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Oakville Beaver | Thursday, July 13, 2023 | 24 insidehalton.com Get a network 7h dale (exexe || sigeleaW- Wake) support 7A-Xe| Cty Craig, Cogeco Tech (6 COGECO y olulan (erero] ero) alal=reidlola) CS AKVILLE von coeaT | IS. A WorLD HERE SAFI EVERYONS ‘STOP Pri asy, quick viding e: safe access to data, we're oulniha divers th m 88 Oakville Hydro photo Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith and Oakville Hydro President and CEO Rob Lister at the launch of the Green Button data standard for Oakville Hydro. OAKVILLE HYDRO LAUNCHES GREEN BUTTON DATA STANDARD Ontario’ 's Energy Minis- ter dd Smith recently tnitee Oakville Hydro to announce the local utility's launch of the Green Button data standai ich he says will help families and businesses save money on their monthly bills. Smith, who was joined at Oakville Hydro's 861 Redwood Square facility by the president and CEO of the Electricity Distribu- tors Association Teresa Sarkesian, Oa one president and Lister and Ward 2 council lor Ray Chisholm, noted that studies have found that access to energy data, which Green Button along with smart home devices enables, can help consum- ers achieve energy savings of up to 18 per cent. With Green Button, Oakville Hydro customers can access information on how they consume cnergy at their home or bus: Electricity and natural gas customers can down- load their natural gas and hourly electricity usage da- Families and businesses want to be in the driver's seat when it comes to their energy hills.” - Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith ta from Oakvill Hydro in in a standardized d Customers will aio beat able to authorize the secure, au- tomatic transfer of this data to Green Button _ipplica tions of their choi "Families and ‘business. es want to be in the driver's seat when it comes to their energy bills,” said Smith. "Green Button is part of our commitment to give consumers more choice when it comes to their en- ergy use and will enable easy, quick and safe access to their consumption data through smartphone or computer apps so they can find ci ed tips to re- duce ae rey “se or switch electricity price plans to save money." On Nov. 1, 2021, Smith nounced that regulated electricity and natural gas utilities in Ontario are mandated to provide Green Button to their customers within 24 months. Lister noted Oakville Hydro is very excited to Jaunch the new program. sy providing access to st friendly format, our cus- tomers will be able to choose the solution that best fits their needs to man- age their electricity usage," he said. Oakville Hydro custom- ers can access the Green Button option through https://myaccount.oakvil- Jehydro. ‘com/pager login. ddition informa- tion “about Green Button visit https://www.oakvil- lehydro.com/green-but- ton-platform.