Green Button Data®
Download or connect your energy data to discover ways to conserve energy and save money using Green Button!
What is Green Button Data®?
Green Button is a data standard that provides customers with more choice in how they access their electricity data. With a simple and secure process, customers will be able to securely download (access) or connect (share) their energy usage data in an industry-standard format with registered third parties. When you download your data, it will be in an industry-standard XML format. Please note that XML files are designed to be read and analyzed by computer applications, not humans.
Consumer Information
Green Button Download My Data® (DMD)
The Green Button Download My Data® (DMD) standard allows consumers to select-and-download their electricity usage and billing data from their energy provider’s website in an industry-standard XML format.
Green Button Connect My Data® (CMD)
The Green Button Connect My Data® (CMD) standard, also referred to as Data Shares is the industry standard for securely authorizing and sharing electricity usage data with registered third-party vendors.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can view and download your Green Button data one of the following ways:
From Customer Connect:
- Log in to your Customer Connect portal
- 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 Orangeville Hydro 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.
You can view and download your Green Button data one of the following ways:
From Customer Connect:
- Log in to your Customer Connect portal
- 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 Orangeville Hydro 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.
You can view and download your Green Button data one of the following ways:
From Customer Connect:
- Log in to your Customer Connect portal
- 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 Orangeville Hydro 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.
When you download your data, you may choose to send it to a third-party vendor yourself or upload it to an application to analyze. As Green Button data becomes widely available across Ontario, more third-party solutions and applications will be developed and made available to analyze the data.
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 Orangeville Hydro’s Green Button portal to authenticate, verify the data sharing information, review the terms and conditions, and authorize data sharing.
- Orangeville Hydro will then exchange a security token with the authorized third-party vendor which will allow secure, automated data sharing
Any active Orangeville Hydro customer can use Connect My Data to authorize third-party data sharing.
Yes, while it is highly encouraged that customers create a Customer Connect Account login, you can still Connect My Data from authorized third-party vendor websites and using a one-time access sign in to the Green Button portal.
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.
Account Information: Your name, address(es), meter number(s), contact information and other personal identifiable information stored by Utility.
Utility Bill Data: Billing periods and individual charges, adjustments and credit lines items from your utility bill.
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
Utility Bill Data includes:
- Billing periods
- Energy charges and adjustments
Account Information includes:
- Customer Name
- Service address
- Mailing address
- Account number
- Meter number
- Customer rate class
- Contact information
When authorizing a third-party vendor to access your data, you select the duration and frequency that you would like to share your data for.
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 Vendor Information
This section is for third-party vendors looking to provide Green Button solutions to customers of Orangeville Hydro. Customers must initiate Connect My Data (data sharing) through an authorized third party vendor’s website.
Third-party vendors must register through Orangeville Hydro. If you are interested in becoming an authorized third-party vendor, visit the vendor registration portal below to complete the registration form.
Third-Party Vendor
Frequently Asked Questions
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 Orangeville Hydro’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.