The E-Access Act directs the Department of Energy and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish federal standards for how electric and natural gas utilities share customer energy data with consumers and authorized third-party applications within 180 days. The bill requires utilities to provide usage and billing information in machine-readable, real-time formats while maintaining strong privacy protections, and mandates that utilities operate meter software platforms fairly by maintaining high system availability (99%+), preventing self-preferencing of their own applications, and complying with open standards like "Green Button Connect My Data." Additionally, the legislation directs a comprehensive study on using individual meter data for wholesale electricity market settlement and authorizes $10 million to assist states with implementation. These requirements affect electric and natural gas utilities, consumers, and third-party energy service providers seeking to offer competitive digital energy management products and services.
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