HAUSE / CANADIAN BUSINESS FIELD GUIDE
Compare Canadian business electricity offers fairly
Match currency, dates, administration, delivery and contract conditions before claiming a saving.
A useful commercial electricity decision keeps the account, currency, billing period and charge scope together. Separate energy from demand and fixed costs, use the actual tariff or written offer, and leave unsupported adjustments visible. These examples explain the method; they are not supplier quotes or a determination of account eligibility.
Source: HAUSE calculation methodology and linked official utility publications · 2026-10-29
Establish what is actually available
A business guide or an editable calculator does not establish that supplier competition is available to an account. Confirm the serving utility, province, customer class and permitted arrangement before seeking offers. HAUSE’s information tools do not represent an operating supplier-comparison service in every Canadian province. Any licensed service, applicable partner and account eligibility need separate confirmation.
Compare the same consumption and dates
Use one declared usage profile and one period for both written offers. Keep the currency in CAD and retain the energy unit. If a price varies by time, a single average cannot reproduce the charge without appropriate usage shares or intervals. If the quote is conditional on a term, usage band or renewal date, preserve that condition with the calculation rather than dropping it from the display.
Make administration visible
Suppose two illustrative supply offers charge CAD 0.09 and CAD 0.10 per kWh, while the lower energy offer has a CAD 20 higher monthly administration fee. At 1,000 kWh, the energy difference is CAD 10, so that lower unit price does not produce the lower supply subtotal in this example. These are teaching assumptions, not available prices. Repeat the comparison using the actual written charges and billing basis.
Retain delivery and demand
A supplier change does not necessarily remove the utility’s delivery, demand or fixed charges. Distinguish the part of the invoice affected by the offer from the parts kept constant in the model. A difference in supply subtotal should be labelled that way. It should not be presented as a whole-bill percentage reduction when tax, delivery, credits or tariff-specific conditions have not been modeled.
Read the contract beyond the rate
Record start and end dates, exit charges, renewal mechanics, billing fees, deposits and any conditional credits. A fixed energy price does not make the entire invoice fixed. Confirm how the provider can change components and how disagreements are handled. A calculator can organise these facts; it cannot interpret a specific contract, certify provider suitability or accept an offer for the business.
Keep a reproducible decision record
Save the written source, capture date, modeled consumption, included charges and missing items with the comparison. Retain alternatives including the current arrangement. If essential information is unavailable, ask for clarification before claiming a saving. When requesting assistance, send only the information the recipient needs through an appropriate private channel; do not publish full bills, account numbers or exact service addresses.
Find the applicable official publication
Open the province and territory source directory, then follow the serving utility’s business schedule. Keep its version and effective dates with the account.