\/a>. I’ve also discussed the Nest learning thermostat in the past. It’s basically the King of all iThermostats, having been designed by former Apple employees. <\/p>\n

And now it will be available at over 500 Lowes locations nationwide. That’s great news. The cost is somewhat prohibitive at $250, but the thermostat is accessable anywhere over laptop or smartphone and other devices, and it adjusts to your behavior and suggests ways to save money. Think of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, except focused on your home’s energy consumption and hopefully without a homicidal bend. <\/p>\n

This should be a big step in actually leveraging the smart meter technology that we’ve all been paying to years to have implemented in the Texas electricity grid. I know I plan on buying one at some point in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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