Smart Direct Load Control Pilot Program
Save smart with a free smart thermostat
The Entergy Arkansas Smart Direct Load Control Pilot Program is helping our residential and business customers save energy by offering a Copeland Sensi Touch smart thermostat (a $350 value) and free professional installation at absolutely no additional cost when you enroll in the program.
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Information for participating customers
Already have your own smart thermostat?
What can a free Sensi smart thermostat do for you?
Accommodate your comfort
A Sensi smart thermostat allows you to set schedules of preferred temperatures for days, nights and even weekends. It also offers tighter temperature controls.
Adjust anywhere
By connecting your Sensi smart thermostat to your home’s Wi-Fi, you can control the temperature from anywhere using your tablet or smartphone.
Provide award-winning quality
Copeland has won several ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards for the quality of their Sensi smart thermostats.
Who is eligible?
Entergy Arkansas residential and small business customers who own their home or business, have central air conditioners and have Wi-Fi are eligible to participate in one of two ways:
Get a new thermostat with free installation
If you don’t already have a smart thermostat, enroll to receive a new Copeland Sensi Touch smart thermostat with free professional installation – a $350 value. In addition to the thermostat, you’ll receive a participation incentive at the end of the year.
Use your existing smart thermostat
Enroll your existing Sensi or Honeywell thermostat. You’ll receive an incentive at enrollment and a participation incentive at the end of the year.
Multiple thermostats are allowed to be enrolled in the program if all thermostats are mapped to one air conditioning unit. Heat pump systems are eligible for enrollment; mini splits and zoned systems are not.
If you are participating in the Summer Advantage program but wish to have a smart thermostat installed, first you must call 1-866-224-7812 to have your air conditioning control switch removed.
What are the incentives?
One-time enrollment incentive
| PATH | INCENTIVE |
| New thermostat Residential or nonresidential |
Free professionally installed thermostat ($350 value) |
| Enroll your own qualifying device Residential Nonresidential |
1 $50 $100 |
Annual participation incentive
This incentive is based on your thermostat’s participation in demand response events. To maximize your incentive, do not opt out of events.
| Number of event opt-outs | Zero or 1 | 2 or 3 | 4 or more |
| Residential customer incentive | $40 | $25 | $0 |
| Nonresidential customer incentive | $100 | $50 | $0 |
How does it work?
Enjoy effortless savings by enrolling in the Smart Direct Load Control Pilot Program and help reduce high energy demand when it counts most – during the summer months when tens of thousands of central air conditioning systems are all running at the same time. The demand for energy can put a strain on the power supply. That’s where you come in.
When you join this program, a signal will be sent to your enrolled thermostat to automatically adjust the temperature setting by two to four degrees on days when electricity demand is highest, helping to reduce demand when it counts most.
Between June 1 and Sept. 30 each year, your enrolled thermostat will alert you when an energy- saving conservation event is underway and provide the time an event is scheduled to end.
Events are only held on weekdays; not on weekends or holidays. By allowing Entergy to slightly increase your thermostat’s set temperature, you can cash in by earning participation incentives.
Why should I enroll?
In addition to a free smart thermostat and/or cash incentives for you, when you automatically reduce your energy use at these important times, you help prevent outages, maintain current energy supply and preserve the natural environment by requiring less electricity production. When you participate in this program, you get rewarded for helping to prevent power outages and reduce emissions on hot, humid days.
Already have a smart thermostat? No problem.
You can still enroll in the program if you have a qualifying thermostat.
Bottom line: The Smart Direct Load Control Program is a win-win for everyone. Don’t wait to start saving.
Still have questions? Contact the Smart Direct Load Control Pilot Program today by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-833-807-7682.
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