Why does York Electric want to control my thermostat?

When the coop­er­a­tive pur­chas­es pow­er, ener­gy at those peak hours is more expen­sive. The more we can cut down on how much ener­gy is used dur­ing those peri­ods, the low­er our pow­er bill will be. We will use that sav­ings to hold down costs for our mem­bers.