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Download your usage data
There are many ways to access energy usage data, including historical data or real-time streaming. These programs and tools also allow you to conveniently share energy usage with third parties you may be working with for energy management, analysis and support.
Data is provided free of charge and may be viewed online, shared automatically on an ongoing basis, or downloaded to a readable file for your use or to send to a third party. You can designate how much or how little data is shared.
View the usage data downloading options for customers or authorized third parties
Find the data-sharing tools and programs available to you, based on account type.
Residential
Small or medium-sized business
Large commercial or industrial business
Agricultural
Building owners and property managers
Learn about data-sharing programs and tools for third parties
RESIDENTIAL
Residential customers can access their energy usage data through a variety of programs and tools. The programs are designed to share your data with third parties, but only after you grant authorization.
Find the data access tool or program to best serve your needs
Use these tools to access your own usage data or to share it with third parties.
| Data available | Best for customers who want to… | How data is shared with a third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Share My Data
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Electric and gas meter interval data, customer data, billing data |
Automatically share ongoing account, usage or billing data with an authorized business of their choice, or receive data themselves. |
One-time authorization through Your Account to allow ongoing access to a registered third party of your choice. Data is transferred through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), securely and automatically.
More information |
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Stream My Data
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Real-time usage, pricing, estimated current bill and bill to date, Demand Response event notifications |
Monitor real-time electric usage and associated cost, and start conserving. |
An energy monitoring device connected to a SmartMeter allows data to be shared.
More information |
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Green Button Download My Data
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Electric and gas meter interval data, billing data |
Download, in human or machine-readable format, electric or gas usage or billing information for a single service agreement. |
Download a file to send to a third party.
More information |
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Form 79-1095: Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf
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Electric and gas usage data, customer data, billing, payment and credit history, start and stop of service |
Authorize a friend or family member to manage their PG&E account, including making payments and requesting start or stop of service. |
Customers choose the level of access they authorize for the third party to manage.
More information |
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Form 79-1147: Authorization or Revocation of Authorization to Receive Customer Usage Information
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Electric and gas usage data |
Use a paper-based form to authorize third parties to access their gas or electric usage data. |
Requests are fulfilled upon request by encrypted email or U.S. Postal Service, as designated by customer on the form.
More information |
SMALL OR MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS
Small or medium-sized businesses can access their energy usage data through a variety of programs and tools. The programs are designed to share your data with third parties, but only after you grant authorization.
Find the data access tool or program to best serve your needs
Use these tools to access your own usage data or to share it with third parties
| Data available | Best for customers who want to… | How data is shared with a third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stream My Data
|
Real-time usage, pricing, estimated current bill and bill to date, Demand Response event notifications. |
Monitor real-time electric usage and associated cost and start conserving. |
An energy monitoring device connected to a SmartMeter allows data to be shared.
More information |
|
Share My Data
|
Electric and gas meter interval data, customer data, billing data |
Automatically share ongoing account, usage or billing data with an authorized business of their choice, or receive data themselves. |
One-time authorization through Your Account to allow ongoing access to a registered third party of your choice. Data is transferred through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), securely and automatically.
More information |
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Download My Data
|
Electric meter interval usage |
Download, in human readable format, electric usage across multiple meters or service agreement. |
Customers sign in to Download My Data and download a file to send to a third party.
More information |
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Green Button Download My Data
|
Electric and gas meter interval data, billing data |
Download, in human or machine-readable format, electric or gas usage or billing information for a single service agreement. |
Download a file to send to a third party.
More information |
|
Capacity Bidding Program (CBP)
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Usage data; customer data; billing, payment and credit history |
Enroll in a demand response aggregator program. Also for aggregators who need to add or delete customers from their CBP portfolio. |
By web portals of ESFT file or APX Market suite system.
More information |
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Form 79-1095: Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf
|
Electric and gas usage data, customer data, billing, payment and credit history |
Use a paper-based form to authorize an individual or a third party company, such as an energy management consultant, to access their billing and usage information. |
Customers choose the level of information they authorize for the third party to access.
More information |
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Form 79-1147: Authorization or Revocation of Authorization to Receive Customer Usage Information
|
Electric and gas usage data |
Use a paper-based form to authorize third parties to access their gas or electric usage data. |
Data is provided upon request by encrypted email or U.S. Postal Service, as designated by customer on the form.
More information |
LARGE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS
Large commercial or industrial businesses can access their energy usage data through a variety of programs and tools. The programs are designed to share your data with third parties, but only after you grant authorization.
Find the data access tool or program to best serve your needs
Use these tools to access your own usage data or to share it with third parties.
| Data available | Best for customers who want to… | How data is shared with a third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Share My Data
|
Electric and gas meter interval data, customer data, billing data |
Automatically share ongoing account, usage or billing data with an authorized business of their choice, or receive data themselves. |
One-time authorization through Your Account to allow ongoing access to a registered third party of your choice. Data is transferred through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), securely and automatically.
More information |
|
Download My Data
|
Electric meter interval usage |
Download, in human readable format, electric usage across multiple meters or service agreement. |
Customers sign in to Download My Data and download a file to send to a third party.
More information |
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Business Energy Checkup
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Gas and electric meter and interval demand usage |
Download interval data and graphs for non-residential gas and electric services. |
Select your third party from a drop down menu in Your Account, then data is transferred through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) securely and automatically.
More information |
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Capacity Bidding Program (CBP)
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Usage data; customer data; billing, payment and credit history |
Enroll in a demand response aggregator program. Also for aggregators who need to add or delete customers from their CBP portfolio. |
Data is shared through secure file transfer server or APX Market suite system.
More information |
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Electronic Data Interchange
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Usage data, customer data, billing data, payment remittance |
Combine a large volume of bills into one electronic billing and payment service, or access monthly billed usage for several locations for facilities analysis. |
Participating customers forward their billing and usage information to a designated third party.
More information |
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Form 79-1095: Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf
|
Electric and gas usage data, customer data, billing, payment and credit history |
Use a paper-based form to authorize an individual or a third party company, such as an energy management consultant, to access their billing and usage information. |
Customers choose the level of information they authorize for the third party to access.
More information |
|
Form 79-1147: Authorization or Revocation of Authorization to Receive Customer Usage Information
|
Electric and gas usage data |
Use a paper-based form to authorize third parties to access their gas or electric usage data. |
Data is provided upon request by encrypted email or U.S. Postal Service, as designated by customer on the form.
More information |
AGRICULTURAL
Agricultural customers can access their energy usage data through a variety of programs and tools. The programs are designed to share your data with third parties, but only after you grant authorization.
Find the data access tool or program to best serve your neeeds
Use these tools to access your own usage data or to share it with third parties.
| Data available | Best for customers who want to… | How data is shared with a third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Share My Data
|
Electric and gas meter interval data, customer data, billing data |
Automatically share ongoing account, usage or billing data with an authorized business of their choice, or receive data themselves. |
One-time authorization through Your Account to allow ongoing access to a registered third party of your choice. Data is transferred through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), securely and automatically. More information |
|
Download My Data
|
Electric meter interval usage |
Download, in human readable format, electric usage across multiple meters or service agreement. |
Customers sign in to Download My Data and download a file to send to a third party. More information |
|
Capacity Bidding Program (CBP)
|
Usage data; customer data; billing, payment and credit history |
Enroll in a demand response aggregator program. Also for aggregators who need to add or delete customers from their CBP portfolio. |
By web portals of ESFT file or APX Market suite system. More information |
|
Form 79-1095: Authorization to Receive Customer Information or Act Upon a Customer's Behalf
|
Electric and gas usage data, customer data, billing, payment and credit history, start and stop of service |
Use a paper-based form to authorize an individual or a third party company, such as an energy management consultant, to access their billing and usage information. |
Customers choose the level of information they authorize for the third party to access. More information |
|
Form 79-1147: Authorization or Revocation of Authorization to Receive Customer Usage Information
|
Electric and gas usage data |
Use a paper-based form to authorize third parties to access their gas or electric usage data. |
Data is provided upon request by encrypted email or U.S. Postal Service, as designated by customer on the form. More information |
BUILDING OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS
Building owners or property managers can access energy usage data to find out how much energy their building consumes. In addition, some cities require building owners to benchmark their building's energy performance.
Find the data access tool or program to best serve your needs
Use these tools to access your usage data or to obtain tenants' usage data
| Data available | Best for customers who want to… | How data is shared with a third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Building Benchmarking
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Aggregate monthly billing and usage data |
Release meter data for building benchmarking purposes. |
Learn more when you visit building benchmarking. |
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79-1099 Property Management Authorization Agreement
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Monthly billing, rate or access information, start or stop service |
Obtain tenants’ authorization to allow building owners or property managers to access gas and electric data usage. |
Once authorized, usage or billing data is provided by encrypted email or U.S. Postal Service upon request. More information |
Learn about programs and tools for third parties to receive authorized access to usage data
Aggregated energy usage data for local governments
| Data available | Report availability | Aggregation standards* | Non-disclosure agreement required? | |
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Inventory
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Aggregated Usage and Emissions for local governments |
Reports are released in Q2 of each year covering 2009 to the end of the previous year |
Residential: 100/0 |
No but reports are only available to local governments. More information |
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Energy Data Request Program (EDRP)
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Aggregated or usage data |
EDRP requests take 3 months, depending on complexity |
Residential: 15/20 Minimum time period is monthly data. |
Yes. Local Government must sign a Terms of Service agreement to keep data confidential. In addition, any third parties with access to data must sign a Non-Disclosure Certificate. More information |
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Energy Efficiency Energy Watch Partnerships
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Program implementers may request program-related data for their participating customers, such as: Customer specific data, including name, address, Service Agreement ID, interval usage, program participation data |
Custom data requests take approximately 2-4 weeks to complete |
Not applicable |
Yes. Third party implementers must sign an NDA and maintain an annual IT data security assessment. More information |
*Aggregation standards:
100/0 Minimum of 100 residential customers
15/15 Minimum of 15 customers, with no single customer accounting for more than 15% of the total usage
15/20 Minimum of 15 customers, with no single customer accounting for more than 20% of the total usage
5/25 Minimum of 5 industrial customers, with no single customer accounting for more than 25% of the total usage
Anonymization Standard:
100/10 Minimum of 100 customers, with no single customer accounting for more than 10% of the total usage
Energy usage data for qualifying third parties
Eligibility criteria varies by requestor and is subject to confidentiality and security requirements.
| Program* | Eligibility criteria | More information | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Academic researchers from accredited colleges/universities
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Energy Data Request Program |
Institutional Review Board project certification, Non-Disclosure Agreement, and purpose consistent with program requirements. Also, must pass a cybersecurity review. |
Visit the PG&E Energy Data Request Program |
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State or Federal Agency
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Energy Data Request Program |
Statutory need for the data requested. |
Visit the PG&E Energy Data Request Program |
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California Department of Community Services & Development
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Energy Data Request Program |
Statutory need for usage and program data for LIHEAP reporting requirements. |
Visit the PG&E Energy Data Request Program |
*View a comprehensive list of data access programs. Download the Data Access Program Summary (PDF, 149KB)
Learn about eligibility requirements for energy efficiency or Smart Grid data-sharing projects
Don’t fall into any of the categories listed above, but are interested in obtaining usage data for your project? PG&E may be interested in participating in mutually beneficial studies or research projects that could inform current or future programs for our customers. Use our email form to send your request.
ACCESS THE REQUEST FOR UTILITY DATA
Publicly available energy data
| Website | Available data | Website owner | |
|---|---|---|---|
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PG&E Energy Consumption Public Datasets
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Visit the PG&E Energy Data Request Program |
Quarterly updates of monthly aggregated electric and gas consumption by ZIP code and customer sector. |
PG&E |
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CPUC Energy Efficiency Statistics
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California utility and non-utility program administrator Energy Efficiency Program performance data, including EE measure savings, budgets, expenditures and emissions |
California Public Utilities Commission |
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CPUC Data Dashboard
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Residential Electric Usage and Bill Data by Climate Zone |
California Public Utilities Commission |
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California Solar Statistics
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California Distributed Generation Statistics and Program Information. |
California Public Utilities Commission |
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Proposition 39 Publicly Searchable Database
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Visit the California Energy Commission |
Searchable database for K-12 and college energy-efficiency projects. |
California Energy Commission |
Learn about data access programs
View a comprehensive summary of data access programs available to customers, third parties, governments or research facilities.
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