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BC Hydro Peak Saver: "Earn rewards for shifting your energy use during peak events" (www.bchydro.com)

submitted 6 months ago by otters_raft@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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If anyone has done this in the past, and if so, what has your experience been like?

I'm curious about the smart home device enrollment in particular, since I imagine a lot of people here are using the selfhosting-compatible devices. Assuming BC Hydro is handling can handle the adjustments securely/reliably, this seems like a cool program?

Join Peak Saver to earn money back on your BC Hydro bill for using less electricity during brief times of high demand, called peak events. This program rewards you for being flexible when you use electricity, which helps us manage demand on our system.

Whether you prefer a hands-on challenge or to sit back and leave it to us, there are different options to shift, save and earn money during peak events.

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I have only ever seen negatives posted about these types of programs.

Keep in mind that the events are normally when you also want it.

Think of them turning your AC off during a heat wave type of event.

As someone who self hosts most things I would never hand over control to the utility for my HVAC.