diff --git a/csp-billing-adapter-local.spec b/csp-billing-adapter-local.spec
index 1814bd1..bdaf7b7 100644
--- a/csp-billing-adapter-local.spec
+++ b/csp-billing-adapter-local.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-cov}
 %endif
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Requires:       python-pluggy
+Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-csp-billing-adapter
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
diff --git a/csp_billing_adapter_local/plugin.py b/csp_billing_adapter_local/plugin.py
index af65386..57df0f8 100644
--- a/csp_billing_adapter_local/plugin.py
+++ b/csp_billing_adapter_local/plugin.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+import requests
 
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 import csp_billing_adapter
 
 from csp_billing_adapter.config import Config
+from csp_billing_adapter.exceptions import CSPBillingAdapterException
 
 log = logging.getLogger('CSPBillingAdapter')
 
@@ -111,3 +113,52 @@ def save_csp_config(
 ):
     """Save specified content as local storage csp_config contents."""
     update_csp_config(config, csp_config, replace=True)
+
+
+@csp_billing_adapter.hookimpl(trylast=True)
+def get_usage_data(config: Config):
+    """
+    Retrieves the current usage report from API
+
+    :param config: The application configuration dictionary
+    :return: Return a dict with the current usage report
+    """
+    resource = _make_request(config.get('api'))
+    return _extract_usage(resource, config.get('usage_metrics', {}))
+
+
+def _extract_usage(resource, usage_metric_names):
+    """Parse the response from API to the expected structure."""
+    usage_metrics = {}
+    for dimensions in resource.get('dimensions'):
+        usage_metric_name = dimensions.get('dimension')
+        if usage_metric_name in usage_metric_names:
+            usage_metrics[usage_metric_name] = dimensions.get('count')
+
+    return usage_metrics
+
+
+def _make_request(url):
+    """Make a request to the API, returns response or raise exception."""
+    for attempt in range(0, 5):
+        message = None
+        try:
+            response = requests.get(url)
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
+            message = f'Http Error: {err}'
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as err:
+            message = f'Error Connecting: {err}'
+        except requests.exceptions.Timeout as err:
+            message = f'Timeout Error: {err}'
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
+            message = f'Request error: {err}'
+        except Exception as err:
+            message = f'Unexpected error: {err}'
+
+        if not message:
+            break
+
+    if message:
+        raise CSPBillingAdapterException(f'{message}')
+
+    return response.json()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e91665..9e32eff 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 csp-billing-adapter @ git+https://github.com/suse-enceladus/csp-billing-adapter@main
 pluggy
+requests
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_plugin.py b/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
index 636bb00..e202c52 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_plugin.py
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 from unittest.mock import patch
+from pytest import raises
+
+import requests
 
 from csp_billing_adapter.config import Config
 from csp_billing_adapter.adapter import get_plugin_manager
+from csp_billing_adapter.exceptions import CSPBillingAdapterException
 
 
 from csp_billing_adapter_local.plugin import (
@@ -36,7 +40,8 @@
     update_cache,
     update_csp_config,
     save_cache,
-    save_csp_config
+    save_csp_config,
+    get_usage_data
 )
 
 config_file = 'tests/data/config.yaml'
@@ -295,3 +300,47 @@ def test_local_csp_config_save():
             )
 
             assert get_csp_config(config=local_config) == test_data2
+
+
+def test_local_csp_usage_data():
+    class MockResponse:
+        def __init__(self, json_data, status_code):
+            self.json_data = json_data
+            self.status_code = status_code
+
+        def json(self):
+            return self.json_data
+
+        def ok(self):
+            return self.status_code < 400
+
+    json_data = {
+        "dimensions": [
+            {"dimension": "managed_node_count", "count": 42}
+        ]
+    }
+    status_code = 200
+    with patch(
+        'csp_billing_adapter_local.plugin.requests.get',
+        return_value=MockResponse(json_data, status_code)
+
+    ):
+        response = get_usage_data(config=local_config)
+        assert response == {'managed_node_count': 42}
+
+
+def test_local_csp_usage_data_errors():
+    errors = [
+        requests.exceptions.HTTPError('HTTP'),
+        requests.exceptions.ConnectionError('Connection'),
+        requests.exceptions.Timeout('Timeout'),
+        requests.exceptions.RequestException('Request'),
+        Exception('Exception')
+    ]
+    for error in errors:
+        with patch(
+            'csp_billing_adapter_local.plugin.requests.get',
+            side_effect=error
+        ):
+            with raises(CSPBillingAdapterException):
+                get_usage_data(config=local_config)