FEDS PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON

Obama Administration Announces New Industry Commitments To Green Button Initiative

4 May 2012 (Renew Grid)

“The Obama administration has announced that six new utilities and electricity suppliers will commit to providing more than 15 million households with access to data about their energy usage by utilizing an online ‘Green Button.’ The goal of the program is to help consumers reduce waste and lower their electricity bills.

“Green Button is an industry-led effort that allows electricity customers to download their household or building energy-use data in a consumer- and computer-friendly format.”

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“The utilities and electricity suppliers making new commitments…Chattanooga EPB, serving 170,000 customers in Tennessee and Georgia…National Grid, which serves 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island…[PacifiCorp/ Pacific Power]…serving more than 1.7 million customers as Rocky Mountain Power in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho…Oregon, Washington and California…PPL, serving 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania; and…TXU Energy, serving approximately 1.8 million retail electric customers in Texas.

“These utilities join 15 others that have already agreed to base their Green Button functions on a common technical standard developed in collaboration with a public-private partnership supported by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. Adoption of a consensus standard by utilities across the Nation facilitates the entry of creative software developers and other entrepreneurs interested in designing and marketing new products and services based on Green Button data.”