About what a small and a typical home pays a month for power and gas in each Alberta town, worked out from dated default rates and tariffs.

On today's default rates, a home using 600 kWh of electricity and 9 GJ of gas pays about $282 a month in Airdrie and $334 in Beaumont, before any retailer plan.

These are worked examples on the default rates, built from dated tariffs. They are not the bills of real households, and every figure is an estimate.

Estimated monthly power and gas bill, with GST.
Town	Small home (250 kWh, 3 GJ)	Typical home (600 kWh, 9 GJ)	Part you can shop (typical home).
Airdrie	about $170	about $282	about $108.
Beaumont	about $214	about $334	about $104.
Calgary	Electricity about $88; gas not checked yet	Electricity about $159; gas not checked yet	not checked yet.
Cochrane	about $163	about $271	about $108.
Edmonton	about $153	about $256	about $108.
Fort Saskatchewan	about $150	about $248	about $108.
Grande Prairie	about $220	about $352	about $118.
Leduc	about $216	about $337	about $104.
Lethbridge	Electricity not checked yet; gas about $64	Electricity not checked yet; gas about $96	not checked yet.
Medicine Hat	Electricity not checked yet; gas not checked yet	Electricity not checked yet; gas not checked yet	not checked yet.
Okotoks	Electricity about $104; gas not checked yet	Electricity about $183; gas not checked yet	not checked yet.
Red Deer	Electricity not checked yet; gas about $70	Electricity not checked yet; gas about $102	not checked yet.
Sherwood Park	about $157	about $258	about $108.
Spruce Grove	about $174	about $284	about $108.
St. Albert	Electricity about $102; gas not checked yet	Electricity about $179; gas not checked yet	not checked yet.
Stony Plain	about $174	about $284	about $108.

Why winter bills are higher

Gas use climbs when it is cold. The gas energy charge, the usage-based delivery charges and the riders are all charged per gigajoule, so they rise with use. Only the daily charges do not change with use. Changing retailer does not change the delivery charges or the riders, but they still rise when you use more.

How this compares with a typical Alberta home

The Utilities Consumer Advocate says a typical Alberta household uses around 600 kWh of electricity and 10 GJ of natural gas a month. Our typical home uses 600 kWh and 9 GJ, so the electricity matches and the gas is one gigajoule lower. That makes our example a little lower than a household at the advocate’s figure.

How we worked this out

The small home uses 250 kWh of electricity and 3 GJ of gas a month. The typical home uses 600 kWh and 9 GJ. Each total adds the default energy rate and the supplier’s daily charge, the delivery charges and riders, and the town’s fees, then 5% GST on the whole bill. The part you can shop is the energy charge a plan changes; the rest comes with the address. Figures use the tariffs in force on 2026-10-27. See our sources and editorial policy.

Charges used

12.01¢ per kWh (1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.260 per day (from 1 July 2026) [source]
0.1198¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
-0.59% (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$1.034442 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
3.3477¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
0.0155¢ per kWh (1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
4.2560¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
20% (from 1 April 2021) [source]
1.04% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
C$1.458 per GJ (1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026) [source]
C$0.330 per day (1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.876 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$1.000 per GJ (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$0.091 per GJ (1 May 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$1.357 per GJ (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$0.325 per GJ (1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
1.549% (from 1 November 2025) [source]
35.00% (from 1 June 2026) [source]
2.50% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
17.25% (from 1 January 2020) [source]
1.29% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
C$1.602 per GJ (1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026) [source]
C$0.164 per day (from 1 August 2026) [source]
C$2.028 per day (from 1 August 2026) [source]
C$2.948 per GJ (from 1 August 2026) [source]
C$0.869 per GJ (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$0.172 per GJ (1 May 2025 to 31 October 2026) [source]
28.50% (from 1 October 2025) [source]
0.4851% (from 1 April 2026) [source]
1.0617% (from 1 April 2026) [source]
12.06¢ per kWh (1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.4134 per day (from 1 January 2025) [source]
0.1290¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$0.769463 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
1.5477¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
0.0583¢ per kWh (1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
0.0483¢ per kWh (1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
3.8996¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
1.5507¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2025) [source]
17% (from 1 January 2020) [source]
1.03% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
20.00% (from 1 January 2016) [source]
2.00% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
C$0.230 per day (from 1 July 2026) [source]
C$0.72856 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
1.783¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
0.130¢ per kWh (1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
-0.016¢ per kWh (1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
0.103¢ per kWh (from 1 October 2026) [source]
4.050¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
1.388¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$1.458 per GJ (1 October 2026 to 31 October 2026) [source]
C$0.330 per day (1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.997 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$1.049 per GJ (from 1 January 2026) [source]
C$0.091 per GJ (1 May 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$1.357 per GJ (from 1 January 2026) [source]
1.549% (from 1 November 2025) [source]
35.00% (from 1 January 2019) [source]
5.60% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
0% (from 1 October 2013) [source]
0.86% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
0.00% (from 28 September 2004) [source]
3.40% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
12.02¢ per kWh (1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.558 per day (1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$1.4125 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
9.03¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
0.133¢ per kWh (1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
-0.212¢ per kWh (1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
0.068¢ per kWh (1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026) [source]
C$0.2698 per day (from 1 January 2026) [source]
4.79¢ per kWh (from 1 January 2026) [source]
12.26% (from 1 April 2026) [source]
31.63% (from 1 March 2026) [source]
5.00% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
18% (from 1 May 2026) [source]
1.03% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
31.00% (from 1 May 2026) [source]
0.4851% (from 1 April 2026) [source]
0.9458% (from 1 April 2026) [source]
27.00% (from 15 February 2012) [source]
5.20% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
20% (from 1 January 2021) [source]
0.92% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
35.00% (from 1 January 2017) [source]
4.10% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
0% (from 1 January 2026) [source]
0.85% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
22.00% (from 1 July 2010) [source]
0% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
20% (from 1 January 2016) [source]
1.36% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
35.00% (from 1 January 2023) [source]
2.30% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
15% (from 1 January 2023) [source]
1.52% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
20% (from 1 January 2013) [source]
1.32% (from 1 July 2026) [source]
35.00% (from 1 February 2021) [source]
2.50% (from 1 February 2026) [source]
600 kWh (read 5 October 2026) [source]
10 GJ (read 5 October 2026) [source]

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Typical Alberta power and gas bills this month, by city