charging an EV at a campground

time2roll wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Time2roll asked for ‘the truth’, so simply note that I’m working WITH him :)..

Denver residents found themselves ‘locked-out’ (to address his allegation, some might even call this Orwellian’??):

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/contact-denver7/thousands-of-xcel-customers-locked-out-of-thermostats-during-energy-emergency

3 tons

From your link and to my point:

Xcel confirmed to Contact Denver7 that 22,000 customers who had signed up for the Colorado AC Rewards program were locked out of their smart thermostats for hours on Tuesday.

"It's a voluntary program. Let's remember that this is something that customers choose to be a part of based on the incentives," said Emmett Romine, vice president of customer solutions and innovation at Xcel.

Customers receive a $100 credit for enrolling in the program and $25 annually, but Romine said customers also agree to give up some control to save energy and money and make the system more reliable.

A discussional ‘re-direct’ as to whether the program is ‘voluntary’ or ‘involuntary’ seems to only (purposefully?) obfuscate the point - that point being that Denver (due to extreme hot weather..) was experiencing an energy emergency, So had to pro-actively undertake emergency measures to mitigate such - The argument of voluntary versus involuntary is strictly your ‘Orwellian’ argument, and doesn’t overshadow their necessity to mitigate - Call this ‘Orwellian’ (as you have) or whatever all you wish, but moving forward it’s not beyond the realm of one’s cogent awareness to see a day when remotely operated t-states are a building requirement, that is IF they’re not already in some locals…Makes little difference to me, but back on topic, I’m not too sure about EV charging and Campgrounds being a good mix - Maybe I’m wrong here…JMHO

3 tons