Establish a utility-developed data access rule to facilitate sharing of customer energy usage data for energy planning and grid edge resource deployment, even absent a direct mandate. After stakeholder pressure, Duke proposed new rules to provide aggregated energy data on request—for example, total building usage across tenants—under privacy safeguards. The goal is to arm cities and large users with the data needed to pursue energy targets (like right-sizing grid edge resource installations and efficiency projects) . Operationally, the plan streamlines what was a “laborious process” of gathering tenant permissions by allowing authorized parties (e.g., a city) to get whole-building or campus load data from the utility directly. This voluntary model—now pending regulator approval—demonstrates a utility facilitating customer data sharing to enable grid edge resource investments and initiatives at the local level, beyond what regulations explicitly required.

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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities document that outlines specific filing obligations for utilities, including how they must demonstrate technical readiness, implementation plans, and stakeholder engagement for advanced metering infrastructure data access.

Order from the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission approving the design and framework for implementation of a statewide Multi-Use Energy Data Platform. The platform is envisioned to enable customers and third-party energy providers to access energy consumption data from electric and gas utilities using Green Button Connect protocols.

Orders the creation of a standardized statewide data access framework in New York, governing access to energy-related data, enabling customers to securely share their energy usage information with authorized third parties, thereby facilitating grid edge resource integration and participation in energy markets.

This order establishes the Integrated Energy Data Resource (IEDR), a statewide platform for unified access to customer and system data that supports grid edge resource integration. The IEDR collects, integrates, and manages a variety of energy-related data, including granular customer usage data from all utilities, and makes it accessible to authorized stakeholders through secure interfaces. The goal is to unleash the power of integrated energy customer and system data to accelerate energy deployment and innovation. The order requires utilities to ensure that customer usage data can be accessed through the IEDR with customer authorization, in compliance with the Data Access Framework rules. This centralized data-sharing mechanism supports customer and third-party access to energy information, enabling broader participation in grid edge resource programs and energy markets across the state.