What about security? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/12/smart_grid_security_risks/ talks about how smart grids can be hacked. If this is a radio signal, what type of authentication is there? A city-wide sweep on a certain frequency could effectively disable all devices attached to the tranceivers. No thanks! And to disable it, look for the power source; there has to be a battery or plug somewhere.

And remember, you are putting ultimate control of your a/c unit in Duke's hands. The main purpose of this is to help Duke, not you. - OMG something smart and accurate!

Raising our rates again! Damn u, I called to complain, also meantioned their going to raise another time this year to cover cost of the wind storm last year. "Yes sir we need to recover our costs of all the repairs." I said well then when the repair bill is covered you will turn around and LOWER the bill back to what it is now RIGHT? TOTAL SILENCE DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR HOW TO RESPOND, I JUST HEARD A LONG SILENCE WHILST SEE TRIED TO GATHER HER THOUGHTS! GO SCREW YOURSELVES DUKE! Your the worst thing thats happened to cincy since CG&E left us!!!

just another screw job.

Trusting duke is like trusting oh bummer.

I have it.. it was here when I bought my house, and i find that i wake up in the middle of the night to it feeling very warm. Also when I am home I find that I am turning the AC lower to stay cool. I don't like it, but I not sure what I need to do to have it removed. I have called and never received a call back.

You think this is bad? Wait for cap and trade or some form of it to past. Cap and Trade will cause YOUR ELECTRICITY RATES TO GO UP 90%.

Screw "Puke Energy" They have enough control over us

They just graciously hit us with yet ANOTHER rate hike. Duke could start saving money by reducing bonuses to over paid execs, then stop giving kickbacks to companies. A one time credit of 25 bucks is a joke. I,m sure they will find ways to squander whatever savings they get and continue to raise rates. Winston57 you make some good points.

Duke is a damn joke... Jacking up the bills 25 bucks a house cause of Hurricane Ike... YEAH wthever... Duke sucks