How Calgary is built
- Before 1961 10%
- 1961–1990 38%
- 1991–2000 17%
- 2001 or later 36%
Getting your usage history in Calgary
Most of Calgary is served by ENMAX Power 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.
- ENMAX Power: ENMAX Power (the wires company) doesn't bill homes, so usage history comes from your retailer's bills or online account, e.g. ENMAX Energy MyAccount for ENMAX retail and Rate of Last Resort customers. No distributor usage portal or Green Button found; the ENMAX MyAccount page only confirms bills and payments. Link
What the analysis shows
Calgary gets about 4,876 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −26.2°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Calgary International. 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.
NRCan-licensed service organizations serving Calgary
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
- All Season Inspection Profile
- AmeriSpec Profile
- Buildingexpert
- Clean Energy Solutions
- CoEfficient Building Science
- Energy Werx Profile
- EnerHome Consulting
- EnerQuality
- EnerSolution Profile
- EnerVision
- GETS Energy
- Green Canada Home Advisors Profile
- Green Think
- Isle Energy Consulting
- Map Energy
- Sensible Home Inspections
- The Energuy Profile
- VerdaTech Energy Management and Consulting
- Enerspec Energy Consulting and Home Inspections
- Homesol Building Solutions
- NRGwise (A1 NRGwise Consulting) Profile
- Air Barrier Canada
- Greenbrain Profile
- Enerhold Engineering Solutions
- The Home Inspectors Group Profile
Energy bill analysis in Calgary: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Calgary?
ENMAX Power: ENMAX Power (the wires company) doesn't bill homes, so usage history comes from your retailer's bills or online account, e.g. ENMAX Energy MyAccount for ENMAX retail and Rate of Last Resort customers. No distributor usage portal or Green Button found; the ENMAX MyAccount page only confirms bills and payments. 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. Normalizing to heating degree-days lets you compare years fairly and measure real savings.