In the same trend as these devices I have a home automation system that has outlets that can monitor (some of them can) energy usage and they can be shut off via a utility on my tablet. I can hit one button on this utility to turn everything in the house off. It also controls my thermostat so I can set it to 50° when I'm going to be away for a while and I can remotely have it warm up the house right before I get home. I plan on adding an outlet outside this coming winter so I can have better control over when the block heater for my car fires up.
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