Get a Virtual Prepaid Mastercard® plus a seasonal bonus when you participate in Alliant Energy® Smart Hours

Do you have central air conditioning and a smart thermostat? Then you can get rewarded for being a little more flexible with your thermostat schedule! Join Alliant Energy® Smart Hours to help keep energy affordable, protect our energy grid, and get an enrollment bonus — plus up to $25 for each season you are enrolled and eligible to participate!

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If you’re ready to make your thermostat even smarter, enroll in Alliant Energy® Smart Hours and get a Virtual Prepaid Mastercard just for joining!

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No thermostat? No problem! Alliant Energy offers rebates for qualified smart thermostats, PLUS additional bonuses for when you enroll that device in Alliant Energy® Smart Hours.

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A smarter way to use energy

Heating and cooling a home uses a lot of energy. In fact, on extremely hot or cold days, demand can spike so much that getting power to everyone who needs it can become expensive.

As a member of Alliant Energy® Smart Hours, you help us keep energy cleaner and more affordable for everyone by shifting some of your energy use out of the hours when it is most in demand. Smart Hours events only happen up to 15 times each season, but by coordinating your energy use with thousands of others right when it counts, we can protect the energy system while keeping you comfy.

It doesn't take any extra effort on your part, and you'll earn rewards for each season you participate.

Here's how it works:

Sign up and sync

When you sign up, you are enrolled in the summer or winter season, or both, depending on your heating and cooling equipment. After you're signed up, our technology will communicate with your smart thermostat to learn your regular heating and cooling settings so that we can be sure to keep you comfortable on event days.

Smart Hours events

A few times each season, when weather gets really hot or cold and it looks like the demand for energy is going to spike, we'll schedule a Smart Hours event. On these days, we'll adjust your thermostat schedule to be a little more flexible. This means we'll heat or cool your home before the predicted energy spike, then reduce your use a little during Smart Hours events, flattening the energy spike and keeping energy prices down.

Stay in control

During Smart Hours events, if your home's temperature ever fluctuates by more than a few degrees, your heat/air conditioner will kick in to get you back to your preferred temperature. And if you need to, you can always adjust your thermostat.

We'll get in touch in advance to let you know when Smart Hours events are planned, and we'll never adjust your settings on regular days, so you're always in control.

Stay informed

Most of the time, the program won’t have any effect on your day-to-day. We only work with your thermostat during Smart Hours events, and we’ll notify you beforehand so you know when they're coming.

There will be a maximum of 15 Smart Hours events each season (summer runs Jun. 1 to Sep. 30, winter is Dec. 1 to Mar. 31). We'll rarely reduce your energy use for more than four hours, and it will never happen on weekends or holidays.

Make a difference

By simply letting us make your thermostat schedule a bit more flexible, you're helping us keep energy costs affordable, reducing your carbon footprint, and making our energy system more efficient.

Join now to make a difference for your community and the planet.

Eligible homes must:

  • Have eligible Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostat(s). See which brands we support.
  • Have a Wi-Fi network that is always on.
  • Have central air conditioning or a heat pump connected to a smart thermostat to be eligible to participate in our summer program.
  • Receive both electric and gas from Alliant Energy, and have central air conditioning and an electric or gas furnace to be eligible to participate in both summer and winter seasons (limit on enrollment bonus per household).
  • Not be enrolled in Iowa's Appliance Cycling program.

Personalized comfort

Your smart thermostat will learn your personal temperature preferences and how your home uses energy so we can help you make an impact on the environment without impacting your comfort.

Reduce waste and spending

By participating in Smart Hours events, you can help prevent strain on the energy system that makes energy inefficient and more expensive.

Set-it-and-forget-it technology

On occasional days when energy demand is extra-high, Alliant Energy Smart Hours will automatically adjust your thermostat, finding the best times to heat (in winter) or cool (in summer) your home. You don't need to do a thing!