ConnectedSolutions works with Wifi connected devices to reduce home electric usage during periods of high energy demand.

Earn a $25 instant start-up incentive, and a $20 annual incentive for every thermostat connected to central air conditioning in your home.

How It Works

On extremely hot humid summer days, when the grid is stressed, it is important to conserve energy. Reducing energy at these times (known as peak) reduces energy costs across MA, conserves natural resources, decreases pollution, and reduces carbon emissions.

Unitil has made it easy for you to conserve energy at these peak times. All you have to do is enroll your qualified, wifi thermostat. Unitil will automatically send a signal to your thermostat to precool your home 2° F before the peak event and increase your thermostat setting 3° F during the peak event.

Information on when peak events may occur:

• June-September on hot humid days
• Weekdays
• Non-holidays
• Between 2-7pm

There are typically 8 – 15 peak events every summer.

You can opt out of a peak event anytime by changing your thermostat setting.

You can opt out of most or all peak events, however Unitil may un-enroll you from the program for the following year if the program is not a good fit for you.

To be eligible, you must be a Unitil Massachusetts residential electric Customer with central air conditioning in your home.      

The WIFI thermostats supported by this program are:

• ADC
• Ecobee
• Emerson
• Honeywell (including Lyric)
• Lux
• Nest
• Radio Thermostat
• Resideo