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Understand the energy, demand and fixed charges behind your business bill. Explore U.S. rate benchmarks or Canadian utility guidance, then use your own numbers to make a clearer decision.

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Bill check Example account
This month$12,464

100,000 kWh · all-in 12.46¢/kWh

$6,420 you can shop

$5,800 set by your utility

What the check found

  • Demand ratchetBilled on 240 kW — you peaked at 200 kW $400/mo
  • Contract ends in 74 daysThe window to compare offers is open Window open
  • Supply can be competedSuppliers bid on the $6,420/mo supply line Eligible
U.S. illustrative account · USD. Figures computed by the same engine as the calculators.
Different countries. Clear sources. One HAUSE.Canada · 13 provinces and territories · CAD →Alberta · how to read a business bill →United States · 51 market benchmarks · USD →

13.87¢average US commercial price per kWh, 12 months to Aug 2026 (EIA)

+5.6%compared with the previous 12 months

51markets mapped — every state and DC

38utility territories covered

What you can do here

Four ways to take control of your power bill

Start with whichever fits. The tools are free and none of them needs an account.

Check your bill

Type in the numbers from one bill and see where every dollar goes — which part you can shop around, and which part your utility sets.

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See if you can choose your supplier

The rules change state by state, and in Texas utility by utility. See exactly what is possible where your business is.

Find your state

Get suppliers to compete

Where choice exists, licensed suppliers bid on the same facts in one sealed round. You see every offer side by side, with our fee on it — and you can walk away.

Opening state by state How the competition works

Track every site and renewal

Your free Power Desk: every location, meter and contract date in one place, ranked by what is worth fixing. It runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

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Not sure what you should be paying?

See what a building like yours typically pays

Pick your kind of business, its size and your state. We read how much electricity surveyed U.S. buildings like yours used, from federal data, and price it at your state's average. A range, not a guess, and nothing leaves your browser.

  • From a government survey of 6,436 real commercial buildings, not a rule of thumb.
  • Priced for your state, and scaled for size, because small buildings pay more per kWh.
  • Then check it against your own bill to see whether you sit above or below buildings like yours.

Example · Sit-down restaurant or cafeteria, 3,500 sq ft, Ohio

$1,600a month, typically

The middle half of comparable buildings pay $900 to $2,200 a month. At the median that is 130,000 kWh a year, priced at 14.64¢ per kWh.

See the full range and compare your own use

Where the money goes

A supplier quote only touches part of your bill

A supplier can price the energy. The rest of a commercial bill is delivery, demand charges and utility fees, and no supplier can change those — but they can still come down. In the markets where EIA reports the split, delivery is between 25% and 58% of the commercial price.

  • The right rate schedule. Utilities offer several, and an account can sit on one that no longer fits how it uses power.
  • A lower peak. Demand charges bill your busiest short stretch, usually fifteen minutes — and a ratchet can carry last summer's peak for a year.
  • Billing errors caught. Wrong multipliers, estimated reads and misapplied riders do happen, and they repeat until someone looks.

A commercial electricity bill has two parts. Supply, the energy itself, can be bought from a competing supplier where your state allows it. Delivery, demand charges, fixed charges and riders are set by the utility tariff and do not change when you switch supplier, but they can be reduced through rate schedule fit, peak management and billing checks.

$12,464.40 one month · 100,000 kWh · load factor 68%
SupplyYou can shop this
$6,420
DeliverySet by your utility
$3,100
Demand chargesSet by your utility
$2,400
Fixed and ridersSet by your utility
$300
TaxesPass-through
$244

$5,800 of this $12,464 bill — 47% — stays with your utility whichever supplier you pick. That is the part we look at first, because a supply quote does not touch it.

Illustrative account, computed by the same engine the calculators use. Your own split depends on how and when you use power.

What the official data says

Where suppliers compete, delivery is 25% to 58% of the price

In the 15 markets where the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the supplier's energy and the utility's delivery separately, delivery — the part no supplier can change — runs from 25% to 58% of the average commercial price, 44% at the median.

Energy — what suppliers compete onDelivery — set by the utilityEIA, 2025 annual

See every market's price and split

How it works

From one bill to a straight answer

  1. 1

    Enter three numbers from your bill

    Your state, the kWh used and the total charges: about a minute. The result is instant, and nothing is sent anywhere.

  2. 2

    See what is worth a look

    Where you stand against your state, which part of the bill a supplier could even touch, and what each finding is worth. Add more detail and it gets sharper.

  3. 3

    You decide

    Fix a charge, have suppliers compete once comparison opens in your state, or stay where you are. Want a person to check the real bill? Send it and a person will look at it. Nobody calls unless you ask.

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Can you choose your supplier?

It depends on your state. Find out in five seconds.

14 markets let most businesses choose who supplies their electricity, 6 allow it for some, and 31 do not allow it at all. In Texas the answer changes utility by utility.

A ZIP code tells us your state, not your utility. Eligibility is always confirmed from the account itself.

Alaska — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 22.8 cents per kWh AK 22.8¢ Maine — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.2 cents per kWh ME 22.2¢ Vermont — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 20.8 cents per kWh VT 20.8¢ New Hampshire — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 21.1 cents per kWh NH 21.1¢ Washington — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh WA 11.7¢ Idaho — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.6 cents per kWh ID 9.6¢ Montana — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 12.7 cents per kWh MT 12.7¢ North Dakota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 7.6 cents per kWh ND 7.6¢ Minnesota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.6 cents per kWh MN 12.6¢ Illinois — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh IL 13.8¢ Wisconsin — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.5 cents per kWh WI 13.5¢ Michigan — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 15.3 cents per kWh MI 15.3¢ New York — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.3 cents per kWh NY 22.3¢ Rhode Island — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 23.6 cents per kWh RI 23.6¢ Massachusetts — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 24.2 cents per kWh MA 24.2¢ Oregon — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 10.3 cents per kWh OR 10.3¢ Nevada — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 9.3 cents per kWh NV 9.3¢ Wyoming — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.7 cents per kWh WY 9.7¢ South Dakota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh SD 11.3¢ Iowa — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh IA 11.3¢ Indiana — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh IN 13.8¢ Ohio — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.2 cents per kWh OH 13.2¢ Pennsylvania — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.6 cents per kWh PA 13.6¢ New Jersey — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 17.4 cents per kWh NJ 17.4¢ Connecticut — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 21.7 cents per kWh CT 21.7¢ California — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 27.0 cents per kWh CA 27.0¢ Utah — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.3 cents per kWh UT 10.3¢ Colorado — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.1 cents per kWh CO 13.1¢ Nebraska — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 8.9 cents per kWh NE 8.9¢ Missouri — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.9 cents per kWh MO 10.9¢ Kentucky — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.4 cents per kWh KY 12.4¢ West Virginia — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh WV 11.7¢ Virginia — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 11.0 cents per kWh VA 11.0¢ Maryland — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 16.6 cents per kWh MD 16.6¢ Delaware — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.6 cents per kWh DE 13.6¢ Arizona — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.2 cents per kWh AZ 12.2¢ New Mexico — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.9 cents per kWh NM 10.9¢ Kansas — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.6 cents per kWh KS 11.6¢ Arkansas — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh AR 11.3¢ Tennessee — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.3 cents per kWh TN 13.3¢ North Carolina — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.6 cents per kWh NC 10.6¢ South Carolina — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh SC 11.7¢ District of Columbia — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.9 cents per kWh DC 22.9¢ Oklahoma — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.3 cents per kWh OK 9.3¢ Louisiana — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.5 cents per kWh LA 11.5¢ Mississippi — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh MS 13.8¢ Alabama — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 14.8 cents per kWh AL 14.8¢ Georgia — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.8 cents per kWh GA 11.8¢ Hawaii — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 40.3 cents per kWh HI 40.3¢ Texas — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 8.6 cents per kWh TX 8.6¢ Florida — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh FL 11.7¢
  • 14 you can choose — businesses can pick their supplier
  • 6 some can choose — by size, cap or program
  • 31 utility only — other charges can still be fixed

Number on each tile: average commercial electricity price in cents per kWh, 12 months to August 2026 (EIA, preliminary).

Built for businesses like yours

Every business pays for power differently

A restaurant pays for its lunch rush. A cold store pays around the clock. What is worth fixing depends on how you use power, so that is where we start.

Restaurants Kitchen equipment and refrigeration create sharp, repeated demand peaks against modest floor area. Retail and shopping plazas Lighting and HVAC dominate, with long steady hours and a seasonal cooling peak. Commercial office Weekday-shaped load driven by HVAC, lighting and plug loads, with substantial off-hours waste. Warehouse and distribution Large floor area, high-bay lighting and material handling equipment, often with low occupancy density. Cold storage Continuous refrigeration load with high consumption and, unusually, a relatively flat profile. Light manufacturing Motor-driven process load with meaningful power factor and demand exposure. Medical and dental offices Steady weekday load with imaging and sterilisation equipment creating short peaks. Grocery and convenience Refrigeration-dominated with long hours and a continuous, heavy base load.

See all 18 industries

Straight dealing

What we will do — and what we will not

We will

  • Look at your whole bill — delivery, demand and fees, not only the supply rate.
  • Show every conforming offer side by side, with our fee on it.
  • Tell you when staying with your current deal is the better call.
  • Share your bill with a supplier only with your permission, for one specific event.

We will not

  • Cold-call or text you. Anything further happens because you asked.
  • Sell your details or pass your enquiry to a list of brokers.
  • Let a supplier pay for a better ranking.
  • Publish a rate as if it were your price, or promise savings we do not control.

Questions

What people ask first

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly — a person answers.

Can Canadian businesses use these electricity tools?

Yes. Our Canadian workspace provides province and territory guidance, official utility sources and a local CAD bill calculator. U.S. benchmark tools remain separately labelled in USD. No Canadian tariff or supplier offer is inferred from a U.S. state average.

How much should a business electricity bill be?

It depends mostly on the kind of building and its size, then on the state. At the US average commercial price of 13.87¢ per kWh, the typical office in a federal survey of 6,436 buildings (5,000 square feet, about $640 a month), a sit-down restaurant (3,850 square feet, about $1,800 a month), a retail store (6,500 square feet, about $730 a month) and a warehouse (6,700 square feet, about $280 a month) pay quite different amounts. Hours, equipment and your rate schedule move a bill a long way either side, so the cost estimator gives a range for your own building, and the bill check compares a real bill.

What do businesses pay for electricity?

The US average was 13.87¢ per kWh in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.6% on the previous 12 months, according to preliminary EIA data. State averages ranged from 7.58¢ to 40.31¢. These are averages across all commercial customers, not quotes, so your own rate depends on your size, load shape and contract.

Is the bill check really free?

Yes. We do not charge for the bill analysis. If you later choose to sign a new supply contract through us, the supplier pays our fee, and that fee is shown on every offer before you decide. Deeper work such as a full rate schedule audit is quoted up front, before you commit to anything.

If I switch supplier, does anything change with my power?

No. Your local utility still delivers the electricity, reads the meter and handles outages. Only the supply line on your bill changes, and there is no interruption when a switch takes effect.

Can every business choose its electricity supplier?

No. It depends on your state, and in Texas on your utility. 14 markets let most businesses choose, 6 allow it only for some accounts, and 31 do not allow it at all. Where you cannot choose, the rate schedule, demand charges and billing errors can still be worked on.

Do I have to switch?

No. A review that concludes your current deal is already the better one is a good outcome, and we will say so plainly. You can stop at any point without owing anything.

I lease my space. Does this apply to me?

If the electricity account is in your business name and you pay the utility bill, yes. If your landlord recovers power through rent, a submeter or a service charge, your options are different, and which case you are in depends on your lease.

What do you need from me to start?

Your business name, the service address, the state and roughly what you spend each month. One recent bill is enough to begin; twelve months of bills gives a much better answer.

Find out what is fixable on your bill.

Free, about two minutes, and a straight answer — even when the answer is “stay where you are.”

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