How Edmonton is built
- Before 1961 15%
- 1961–1990 37%
- 1991–2000 10%
- 2001 or later 39%
Getting your usage history in Edmonton
Most of Edmonton is served by EPCOR for electricity and ATCO Gas for natural gas.
Alberta is a retail market: the distributor owns the wires and pipes, but you may buy the energy itself from a retailer. Your usage history sits with whoever bills you.
- EPCOR: EPCOR's advanced meters send daily reads to your retailer; use your retailer's bills or portal. EPCOR Energy (RoLR) and Encor customers see bills in EPCOR MyAccount, which stores bills for up to two years. No usage download or Green Button confirmed. Link
What the analysis shows
Edmonton gets about 5,668 heating degree-days a year, a measure of how much heating its climate needs, and its winter design temperature, the cold day heating systems are sized for, is −30.8°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Edmonton International, the closest comparable location in that data set (26 km away) in HOT2000, the home-energy software Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) gives energy advisors. Weather-normalizing your bills against those degree-days separates heating from baseload (lights, appliances, hot water), so you can see how much of the bill a heating upgrade can actually touch, and compare a mild year with a harsh one fairly.
In Edmonton, summer air conditioning also shows up on the electricity bill: compare your July and August use with a spring month to see roughly what cooling costs, and how much a heat pump or better attic insulation could take off it.
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Edmonton
A service organization is a company that Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) licenses to deliver EnerGuide evaluations; its registered energy advisors do the home visit. Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
- Acacia Engineering
- Air Barrier Canada
- All Season Inspection Profile
- Buildingexpert
- Clean Energy Solutions
- CoEfficient Building Science
- Energy Werx Profile
- Enerhold Engineering Solutions
- EnerHome Consulting
- EnerQuality
- EnerSolution Profile
- Enerspec Energy Consulting and Home Inspections
- EnerVision
- ER Energy Solutions
- Green Canada Home Advisors Profile
- Green Think
- Homesol Building Solutions
- Isle Energy Consulting
- Map Energy
- NRGwise (A1 NRGwise Consulting) Profile
- Sensible Home Inspections
- Sun Ridge Residential
- The Energuy Profile
- VerdaTech Energy Management and Consulting
- Greenbrain Profile
- EcoLogic Energy Advisors
- The Home Inspectors Group Profile
Programs in Edmonton
Energy bill analysis in Edmonton: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Edmonton?
EPCOR: EPCOR's advanced meters send daily reads to your retailer; use your retailer's bills or portal. EPCOR Energy (RoLR) and Encor customers see bills in EPCOR MyAccount, which stores bills for up to two years. No usage download or Green Button confirmed. Link
What is Green Button?
A standard format for downloading your own energy data. Ontario electricity utilities have been required to offer Green Button Download My Data since November 1, 2023.
Why weather-normalize bills?
A cold winter raises heating bills even if nothing about the house changed, and a hot summer raises cooling bills. Normalizing to degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.