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What Is the ‘Green Button’?

With the advent of smart electricity meters and websites that are updated in real time, getting accurate information on how much energy your home consumes is becoming more convenient. The White House hopes that data soon will only be one click away for millions of Americans.

Sarah Rich

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/technology/What-Is-the-Green-Button.html

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Introducing the Green Button

The Green Button Challenge is one step towards realizing the common-sense idea that consumers should have access to their own energy usage information in a downloadable, easy-to-use electronic format, offered by their utility or retail energy service provider.

In September 2011, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra challenged utilities across the country to develop a “Green Button”—detailed customer usage information available for download in a simple, common format.

Full Site: http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/GreenButtonInitiative

(Many thanks to Bob Rowe, CEO of Northwestern Energy for sharing this information.)

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