Alarm.com Give Back, Get Back helps Alarm.com smart thermostats work with electric utility companies’ energy saving programs, which may qualify customers for special savings or incentives.
These programs are usually run during the hot summer months when electrical demand is high due to air conditioner use. By enrolling in a supported program, customers allow their utility provider to offset their thermostat setpoint during peak hours to lessen the load on the power grid. Utility providers may also lower the temperature before peak hours to increase comfort before the setpoint is increased during peak hours.
Note : Any customer enrolled in Give Back, Get Back is able to opt out of a single event or opt out of the program entirely at any time. Opting out will have an effect on available savings/incentives offered through the program.
The Give Back, Get Back program is offered for customers in supported markets using Alarm.com-connected thermostats.
To opt into the Give Back, Get Back program:
- Log into the customer website.
- In the Thermostats card, click >.
- Click Give Back, Get Back.
- Click Settings and Notifications.
Email notifications give customers advanced notice of thermostat adjustments. There is an average of 6-10 peak events per season. To override settings, customers simply increase or decrease the temperature during an event.
Supported Energy Programs
These are the supported Give Back, Get Back programs as of 7/8/2024.
| Energy Program Name | Status | Active State(s)/Province(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Savings Rewards | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| PSEG Long Island Smart Savers | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| Smart Savers program | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| Southern California Edison’s Smart Energy Program | Actively Enrolling | California |
| Smart Savers Rewards | Actively Enrolling | Connecticut |
| Austin Energy Power Partner™ Thermostat Program | Actively Enrolling | Texas |
| WiFi Thermostat Rewards program | Actively Enrolling | Texas |
| Smart Savings Rewards | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| Sawnee Smart Savers | Actively Enrolling | Georgia |
| LES Peak Rewards | Actively Enrolling | Nebraska |
| SRP BYOT program | Actively Enrolling | Arizona |
| Smart Energy Program | Actively Enrolling | Alaska |
| ConnectedSolutions | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| ConnectedSolutions | Actively Enrolling | Massachusetts |
| APS Cool Rewards | Actively Enrolling | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico |
| DTE Smart Savers | Actively Enrolling | Michigan |
| Eversource ConnectedSolutions | Actively Enrolling | Massachusetts |
| Unitil ConnectedSolutions | Actively Enrolling | Massachusetts; New Hampshire |
| MGE Connect | Actively Enrolling | Wisconsin |
| Duke Energy Power Manager Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | North Carolina; South Carolina |
| Duke Energy Progress EnergyWise Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | North Carolina; South Carolina |
| LADWP Power Savers program | Actively Enrolling | California |
| CenterPoint Energy Smart Cycle | Actively Enrolling | Indiana |
| Entergy New Orleans Energy Smart EasyCool | Actively Enrolling | Louisiana |
| ConnectedSolutions | Actively Enrolling | Massachusetts |
| Duke Energy Power Manager Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | Indiana; Ohio |
| Energy Wise Wi-Fi Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | Minnesota |
| Entergy Mississippi Smart Thermostat Program | Actively Enrolling | Georgia; Mississippi; Tennessee |
| PSO Power Hours | Actively Enrolling | Oklahoma |
| SMECO SmartTemp | Actively Enrolling | Maryland |
| Power Savers New York | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| Appalachian Power’'s Bring Your Own Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | Virginia; West Virginia |
| Colorado Springs Utilities Peak Energy Rewards | Actively Enrolling | Colorado |
| IMPowerRewards | Actively Enrolling | Indiana; Michigan; Ohio |
| Connected Solutions Rhode Island | Actively Enrolling | Rhode Island |
| Smart Savers program | Actively Enrolling | New York |
| Power Smart program | Actively Enrolling | California |
| AMP Community Energy Savings | Actively Enrolling | Michigan; Ohio |
| Save On Energy Peak Perks program | Actively Enrolling | |
| Peak Time Savings | Actively Enrolling | Illinois |
| Bring Your Own Thermostat program | Actively Enrolling | Kentucky; Tennessee |
| Power Savers Texas | Currently Disabled | Arkansas; Louisiana; Oklahoma; Texas |
| TEP Smart Rewards | Currently Disabled | Arizona |
| JCP&L Energy Savings Rewards | Currently Disabled | New Jersey |
| SWEPCO’s Bring Your Own Device program | Currently Disabled | Arkansas; Texas |