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ConEd

As we've reported before, Alarm.com partners with electrical power providers all over the country in a demand response program called Give Back Get Back. In exchange for allowing your participating provider to adjust your thermostat slightly during peak demand hours, you receive a bonus.

According to Alarm.com, there are typically between six (6) and ten (10) peak events per summer season. Customers who opt into this program in their area will receive advance notice of any adjustment that is planned for their location. They have the ability to opt-out of a particular event, or the entire program, at any time. The most recent additions to the Give Back Get Back program are:

AEP PSO of Oklahoma

AEP PSO calls this program PSO's Power Hours program. In order to be eligible, you must be a PSO residential customer and the electric service must be in your name. You must have an eligible internet-connected smart thermostat controlling your central air conditioning. And you must agree to allow PSO to make brief, small adjustments to your thermostat during Peak Events on high demand days.

As an incentive, you will receive a $50 e-gift card per eligible device, once you have successfully enrolled that device into the program. This e-gift card will arrive within 60 days of your acceptance in the program. It will be sent to the email address used to register for the program so be sure you enter your email address correctly when signing up! At the end of the summer season, starting in 2022, you will receive a $25 e-gift card per participating thermostat. If you are enrolled in AEP PSO Oklahoma's Time-of-Day (TOD) rate option, you can also participate in the Power Hours Program.

Qualifying Thermostats:

ConEd

By enrolling in ConEd's program in 2022, customers earn a chance to win a $5,000 prize. ConEd calls their program Power Savers. To be eligible to participate, you must be a resident of New York with an electric utility account, you must use your thermostat to control central air conditioning, and you must have installed an eligible thermostat. Note that the list of eligible thermostats is quite a bit smaller for ConEd.

Qualifying Thermostats:

AEP ApCo Virginia

With AEP ApCo, Appalachian Power Virginia, enrolled customers receive a $50 e-gift card upon enrollment and acceptance into the program. In addition, customers can earn up to $25 in e-gift cards at the end of the season ($5 for each summer month of participation from May - September).

To be eligible to enroll, you must be an Appalachian Power, VA residential electric customer, and the electrical service must be in your name. Once you install an eligible inter-connected smart thermostat for your central air conditioning system and sign up to allow Appalachian Power to make brief, small adjustments to your thermostat on days of high energy demand, you will receive your e-gift card. It should arrive within 60 days of being accepted into the program. The e-gift card will be sent to the email address used to register your thermostat, so be sure you enter your email address correctly, then be on the lookout for your gift card!

Qualifying Thermostats:

If you're an Alarm Grid customer and you use an Alarm.com compatible panel with a Z-Wave or WIFI Smart Thermostat, you may be eligible to enroll in the same type of program in your area. To find out, you can go to enrollmythermostat.com, enter your Zip Code in the space supplied, and find out if your electrical, and in some cases gas company participates in the Give Back Get Back Program. As the old saying goes, every little bit helps!

Have a security-related topic you'd like to hear more about? Drop a comment in the space below and we'll research and post relevant information. What do you think about the Give Back Get Back Program? Are you in an area where you can take advantage of this feature? If not, contact your utilities provider, maybe they're unaware of this incentive program.

Hi DIYers! Did you have a spooky day yesterday? We certainly hope so. Our office had a fun and festive Halloween celebration yesterday. As you know, we were all still very excited about our new office sign. Our Halloween party featured tasty treats, decorations, and of course, costumes.

We must admit that most of our office wasn't in the spirit and opted not to dress-up this year. Boo them. They receive shame. But we did get some creative costumes this year. Our lineup included:

• Cookie Monster
• A Super Cool Biker Lady
• The Grim Reaper
• A Witch (who cursed all of us btw)
• A Silly Ghost
• A Loyal & Dependable Scout
• A Kitty Kat
• T-Rex

If you couldn't tell, I was the Scout. Things got a little rowdy though as I almost got eaten.

We had a costume contest. It was neck and neck between the T-Rex and myself. Unfortunately, the T-Rex has the bigger neck (and he threatened to eat everyone), so he won the contest. To celebrate, the T-Rex was provided some spending money in the form of a gift card. We're not sure how he will use it, but at least nobody was eaten. Congratulations go out to the T-Rex.

There were some sore feelings, as the Cookie Monster believed he was the rightful winner.

Don't worry Cookie Monster, we have the leftover cookies for you as a consolation prize. They're soft & delicious.

It is also our understanding that the Silly Ghost stepped on the T-Rex's tail and caused severe injuries. Our team responded by naming the Silly Ghost the worst costume of the year. We hope he returns next year with something better.

We also graciously allowed the T-Rex to shoot a video of the Qolsys IQ Panel 2 Plus. We hope you enjoy it and learn a lot.

In all seriousness, this was a really fun Halloween. Thanks to everyone at Alarm Grid who dressed up, and thank you, our customers, for reading about our festivities. While we like to have fun sometimes, we take our alarm monitoring services very seriously. You're always invited to email us at support@alarmgrid.com if you need any help or have any questions. Remember that our support hours are from 9am to 8pm ET M-F. We look forward to hearing from you!

Alarm Grid is committed to giving our customers the best experience anywhere on the web. That means, we want you to love coming to our site, but we also want to make sure that you love your experience off of our site as well. We are doing everything we can on-site (perhaps you've noticed the beautiful new product pictures we've been displaying, such as the beautiful L7000, shown below)

So for the artists among you, we have launched a contest to design our Facebook page! Jump in, participate! We will be selecting a winner within the week, and will likely have a revamped Facebook page soon thereafter.