A government agency in Germany announced plans to remotely limit home heating and charging of electric cars under a new scheme.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency, a watchdog that regulates electricity and gas in the country, said the plan would allow the power grid operators to remotely limit people’s use of heat pumps and electric car chargers next winter without the user’s consent.
The plans, set to be in place by January 2024, will give energy grid operators the power to artificially curb electricity demand if consumption outstrips supply.
The sort of plan designed to be implemented only in a state of emergency … permanent emergency.
