BillRobin reads your electricity and gas bills. EnergyRates.ca asks for your postal code and the kind of service.
EnergyRates.ca’s pages as published ; the rest read .
- What do you give it?
- BillRobin reads your electricity and gas bills. Send PDFs of your bills; a photo works too.
- EnergyRates.ca asks for the fuel, the kind of service and a postal code; for a home, the form asks for no usage and no bill amount.
- Which fuels?
- BillRobin checks electricity and gas bills.
- EnergyRates.ca compares electricity and natural gas.
- Where?
- BillRobin checks bills in Alberta. Outside Alberta, BillRobin cannot check your bills yet.
- EnergyRates.ca covers these provinces:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Saskatchewan
- Québec
- How is it paid?
- BillRobin: It is free during our launch. If that changes, we tell you first, and you pay only if you agree to the exact amount. No electricity or gas company pays BillRobin to show its plans.
- EnergyRates.ca’s About page says:
We have established relationships with energy retailers and they provide us a fee to list their products or when a consumer signs up with them from our site.
- What does it say about itself?
- BillRobin is an Alberta service that checks household electricity and gas bills, free during our launch.
EnergyRates.ca’s home page says:
We are a free and impartial energy-comparison service
EnergyRates.ca’s About page says:
we do not show preference to any of our partner retailers
The Utilities Consumer Advocate, run by the Government of Alberta, has a Cost Comparison Tool. It asks for a usage bracket and does not take a bill. Utilities Consumer Advocate Cost Comparison Tool, read .
Where each fact comes from
BillRobin is an Alberta service that checks household electricity and gas bills, free during our launch.
BillRobin how it works page, readSend PDFs of your bills; a photo works too.
BillRobin how it works page, readYour result shows what you pay now, the cheapest eligible plans and your estimated saving.
BillRobin methodology, readIt is free during our launch. If that changes, we tell you first, and you pay only if you agree to the exact amount. No electricity or gas company pays BillRobin to show its plans.
BillRobin how it works page, readYou decide. We never switch your plan.
BillRobin how it works page, readEnergyRates.ca compares electricity and natural gas.
EnergyRates.ca home page, as publishedEnergyRates.ca covers Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Québec.
EnergyRates.ca home page, as publishedEnergyRates.ca asks for the fuel, the kind of service and a postal code; for a home, the form asks for no usage and no bill amount.
EnergyRates.ca home page, as publishedEnergyRates.ca offers a phone line to speak with a specialist.
EnergyRates.ca home page, as publishedEnergyRates.ca’s About page says:
EnergyRates.ca About page, as publishedWe have established relationships with energy retailers and they provide us a fee to list their products or when a consumer signs up with them from our site.
EnergyRates.ca’s home page says:
EnergyRates.ca home page, as publishedWe are a free and impartial energy-comparison service
EnergyRates.ca’s About page says:
EnergyRates.ca About page, as publishedwe do not show preference to any of our partner retailers
EnergyRates.ca’s About page says EnergyRates.ca is a for-profit company.
EnergyRates.ca About page, as publishedThe Utilities Consumer Advocate, run by the Government of Alberta, has a Cost Comparison Tool.
Utilities Consumer Advocate Cost Comparison Tool, readThe Cost Comparison Tool asks for a kind of customer, a usage bracket, a place, the fuel and the plan type; the Cost Comparison Tool does not take a bill.
Utilities Consumer Advocate Cost Comparison Tool, read
BillRobin is not connected to EnergyRates.ca.
What BillRobin cannot do yet
We cannot compare electricity plans for homes with solar panels that send electricity back to the grid yet. We can still check their gas plan. Your result explains any plans we could not compare and why.
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