Understand your energy data with Green Button solutions

Download or connect your energy data (electricity usage, billing, and utility account information) to discover ways to conserve energy and save money using Green ButtonTM solutions.

Green Button AllianceWhat is the Green Button initiative?

Customer demand for digital access to their data is growing.

The Green Button initiative provides solutions that empower customers with easy, secure digital access to their energy data.

It provides a standardized format in North America for account holders to authorize downloading or connecting their energy data to help them better understand, manage, and optimize their energy waste to save resources - and money.

Green Button access methods

The Green Button Download My Data® method

The Green Button Download My Data (DMD) method allows utility account holders to access their energy data in a standardized format. For Alectra Utilities customers, this means downloading an industry-standard XML data file of your electricity usage directly either through MyEnergy View or as a Guest. You can use this data to view up to 24 months of your historical electricity usage, billings and customer data.

The Green Button Connect My Data® method

The Green Button Connect My Data (CMD) method enables utility account holders to authorize the secure transfer of their energy data to approved third parties. The Green Button CMD method is an energy industry standard for enabling access to, and secure sharing of, an account holder's energy data. Because Green Button CMD-based applications use a standardized format across North America, third-party developers can quickly create and offer products, services, and applications that help Alectra Utilities customers like you find new ways to manage and conserve energy.

How to get started with Green Button solutions

Green Button Certified Download My DataDownload My Data

To get started with Green Button Download My Data, you can Login or Register with MyEnergy View or access your data as a Guest.

Login to MyEnergy ViewRegister for MyEnergy View

Guest Access

 

Green Button Certified Connect My Data

Connect My Data

Products, services, and application vendors (third-party providers) will let you know they are approved by Alectra Utilities for Green Button CMD solutions. Through a link on their website, they will ask for your authorization to share your energy data and automatically redirect you to MyEnergy View, where you will be required to authorize the request through your existing MyEnergy View account, or access Green Button data as a Guest. Once logged in, you can select the energy data and time period you would like to authorize and complete the connection with the third-party provider(s). You can revoke the authorization at any time.

Read the Alectra Utilities Green Button Privacy Policy 

 


Are you a third-party provider?

If yGreen Light Bulbou are a third-party provider who would like to connect with Alectra Utilities customers in Guelph or Rockwood through Green Button Connect My Data applications and services, and be showcased as an energy-management or savings application within the marketplace, please complete the Third Party Registration Onboarding Application. Upon successful registration, you will receive details on how to connect with Alectra Utilities customers.

Read the Alectra Utilities Green Button Privacy Policy and Green Button Terms and Conditions for more information.

 


Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Green Button initiative?

The Green Button initiative is a government mandated data standard that provides electricity customers like you with more choice of how you access your energy data. Through the platform, Alectra Utilities customers are able to securely download (access) or connect (share) their energy data in an industry-standard format with registered third parties.

Why is the Green Button initiative being implemented?

Ontario is providing families and businesses with more control over their electricity bills with the introduction of a Green Button standard that allows access to their data. The goal is better tracking of energy use to help reduce costs.

On November 1, 2021, the Ontario Ministry of Energy announced that electric utilities across the province must provide their customers with access to Green Button data. Read the complete news release to learn more.

What is the Green Button Download My Data method?
The Green Button Download My Data method enables electricity customers to access their energy usage data in an industry-standard XML format. You can use this data with energy management applications and products to analyze your historical and present data to identify trends and make informed energy-management choices. Alectra Utilities customers in Guelph and Rockwood can Login or Register with MyEnergy View or access your data as a Guest.
What is the Green Button Connect My Data method?
The Green Button Connect My Data (CMD) method is the industry standard for securely authorizing and sharing energy data with third party solution providers. With Green Button CMD, electricity customers can digitally authorize their energy data to be shared with energy-efficiency applications, clean energy companies, analytics firms, and others who can view and analyze the data and provide additional insights into managing and conserving electricity consumption.
What are the benefits of Green Button solutions for electricity customers?

Green Button solutions benefit electricity customers in several ways, including:

  • Improved energy efficiency: Use Green Button data to identify and compare electricity usage to improve energy efficiency at home or for your business.
  • Reduce energy costs: Learn your usage patterns and habits to make informed choices about how much electricity you use and when to use it. For example, when you use electricity during off-peak hours and invest in energy-efficient appliances, it saves you money and helps reduce strain on the grid.
  • Energy conservation: Use your data to conserve energy to help reduce your carbon footprint and protect the environment.
  • Secure access: With Green Button standards, you can rest assured that your energy data and private information are secure. Utilities must go through a strict testing and certification process to become Green Button standard compliant.
How do I download my Green Button data?

To download your energy data (electricity usage, billing, and utility account information), Login or Register for MyEnergy View or as a Guest

Read the Alectra Utilities Green Button Privacy Policy.

Who do I contact for questions about my Green Button energy data?
If you have questions about your energy data, simply contact us and a member of the Alectra team will be pleased to assist you. 

Green Button and the Green Button Alliance Logo are trademarks owned by Departments of the U.S. Government and/or Green Button Alliance, Inc.

Green Button Connect My Data and Green Button Download My Data are registered trademarks owned by the U.S. Department of Energy.