I think the issue is that timers are more far more accurate than commercial breaks. As in: at 6:00:00 exactly the thermostats switch on simultaneously.
That's something you'd think a Smart Meter would have been designed to avoid... but I always assumed that a Smart Meter was mostly there as an excuse to put the people who used to read meters onto welfare, rather than anything that would give me a benefit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
