Green Button provides a unified, industry-standard data format, which can be used to analyze and manage a consumer’s energy usage. The introduction of Green Button industry-standard data across Ontario utilities will provide the foundation for the development of new tools and applications for customers to analyze and monitor their energy usage to reduce costs.

Below are just a few of the benefits of Green Button data:

• Improve energy efficiency – Consumers can use Green Button data to identify and compare their energy usage in order to improve energy efficiency within their home or business.
• Reduce energy costs – By learning their usage patterns and habits, consumers can make informed choices about how much energy they use and when they use it. When consumers use energy during off-peak hours (also known as peak-shaving) and invest in energy-efficient appliances, it saves money and can help reduce strain on the grid.
• Energy conservation – consumers can use their data to conserve energy to help reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.
• Green button tools to understand large volumes of energy data will help pave the way for future innovations in the energy sector.

Green Button Data for Residential Customers:

• Many customers are already viewing their energy data through a customer portal on their utility website. With Green Button, third party apps can analyze the data and provide insights to help customers make sense of their energy use and make informed decisions to help reduce costs.
• With CMD, data is shared on an ongoing basis. This allows third parties to provide insights and alerts on usage trends and changes.

Green Button Data for Businesses:

• For customers with a large number of properties across multiple utilities, Green Button provides a standardized format so that the data they receive from each utility is in a similar format. Green Button third parties in the commercial sector are able to analyze large volumes of data across multiple facilities to provide energy management advice.
• With CMD, data is shared on an ongoing basis. This allows third parties to provide insights and alerts on usage trends and changes including monitoring the impact of energy efficiency measures taken.
• Green Button will also make it easier for facilities to complete mandatory government reporting requirements.

• Ontario Energy Board – Green Button
• Ontario Newsroom
• Green Button Alliance (GBA)

• Improve energy efficiency – Consumers can use Green Button data to identify and compare their energy usage in order to improve energy efficiency within their home or business.
• Reduce energy costs – By learning their usage patterns and habits, consumers can make informed choices about how much energy they use and when they use it. When consumers use energy during off-peak hours (also known as peak-shaving) and invest in energy-efficient appliances, it saves money and can help reduce strain on the grid.
• Energy conservation – consumers can use their data to conserve energy to help reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.
• Secure access – with Green Button standards, consumers can rest assured that their data and private information is secure. Utilities must go through a strict testing and certification process to become Green Button standard-compliant.

From MyAccount:

• Log in to my.elexicon
• Click the Green Button logo on the main landing screen
• Select the Download My Data tab
• Follow the prompts to select the data you would like to download
• Click Download
• An XML file containing your selected data will be download
• This file can be shared with a third party or uploaded to a Green Button app to view.

From the Elexicon Energy Website:

• Go directly to the Green Button Portal
• Enter your required account information to validate that you are the account owner (Note: You will need to have a recent bill handy)
• Select the Download My Data tab
• Follow the prompts to select the data you would like to download
• Click Download
• An XML file containing your selected data will be download
• This file can be shared with a third party or uploaded to a Green Button app to view.

Sharing your data starts on the third-party vendor’s website.

• Go to the authorized third-party vendor’s Green Button registration web page
• Complete the third-party vendor data-sharing authorization request form
• You will be redirected to Elexicon Energy’s Green Button portal to authenticate, verify the data sharing information, review the terms and conditions, and authorize data sharing.
• Elexicon Energy will then exchange a security token with the authorized third-party vendor which will allow secure, automated data sharing

When authorizing a third-party vendor to access your data, you will select the type of data you want to share with them and for which account (if you have multiple accounts). You can select your Energy Usage Data, Billing Data and/or Account Information to be shared. Your utility provider will share the type of data you have selected and authorized for that account.

Usage Data
Historical usages up to a maximum of 2 years and/or ongoing meter readings of your meters, which may include hourly interval, demand, net metering and water (if applicable) readings. Energy usage data includes:

• Historical usages up to a maximum of 2 years and/or ongoing meter readings of your meters
• hourly interval data
• Net metering data

Account Information
Your name, address(es), meter number(s), contact information and other personally identifiable information stored by the Utility. Account information includes:

• Customer Name
• Service address
• Mailing address
• Account number
• Meter number
• Customer rate class
• Contact information

Utility Bill Data
Billing periods and individual charges, adjustments and credit lines items from your utility bill. Billing data includes:

• Billing periods
• Energy charges and adjustments

Yes, you can stop sharing your data with a third-party vendor at any time. To do so, simply go to the Data Shares tab within the Green Button portal, select the vendor you would like to stop sharing your data with, and click Revoke.

Third-party vendors must register through Elexicon Energy. Please review our Third-Party Terms and Conditions. If you are interested in becoming an authorized third-party vendor, visit the Third-Party Vendor Registration Portal to complete the registration form.

Customers must initiate Connect My Data (data sharing) through the authorized third party vendor’s website. From the third-party vendor website, the customer will be redirected to Elexicon Energy’s Green Button portal to authenticate and complete the Connect My Data authorization process.

The customer selects the duration for which the data will be shared with an authorized third-party vendor, along with the frequency that the data will be shared. The customer can revoke access at any time.

Customers are required to make their own authorizations online through one of the authorization methods. The customer must also authenticate with the utility before the security token can be exchanged with the utility and data can be shared.

• Ontario Energy Board – Green Button
• Ontario Newsroom
• Green Button Alliance (GBA)