New Industry Commitments to Give Over 3 Million New Households and Businesses Tools to Shrink Their Energy Bills
Washington, D.C. – Responding to a call by President Obama to help consumers take better control of their energy bills, six new utilities and electricity suppliers today committed to provide millions of households and businesses unprecedented access to their own energy use data with a simple click of an online “Green Button.” The new commitments will expand the provision of secure, easy-to-understand, electronic information about energy use to a total of more than 30 million U.S. households and businesses.
Green Button is an industry-led effort that enables electricity customers to download information about their household or building energy-use in a consumer- and computer-friendly format.
“Giving residential and commercial customers secure access to their own energy data in a standard, easy-to-understand format will help them visualize their energy use and identify opportunities to save money,” said Todd Park, Assistant to the President and U.S. Chief Technology Officer. “At the same time, Green Button is spurring the development of new online tools and services that add value to this information, creating an innovative new domain for entrepreneurship and job creation.”
New companies announcing today that they are developing applications or services for businesses and consumers using this industry data standard include: EnergyAI, Melon Power, Performance Systems Development, Retroficiency, Snugg Home, and Wattvision.
As private-sector commitments continue to grow, leading Federal agencies including the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are moving forward with efforts to link energy data to an ecosystem of tools, applications, and devices to empower consumers.
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