Using Your Google Nest Thermostat with OhmConnect

Why You Should Use OhmConnect with Nest Thermostat

So why would you give OhmConnect permission to adjust the temperature on your Nest thermostat? Because we’re helping automate your energy savings so you don’t have to worry about it. Instead of setting an alarm to remind yourself to manually lower the thermostat during an OhmHour, you can link your Nest thermostat to your OhmConnect account.

When you link your Nest thermostat to OhmConnect, it also allows us to pre-cool your home in the summer and pre-heat it in the winter so that you remain comfortable when the HVAC is off during an OhmHour.

During that OhmHour, you’ll earn big rewards. Just for having your Nest thermostat participate in an OhmHour, you’ll earn 320 Watts. That’s on top of the Watts you’ll earn from the actual energy savings that happened thanks to the lower air conditioning or heating consumption: we’ve found that our average member saves 210 Watts per OhmHour this way. All told, that’s a combined 530 Watts just for having a Nest thermostat participate in OhmHours!


Here are all the details:

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  There can be multiple rush hour events each summer and winter. Rush hour events can consist of a pre-cooling period in the summer or pre-heating period in the winter to make your home more comfortable and a period of time when your energy usage is reduced.
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  Energy rush hours will start in May and end in October in the summer and will start in November and end in April in the winter. They will occur on non-holiday weekdays and weekends between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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  There can be multiple rush hour events per day.
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  In the unlikely situation of a critical demand on the electric grid, OhmConnect may need to call a critical rush hour event. Critical rush hour events can occur at any time of day.