Xcel Locks Customers’ Thermostats

When thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, they learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes. Temperature locked temporarily during energy emergency Due to a rare energy emergency that may affect the local energy grid, your temperature slider has been changed from 8:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. because you enrolled in a Community Energy Savings program. To opt out, contact Xcel Energy, Central at ecobee.central@xcelenergy.com Got it

Тысячи клиентов Xcel в Колорадо обнаруживают, что не могут изменить температуру в собственных домах из-за программы экономии энергии. Шутка построена на абсурдной ситуации, когда энергокомпания фактически блокирует пользователям управление термостатом во время чрезвычайной ситуации. EN: Thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado discover that they cannot change the temperature in their own homes because of an energy-saving program. The joke relies on the absurd situation of an energy company effectively locking users out of their thermostat controls during an emergency.

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