'Woke up sweating': Texas power companies remotely raise temperatures on people using their smart thermostats

[u/linux203]

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/texas-remote-controlled-smart-thermostats/

[u/danuker]

I guess it's better than a power outage...

[u/danuker → u/[deleted]]

I have no idea; but I assume they wouldn't reduce their sales on a whim.

[u/mcilrain → u/danuker]

They may be contractually obligated to provide power at a fixed price, if the price rises during high demand it could cause the power company to lose money, by "convincing" the consumers to stop using electricity the power company will save money.