Sign up and sync
Depending on your heating and cooling equipment, you can enroll in just the summer or both the summer and winter seasons. Once you sign up, our technology learns your regular heating and cooling settings from your smart thermostat so we can keep you comfortable on event days.
Smart Hours events
We schedule Smart Hours events on a few extremely hot or cold days each season when we expect energy demand will spike. On these days, we’ll heat or cool your business before the predicted energy spike, then reduce your use slightly during the Smart Hours event to flatten the energy spike and keep energy prices down.
Stay in control
We’ll contact you a day before each Smart Hours event. We’ll never adjust your settings on nonevent days.
If your business’s temperature ever fluctuates more than a few degrees during Smart Hours events, your heater or air conditioner will kick in to get you back to your preferred temperature.
You’re always in control. You can always adjust your own thermostat during an event, but know that by doing so, you opt out of that event. You may not earn seasonal rewards if you opt out of too many Smart Hours events.
Stay informed
We’ll schedule a maximum of 15 Smart Hours events each season (summer runs June 1 to September 30, and winter is December 1 to March 31). We rarely reduce your energy use for more than four hours, and never on weekends or holidays. For more information, visit our FAQ.
Who is eligible?
- You must be an Alliant Energy business customer in Iowa.
- Your business must have at least one eligible Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat (limit one enrollment bonus per business). See which brands we support.
- Your business must have a Wi-Fi network that is always on.
- Businesses with a central air conditioner connected to a smart thermostat are eligible to participate in our summer program.
- Businesses with a central air conditioner and a gas or electric furnace connected to a smart thermostat are eligible to participate in both summer and winter seasons.
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