Have you worn your winter coat indoors before turning on the heat? Adjusted the temperature when no one was looking? Well, you’re apparently not alone.
Indiana Michigan Power recently invited customers to share feedback on their thermostat practices. Among the big takeaways:
• Over 73% stated they would not wait until everyone had to wear their winter coat inside before turning on the heat.
• Almost 60% did however admit they don’t mind toughing it out and won’t turn their thermostat on the moment they are cold.
• Most participants stated they would not argue with a partner or roommate over when to turn on the heat and to what setting.
• For pet-owners, 27% admitted to prioritizing the comfort of their pet over their partner or roommate.
• The ideal thermostat setting was agreed to be under 70 degrees. This barely edging out the 70-73 degree setting in the fall and winter.
What else did our survey find?
Nationally, interest in smart thermostat usage is on the rise. Over 56% of customer said they currently own a Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostat. The survey also revealed gas as the most common way homeowners heat their homes. Electric heat and other sources, such as wood or geothermal, were close behind.
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Screw I & M. I have a gas fired furnace so why would I & M have any interest? National news reports say that we need to DOUBLE our power lines infrastructure to support the new and improved green energy cult. What is I & M doing about that? Without new distribution lines all those windmills and solar panels were worthless even when they are working (the wind is blowing and the sun is out). The best green energy plan wold be for he new nuclear plans that have been designed. The storage of spent fuel is far less of a problem than EV batteries, wind turban blades, and solar panels that have reached their design life span. Not to mention all the fossil fuel needed to create them along with rare earth minerals coming from slave labor in China and mined by little kids in Africa. Everyone seems to think a perpetual energy machine has been created. It does not exist. There is nothing free in life, NOTHING!.
I&M electric is a complete scam artist concerned with only filling their corporate greedy pockets.
Yes, they filed a lawsuit for a cease and desist on myself and after 5 and 1/2 years. I’m happy to say I beat them at their own game.
It cost me tens of thousands of dollars to do it and again they are nothing but a bunch of greedy self-centered gold diggers concerned about no one but themselves