You have to be careful though since many of these programs (such as CPS energy's) don't set a specific temperature. They just raise your thermostat so many degrees. So if you are like me and already (or for voluntary conservation) set your thermostat to 78 it gets bumped to something like 82 which is quite uncomfortable.
That's good to know! I wasn't home for yesterday's event so I went off the article. I'm not actually sure what it bumped my thermostat to then.