Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Load Management for HVAC

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

Episode

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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A podcast excerpt in which the speaker rejects their energy company's load-management/demand-response program (offered for about $30–32/year). The speaker objects because the program allows the utility to cycle or turn off their air conditioner during hot days—potentially for many hours—causing loss of comfort and high indoor temperatures. The speaker finds the small financial incentive not worth the comfort and family impact.

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I'm going to give you my opinion. I would never sign up for this program. My energy company offers it to me and I say no because for 32 bucks a year, they now have control to turn my power off and my AC off. I'm sorry, my ac, not my power, my AC off whenever they feel like it. So last week it was 101 degrees and they could turn my power or my AC off at 2pm and leave it off for. I think the contract says like, you know, within 18 hours they can go more than 10 hours. What? You realize how warm my house gets when it's 100 degrees outside and my AC is off? So no, it's not worth it. For 30 bucks, I'm not going to sacrifice my comfort, my family's comfort and more importantly, when I get home at 5, 36, 30 at night, I don't want my house to be 79, 80 degrees and I'm time to pull it down to 74 because the power has been off on my AC for the last two hours. So.