How will the cooperative control my thermostat?

About 5–6 times per month, the ther­mo­stat will be adjust­ed remote­ly based on sys­tem-wide peak peri­ods.

The events will be 4 hours total, which includes a one-hour pre-cool/pre-heat peri­od and three hours of peak-sav­ing adjust­ment. The con­trol will fol­low this pat­tern:

Pre-cool­ing/pre-heat­ing: +/- 2 degrees
First hour: +/- 2 degrees
Sec­ond hour: +/- 3 degrees
Third hour: +/- 4 degrees

SUMMER EXAMPLE

If you nor­mal­ly have your ther­mo­stat set to 75, a typ­i­cal con­trol event begin­ning at 3 p.m. would look like this:

3:00–4:00 p.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 73
4:00–5:00 p.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 77
5:00–6:00 p.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 78
6:00–7:00 p.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 79
After 7 p.m.: Ther­mo­stat returns to 75, con­trol relin­quished

WINTER EXAMPLE

If you nor­mal­ly have your ther­mo­stat set to 67, a typ­i­cal con­trol event begin­ning at 6 a.m. would look like this:

6:00–7:00 a.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 69
7:00–8:00 a.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 65
8:00–9:00 a.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 64
9:00–10:00 a.m.: Ther­mo­stat adjust­ed to 63
After 10 a.m.: Ther­mo­stat returns to 67, con­trol relin­quished