Ohio Bill Would Let Utilities Create Optional Programs to Control Customers' Thermostats to Reduce Energy Use

Ohio bill would let utilities create optional programs to control customers' thermostats to reduce energy use

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) -- A state lawmaker proposes allowing utilities to take control of volunteering customers' thermostats or appliances, to decrease overall demand on the energy grid in times of peak consumption. Such optional demand response programs are already available to large commercial users, but House Bill 427, introduced in late August by state Rep. Roy Klopfenstein, R-Haviland, would allow utilities to develop them for residential co…

Republican bill allows utility companies to limit customers’ energy usage in Ohio

By T.A. DeFeo Proposed legislation would allow utility companies to temporarily limit the amount of customers’ energy usage during peak demand times. Rep. Roy Klopfenstein, R-Haviland, introduced H…

Republican Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Ration Energy

Instead of demanding that utility companies spend up for reliable sources of energy, legislators try to balance the shortfall on the backs of consumers. Worse, this type of nonsense come Republican lawmakers. Public Utilities are monopolies under strict control of public boards and are supposed to provide energy to all consumers. As I wrote in Technocracy’s Necessary Requirements, this was the plan for Technocracy as revealed in the Technocracy …