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

Should I do Load Management?

28 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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28 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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A short podcast segment (speaker: Derek Cole) advising against enrolling in utility load-management programs. The speaker argues that the typical savings—around $25–$30 per year—are too small to justify the risk that the utility can remotely cut power, possibly during hot days when cooling is needed, causing significant inconvenience.

I would not recommend it. Not at all. I mean, you're saving, what, $25 a month? No, $25 a year. And basically they get to turn your power off whenever they feel like it. So if it's 100 degree day and your unit's working cooling the house, and you're, like, hanging out, and all of a sudden they could flip the switch and turn the power off. So I personally don't think it's worth 25, 30 bucks a year to have that kind of inconvenience.