Worked examples for estimating your bill, comparing time-of-use, tiered, flat and fixed-price plans, and deciding whether a contract or equal billing suits you.
Comparing energy plans is arithmetic, but only once you know your own usage pattern. The guides in this section show the calculation step by step with official prices and clearly labelled illustrative assumptions, so you can repeat it with the numbers from your bill.
Begin with comparing electricity plans with worked examples, the hub for this section. Then go deeper: estimate a monthly electricity bill from kWh, TOU vs ultra-low overnight vs tiered in Ontario, natural gas bills in GJ and cubic metres, fixed-price contracts versus the default rate, equal billing and budget plans, home EV charging costs by rate plan and the utilities checklist for moving house.
The calculators under Tools do the arithmetic: the bill estimator, the plan comparison, the contract exit-fee payback and the Ontario Electricity Rebate calculator. Results are estimates; your utility's bill is the final word.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
A repeatable method to compare electricity rate plans and retail offers in Canada using your own usage, official 2026 prices and clearly labelled examples.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
How equal billing, budget billing and equalized payment plans work for Canadian electricity and gas, how the annual reconciliation is calculated and when to adjust.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
Estimate a Canadian electricity bill from kWh: find your usage, apply the official energy price, add fixed and delivery charges, rebates and tax, with worked examples.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
Calculate home EV charging cost per month on Ontario ULO, TOU and tiered, BC Hydro time-of-day, Alberta RoLR and Québec Rate D, with official prices and examples.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
Compare an Ontario or Alberta fixed-price electricity or gas contract with the regulated default: Global Adjustment, admin fees, exit fees, renewals and break-even math.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
A checklist for moving utilities in Canada: closing and opening electricity and gas accounts, meter reads, security deposits, retailer contracts and first-bill checks.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
Calculate a Canadian natural gas bill step by step: GJ vs m³, basic charge, delivery, storage and transport, cost of gas, with FortisBC's posted rates and examples.
Bill Calculations and Plan Choices
Work out whether time-of-use, ultra-low overnight or tiered pricing is cheaper for your Ontario home, with November 2026 prices, break-even shares and examples.
