Last updated: September 26, 2024
This page describes the terms and conditions (“Offer Terms”) that apply to OhmConnect’s $50 gift card promotion (referred to in these Offer Terms as the “Promotion”). Open to electric service customers of California utilities Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), and New York utility Con Edison, all as further described below.
PLEASE READ THESE OFFER TERMS CAREFULLY AND IN FULL. THEY CONTAIN CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROMOTION
OhmConnect is a free service that can help consumers decrease energy usage during periods of high demand. OhmConnect, Inc. (“OhmConnect”) is offering a $50 gift card to any of our affiliated merchants, to electric service customers of PG&E, SCE, SDG&E or Con Edison who are new to OhmConnect and sign up through an email provided by Google Nest or a link on the Nest Rebates and Rewards webpage.
These Offer Terms for the Promotion incorporate by reference the additional terms and conditions corresponding to OhmConnect’s demand response program and Google’s Rush Hour Rewards Program, both of which can be found here:
The Promotion is provided in conjunction with Google’s Rush Hour Rewards Program, and enrollment in both is required to qualify for a $50 gift card to any of the affiliated merchants.
You must be a new OhmConnect customer and enrolled in OhmConnect’s demand response program to be eligible to participate in the Promotion. These Offer Terms are meant to be consistent with and supplementary to the Terms of Service. In the event of any inconsistency or direct conflict between these Offer Terms and the Terms of Service, these Offer Terms will prevail.
Subject to availability, OhmConnect will provide a $50 credit that can be used as a gift card to any one of the affiliated merchants to each participant who satisfies the eligibility requirements between October 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time (PT) and June 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM PT (the “Promotional Period”), including enrolling in OhmConnect’s demand response program and connecting your Google Nest Thermostat to OhmConnect within 30 days of creating your OhmConnect account. This Promotion is valid while supplies last.
The Promotion cannot be combined with any other OhmConnect promotions or offerings. OhmConnect reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or terminate the Promotion for any reason or for no reason. All information collected by OhmConnect in connection with the Promotion will be collected and used in accordance with the OhmConnect Privacy Policy.
To be eligible for the Promotion, you must satisfy all of the following conditions and steps:
To receive your $50 gift card, you must satisfy steps 1-5 on or before June 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM PT and within 30 days of creating your OhmConnect account.
Step 1:
Sign up for Google’s Rush Hour Rewards. Click the link provided in the Google email to sign up for Google’s Rush Hour Rewards program. OhmConnect will then send an email prompting you to create an OhmConnect account
Step 2:
Set up an OhmConnect Account. You must become a first time, fully enrolled customer of OhmConnect. To do this either,
1. follow the Nest link to sign up for Google’s Rush Hour Rewards in Step 1;
2. follow the Nest App or Google Home app link, during setup of your new Nest thermostat; or
3. follow the Google Nest email link, the link from the Nest App or Google Home app or the link on the Nest Rebates and Rewards, after setup of your new Nest thermostat.
In each case you will create a new OhmConnect account by providing your email address, zip code, first name, phone number and creating a password. To become an OhmConnect customer, you must also agree to the General Terms.
Step 3:
Authorize Your Utility to Share Usage Data. You must authorize utility usage data to be shared with OhmConnect. Before proceeding to Step 3, your utility (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E or Con Edison) must confirm that sharing has been authorized. Depending on your utility’s authorization process, this may take anywhere from 2 minutes to several weeks, although the average time is approximately 10 minutes.
Step 4:
Connect to OhmConnect. If you followed the Google Nest email link, the link from the Nest App or Google Home app post thermostat setup or the link on the Nest Rebates and Rewards page to register with OhmConnect, connect the Google Nest Thermostat to OhmConnect. You must connect your Google Nest Thermostat to OhmConnect within 30 days of creating your OhmConnect account.
Step 5:
Become an Active User of the OhmConnect Program and Platform. To complete the qualifications for a $50 gift card, you must become an active user of OhmConnect’s demand response program and platform within 30 days of creating your OhmConnect account, including by engaging and participating with the OhmConnect platform, communications and/or events. Please allow at least 30 days for the gift card to be delivered to you after you complete a qualifying activity.
You are solely responsible for purchasing, maintaining and using at your own expense all utility, Wi-Fi, access to the internet, communications and other equipment and devices necessary to participate in the Promotion.
Employees, officers and directors of OhmConnect, its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, and production agencies, Webmasters and Web suppliers, their immediate family members (parents, grandparents, children, siblings, and spouse of any of the foregoing) regardless of where they live and individuals residing in their same household, whether related or not, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.
Any fraudulent, deceptive or illegal activity, including using automated, robotic methods of online participation, and tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Promotion, as determined by OhmConnect in its sole discretion, will result in disqualification from the Promotion. OhmConnect may also prosecute such persons to the full extent of the law.
From time to time, OhmConnect may change these Offer Terms. If it does so, the “Last Updated” line above will be revised. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Offer Terms. Your continued participation in the Promotion following the posting of changes to the Offer Terms indicates your acceptance of those changes. OhmConnect also reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Promotion for any reason or for no reason.
If you have any questions, please contact OhmConnect at help@ohmconnect.com.
