Fact-check: Are Texas power companies remotely adjusting people's thermostats 'without their
Fact-check: Are Texas power companies remotely adjusting people's thermostats 'without their permission'?
Tucker Carlson: In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
PolitiFact's ruling: False
Here's why: Summertime temperatures rose into the high 90s last month across Texas. It wasnt an unusual heat for Texas in mid-June, but it did trigger the states grid operator to issue energy conservation alerts.
The alerts issued by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas asked residents to set their thermostats at 78 degrees in order to help maintain grid reliability. For some Texans, that adjustment was made automatically by their WiFi-enabled thermostats.
Weeks later, Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired a segment on his show focusing on those thermostats.
"In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission," he said. Woo. That's not creepy or anything.
Read more:
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/07/12/tucker-carlson-texas-energy-bill-smart-thermostats-fact-check/7914935002/
Facts and Tucker Carlson shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence.