Alliant Energy® Smart Hours for business – Wisconsin

A smarter way to use energy and earn rewards

On very hot or cold days, demand for energy can spike and make power more expensive and less efficient to produce.

Alliant Energy® Smart Hours for Business helps manage the demand for energy during peak hours and keeps our service more reliable and cost effective.

Your business’s participation in Smart Hours will help reduce strain on the energy grid. Plus, you’ll earn rewards just for participating.

Enroll a qualified smart device in Smart Hours and we’ll automatically connect to your device to reduce your energy use during times of high demand. We’ll notify you of the Smart Hours event in advance, and you’re always in control; you can opt out at any time.

The more devices you enroll, the more rewards you earn.

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Smart thermostats

Enroll a smart thermostat in Alliant Energy® Smart Hours for Business and get a $25 virtual Prepaid Mastercard, plus $25 per season you participate.

When you enroll in Smart Hours:

We’ll communicate with your device to shift your energy use away from times of high demand.
We’ll always notify you before we adjust your device settings.
We’ll precool or preheat your business before a Smart Hours event, then reduce usage during the event. We’ll always keep your business comfy, within a few degrees of your preferred setting.
You’re always in control. You can opt out of an event at any time.
You’ll earn rewards each season you participate.

All you need to enroll is a qualified smart thermostat, central air conditioning and Wi-Fi.

Enroll your smart thermostat

Smart thermostats: Full program details and eligibility

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 Wisconsin.
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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