Business ProfileforOhmConnect, Inc.

I think ohm connect is a huge scam. I'm pretty sure they get paid by PG&E for every customer they sign up. PG&E basically passes the buck. The company gives you some credits here and there, especially when you first sign up. They proceed to give and take away credits so you can never win. They are the winners. They try to sell you lots of things and find ways to take away and credits you do earn. So you get your energy use down to literally nothing and you cannot decrease energy use any more without turning off your grandma's oxygen machine and turning your refrigerator off for the savings hour.PGE used to have energy use in real time. There seems to be no way to monitor your energy use with the smart meters which should be able to communicate with your phone. Instead they offer you a sign up with these scam companies like Ohm Connect. It seems like a great opportunity for a class action.

Good afternoon, ***,Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience. We appreciate the opportunity to confirm that OhmConnect is not a scam by clarifying how OhmConnect gets paid and rewards its members.First, OhmConnect is a Demand Response program, we respond when the energy grid providers predict that the grid will be stressed! ?Most of the time, the energy market accurately predicts how much energy will be needed in a given region. But sometimes, people use more energy than forecasted, which means the grid will turn on a fast-acting power plant to balance the system. Thats where OhmConnect steps in!As such, we are paid by the energy grid providers, not the utility companies, based on how much energy we can remove from the grid during times when the grid is likely to be stressed out. Linked below is an article that goes into more depth about energy markets and how OhmConnect is paid while being a free program for our members:******************************************************************************************** From there, we pass those earnings on to our members, based on their energy savings. Our goal is to make your rewards for saving energy transparent and consistent! As such, we reward you through OhmConnects ***** economy and a concept called Potential *****. Your Potential ***** are directly associated with your kWh usage.For example, if your average usage over the past 10 days is ***** kWh, your Potential ***** will be 800 *****. Then based on how you perform (% reduction), you will earn a direct percentage of your Potential ***** number. For example, if you were to reduce 50% then you would see 400 Energy *****. Additionally, you can always check your energy usage reporting through a service called ******************* linked below:*********************************************************************** After that, youll have the opportunity to spend your ***** in the Rewards Marketplace to redeem for gift cards, prize entries, devices, and even cash!Further, the reason we have negative ***** is because we share the responsibility with our members to provide the energy reduction that we have promised to the energy grid operators for each OhmHour. If we do not follow through with the amount of energy reduction we agreed to, then we are penalized accordingly. So, we pass on the implications of not saving energy to members who dont reduce energy during an event, similar to how we pass on the benefits for saving energy.To be fully transparent, the prices of energy fluctuate with the demands of the grid and typically only go up. We will continue to remain a free program that rewards our members as much as we can.Thanks again for sharing your experience and allowing us the chance to provide clarification. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to us at ********************************* the best,OhmConnect