How Pickering is built
- Before 1961 7%
- 1961–1990 53%
- 1991–2000 19%
- 2001 or later 21%
Getting your usage history in Pickering
Most of Pickering is served by Elexicon Energy for electricity and Enbridge Gas for natural gas.
- Elexicon Energy: my.elexicon, then the Green Button logo, then Download My Data (XML). Or use the Green Button portal with a recent bill. Up to 2 years of historical usage. Link
- Enbridge Gas: Gas utility (most of Ontario): My Account, then Share My Data, then Download your Data: up to 24 months of billing and usage data as Green Button XML. Link
What the analysis shows
Pickering gets about 3,863 heating degree-days a year and has a winter design temperature of −19.8°C, according to NRCan's HOT2000 climate data for Toronto Buttonville, the closest comparable location in that data set (21 km away). 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 Pickering
Bring 12 months of bills to any of these organizations' evaluations; the advisor's model uses them as the baseline for projected savings.
Only assessments from the seven HRSP-approved organizations qualify for the $600 Home Renovation Savings rebate and its assessment-path upgrade rebates; each listing below says whether it's one of them.
- Acacia Engineering HRSP-approved: No
- Air Barrier Canada HRSP-approved: No
- All Season Inspection HRSP-approved: No Profile
- AmeriSpec HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Clean Energy Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- CoEfficient Building Science HRSP-approved: No
- ecoGEO Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Ecostep Energy Services HRSP-approved: No
- Energy Werx HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Enerhold Engineering Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- EnerQuality HRSP-approved: No
- EnerSolution HRSP-approved: No Profile
- Engreen Home HRSP-approved: No
- ER Energy Solutions HRSP-approved: No
- GETS Energy HRSP-approved: No
- Green Canada Home Advisors HRSP-approved: No Profile
- Green Think HRSP-approved: No
- Greenbrain HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Sensible Home Inspections HRSP-approved: No
- The Energuy HRSP-approved: Yes Profile
- Verdatech Energy Management and Consulting HRSP-approved: No
- Windfall Ecology Centre HRSP-approved: No Non-profit network Profile
- BEST Energy and Sustainability HRSP-approved: No
- Enerhome Consulting HRSP-approved: No
Programs in Pickering
Energy bill analysis in Pickering: common questions
How do I download my energy usage in Pickering?
Elexicon Energy: my.elexicon, then the Green Button logo, then Download My Data (XML). Or use the Green Button portal with a recent bill. Up to 2 years of historical usage. Link Enbridge Gas: Gas utility (most of Ontario): My Account, then Share My Data, then Download your Data: up to 24 months of billing and usage data as Green Button XML. 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.