Date: May 2024

It’s not the same old game with smart thermostats.PG&E worked with Uplight to study automated response of smart thermostats during everyday time of use rate hours in addition to running DR events. Tracking the benefits closely, Demand Side Analytics compared smart thermostat device data with PG&E customer SmartMeter data to pinpoint the tangible values. A one-year study transitioned to a two-year pilot and customers who elected the TOU automated response were tracked over the course of the three total years. The results are very interesting and across thermostat manufacturers there are noticeable differences.

Speakers:
Josh Bode, Demand Side Analytics
Wendy Brummer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Chief Lefavire, Uplight