Green Button Ontario Blog
Insights and updates on Ontario's Green Button and energy data.
Read insights and updates on Ontario's Green Button implementation, energy data access and management, and conservation across the province.
Screaming Power and The Carbon Zero Institute of Trinidad and Tobago (CZITT) Forge Strategic Partnership for UEnergyHub Caribbean
CZITT and Screaming Power partner to establish UEnergyHub Caribbean, a collaborative energy data and research hub supporting regional resilience and the transition to cleaner energy.
May 14, 2024University of New Brunswick Pioneers Utility Data Research to Assess Impacts of Inconsistent Energy Data on Carbon Commitments
The University of New Brunswick becomes the first Canadian university to study large volumes of Ontario utility billing and metering data, assessing whether Green Button data is reliable enough to support carbon commitments.
April 18, 2024Leveraging Digital Data from Ontario Energy Utilities
A use case showing how financial and insurance institutions can use digitized Ontario utility energy data, made available under O. Reg. 633/21, for risk assessment, climate reporting, and sustainability.
March 25, 2024Digitization: Banking, Telecommunications, and now Energy Data
Digitization transformed banking and telecommunications, and now it is reaching energy data. Screaming Power's EZGB (Easy Green Button Connector) SaaS gives simple, standardized access to billing and metering data from 50+ Ontario utilities.
February 21, 2024Green Button Connector Streamlines Data Access
Screaming Power launches the EZGB Green Button API, a single point of access that streamlines Green Button energy data retrieval and integration for third-party companies.
March 1, 2022New Sub-Working Groups established at OEB IWG
The OEB Industry-Led Working Group forms three sub-working groups, Technical, User Experience, and Utility-Only, to expedite Green Button implementation in Ontario.
February 7, 2022Green Button Implementation: GB IWG Accelerates Progress
The Green Button Industry-Led Working Group (GB IWG) brings together distributors and stakeholders to address issues during Ontario's two-year Green Button implementation.
February 2, 2022Ontario LDCs' Green Button Quarterly Reports
The OEB establishes temporary quarterly reporting for the November 2021 to November 2023 implementation period to monitor Green Button progress by electricity and gas distributors.
January 18, 2022Green Button Progress: Leaders Named!
The Ontario Green Button Industry-Led Working Group names its three co-chairs: Gary Michor of Screaming Power, Eddie Augusto of Alectra Utilities, and Jeremy J. Roberts of the Green Button Alliance.
January 6, 2022Industry Led OEB Working Group Meetings Start Jan 13
The OEB launches the Industry-Led Green Button Working Group on January 13, bringing stakeholders together for up to two years to implement Green Button in Ontario.
November 17, 2021Green Button Industry Group Drives Implementation
OEB staff's November 1, 2021 letter guides electricity and natural gas distributors on Green Button implementation and sets up the industry-led working group, with Screaming Power among the participants.
November 16, 2021Ontario Expands Energy Choice: More Tracking, Managing, Saving
With O. Reg. 633/21 in effect as of November 1, 2021, Ontario's Green Button standard gives electricity and natural gas customers more control over their energy data.
November 2, 2021Updated Green Button Implementation OEB Staff Guidance
The OEB forms a working group to address stakeholder concerns and distributor challenges in implementing Green Button, and invites interested parties to participate.
October 29, 2021OEB Green Button Review: Ontario Comments
Comments on the OEB's Draft Green Button Implementation Staff Guidance (EB-2021-0183) are in, and the next step is an industry-led implementation working group.
October 18, 2021Ontario Green Button Feedback
OEB staff invites comment on draft guidance for electricity and natural gas distributors implementing Green Button under Ontario Regulation 633/21.
October 15, 2021Retail Settlement Code Update - Green Button
The OEB proposes amending the Retail Settlement Code so Ontario electricity distributors implement Green Button by November 1, 2023, under section 25.35.8 of the Electricity Act.