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This commentary was originally posted on the EDF California Dream 2.0 Blog<\/a>. <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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Source: Green Button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Wednesday, I attended a presentation of the Green Button at EMC2<\/sup><\/a>, hosted by Silicon Valley Leadership Group<\/a>, OSIsoft and SolarCity, and moderated by Aneesh Chopra<\/a>, U.S. Chief Tech Officer and Advisor to the President.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In essence, Green Button<\/a> is literally a green button on utility customer interface websites that customers can click to instantly download their historical energy use data in a simple, standardized electronic format.\u00a0 Customers can then upload the data into software applications, or give it to consultants that provide services such as identifying how to save money by using less energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of the big California utilities \u2013 SCE, SDG&E and PG&E \u2013 have embraced the concept and will offer the Green Button to their millions of customers. There is a hope that utilities across the country will also adopt it.<\/p>\n

One presenter observed that Americans, on average, waste 20% of the energy that they purchase. This creates a huge opportunity to save money on energy and help to protect the environment by avoiding demand for energy generated by dirty sources, including coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s event revealed what can be accomplished when software innovators, government leaders and utilities focus on a common goal. Chopra is widely recognized as an IT innovator in government and he challenged the utility industry to develop access to consumer data in September 2011<\/a>. Now Green Button is a fully operational, widely embraced standard that will provide a buffet of energy use data for hungry software application developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Testimonials were provided by up-and-coming CEOs in the energy sector, including oPower, Tendril, Lucid Design Group and Simple Energy.\u00a0 Each company demonstrated how Green Button will drive innovations in energy use software applications.\u00a0 For example, Tendril announced<\/a> that its platform, Tendril Connect, will \u201cconnect utilities and energy service providers, consumers and app developers to achieve smarter energy usage.\u201d<\/p>\n

One question I was left with was, \u201cjust how green is the Green Button?\u201d Currently, only the color pallet is green; no pollution information (such as greenhouse gas emissions) is associated with the energy use data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Dr. David Wollman, Deputy Director of Smart Grid & Cyber-Physical Systems, and Manager, Smart Grid Standards and Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), indicated that the Green Button standards do have accommodations for emissions information, there will need to be positive pressure to fully develop that piece of the button.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where EDF and you can come in.\u00a0 We need to encourage efforts to rigorously link emissions information with energy use, in both time and place.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of\u00a0EDF’s smart grid work<\/a>, we are working with utilities, regulatory agencies and third parties in California and across the country to ensure that innovators have access to an emerging and competitive utility market.\u00a0\u00a0Access to standardized energy use data is an essential piece.\u00a0 Why? \u00a0<\/strong>So they can provide consumers with new tools that help them better understand and manage their energy use, which can save money, cut pollution and help protect the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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