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The electric Smart Grid will enable signifi cant improvements in electric power reliability and quality through reduction of 

peak power demand, while providing consumers the knowledge and ability to manage their energy consumption and utility 

costs.

According to the Department of Energy (DOE), since 

1982 the growth in peak electricity demand has 

exceeded power transmission growth. This has caused 

more frequent blackouts and service interruptions, as 

well as an increase in the costly reserve capacity the 

power grid requires to meet higher peak demands. 

The increased demand for electrical power across the 

nation has also led to higher peak utility costs. 
Smart appliances are one way to help mitigate this 

problem. By using advanced digital communication 

technologies, smart appliances will be able to 

communicate with local power company or home 

energy management systems, and react accordingly 

to save energy and money. For example, during peak 

demand periods the water heater may pause or delay 

its power consumption and thus reduce the load on the 

smart utility grid. Additionally, smart appliances will also 

communicate with consumers to let them know how 

much energy they are consuming. This will eventually 

allow consumers to control their appliances, manage 

energy usage, and to ultimately save money.

Where available, Grid Communication Adaptors may be 

supplied by the local power company or purchased from 

leading retailers. Please contact your local power com-

pany for more information.

 

To activate Smart

 

Grid Control, remove the cover over 

the grid connection pins and plug in the grid communica-

tion adaptor. See Figure 10C. NOTE: use only Whirlpool 

- approved grid communication adaptors. This will enable 

the power company to communicate the peak demand 

periods for the water heater’s power usage.

 

       After this connection has been made, simply  

 

       press the “Grid Enabled” button to enable and/ 

       or disable a request for grid control. See Figure  

 

       10D. Enabling this feature will allow acceptance  

of the power company communication of grid manage-

ment requests. Disabling this feature will allow the water 

heater to ignore grid management requests.

NOTE: Smart Grid will be disabled when the Energy 

Smart

®

 Module (ESM) is disconnected from the junction 

box wiring harness (see page 12). 

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