Is California Going To Control Its Citizens' Thermostats?

Patterico has a post on California regulations that may allow the state government to regulate citizens' thermostats. Here is the original article to which Patterico refers.

Pat isn't sure the regulations can actually do this, but Merovign points out in the comments what the regulations actually say.

1) New construction, 2) Yes, the building control freaks intend exactly that. They talk about statewide communications networks for “space conditioning equipment,” with the ability for the state to override the “owner’s” control.
Sec 112-2-B:

Emergency Events. Upon receiving an emergency signal, the PCT shall respond to commands contained in the emergency signal, including changing the setpoint by any number of degrees or to a specific temperature setpoint. The PCT shall not allow customer changes to thermostat settings during emergency events.

It’s like a communist’s wet dream, and everyone else’s nightmare.

All I can say is that this couldn't happen in Texas...could it?