How Regina is built
- Before 1961 22%
- 1961–1990 48%
- 1991–2000 6%
- 2001 or later 24%
Getting your usage history in Regina
Most of Regina is served by SaskPower for electricity and SaskEnergy for natural gas.
- SaskPower: MySaskPower, then My Reports: Compare Bills, Power Consumption (smart-meter power reports) and a 'Download Data' report. Smart-meter accounts also get Power Use Alerts. Export format not stated. Link
What the analysis shows
Regina gets about 5,597 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 −32.4°C. Those figures come from the climate data for Regina International 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 Regina, 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 Regina
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.
- Buildingexpert
- Canada Energy Savings Comfort and Retrofit Strategies
- Energy Werx Profile
- Green Think
- NRG Inspections and Consulting
- Sensible Home Inspections
- Sun Ridge Residential
- The Energuy Profile
- CoEfficient Building Science
- EnerQuality
- Isle Energy Consulting
- EnerSolution Profile
Energy bill analysis in Regina: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Regina?
SaskPower: MySaskPower, then My Reports: Compare Bills, Power Consumption (smart-meter power reports) and a 'Download Data' report. Smart-meter accounts also get Power Use Alerts. Export format not stated. 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.