With the release of Apple’s latest software updates, residential Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) electric customers with an iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch now have access to new electricity usage features within their Apple Home app. Customers can now connect their PG&E account to the Home app, enabling them to access information about their electricity use.

PG&E is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than sixteen million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California.

The new Electricity Usage feature in the Apple Home app includes daily and weekly views, providing direct insight on how much electricity is used, and how it changes by the hour and day-to-day. It takes approximately 48 hours for usage information to appear in the app, so customers can see their usage starting two days earlier and then extending to monthly and yearly views for longer-term comparisons.

The Home app also includes a Grid Forecast feature, which highlights times of the day when electricity from cleaner sources, such as solar or wind power, is available on the grid.

“The collaboration between PG&E and Apple puts electricity usage data directly into customer’s hands, providing further visibility into when electricity is cleanest and lowest cost, and ultimately helping our customers save on their energy bills while reducing emissions,” said Mike Delaney, vice president, Utility Partnerships and Innovation, PG&E.