According to Walter Williams, the state nannies in California are preparing to control your thermostats for you:

The California Energy Commission has recently proposed amendments to its standards for energy efficiency. These standards include a requirement that any new or modified heating or air conditioning system must include a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) whose settings can be remotely controlled by government authorities. A thermostat czar, sitting in Sacramento, would be empowered to remotely reduce the heating or cooling of your house during what he deems as an “emergency event.”

Building more nuclear power plants would negate the need for such an intrusive measure. But that’s not what governments want. They want greater need for their meddling.