Smart grid that controls utility use comes to KC

Kansas City introduces thermostats that give power companies control over the temperature in your home. But don't be upset. It's all for the good of the planet, you know.

By CHAD DAY
The Kansas City Star

It’s a 98-degree August day. Air conditioners along Prospect Avenue near 42nd Street are running at full bore.

Suddenly the whirring stops, all at once, without anyone touching a thermostat.

Someone miles away at Kansas City Power & Light decided residents on this block could stand a slightly warmer home for a while to save energy.

That’s the future, and it’s called the smart grid. Someday it could be in your own home and in millions more nationwide.

Kansas City’s urban core in the Green Impact Zone will be the testing ground for advances in the smart grid, which is the name for a project to upgrade electrical devices in your home and upgrade power lines in the area.

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