Pacific Gas & Electric

PG&E developed Share My Data in response to a challenge by the White House to utility companies to provide customers with their energy usage information in an easy-to-use format. This initiative, originally called Green Button, makes your detailed energy usage information available in a standardized file format, and is intended to empower customers by raising awareness of energy usage and encourage companies to develop new, innovative customer-focused applications.

Making detailed energy usage information available in a standardized format encourages awareness of energy use as well as innovation among third parties for new customer-focused applications. The hope is that energy app developers will imagine and create innovative, inspiring new ways for customers to relate to, manage and ultimately reduce their energy usage. This solution is the next step in a national effort to provide standardized, easy access to customer energy data that will unlock the next generation of conservation solutions.