FACT – Your personal ‘Actual Read’ Meter Usage Data provides the most accurate basis for comparing Energy Plans and Rates.
So you no longer need to accept random unrelated guesses as quality information.
Select Provider and Rates.
- 1. Select a Provider and Rates through the radio button. (Rates are current).
- 2. Click Submit. (the rates will be auto-populated in the PowerBill™ app).
Select Distributor.
- 1. Locate and click on your Distributor name (the hyperlink will open up their ‘Request Meter Data’ page.
- 2. Provide the details as requested to receive your csv data (Timeframe given is up to 10 days, however I have personally received my copies within hours).
Questions: Re the commonly used 3900 kWh.
- How is that split when applied to ‘Time of Use’ plans?
- How much is attributed to ‘Peak‘ rates and How much to ‘Offpeak‘ rates?
- How does it reflect and give each individual consumer an estimation that relates to them specifically, on how much and when they consume energy?
Answers
in order
- Who knows!
- Who knows! It certainly doesn’t relate to each individual personally.
- It Doesn’t – It’s a guess that through Smoke and Mirrors deflects from the reality, and leads to confusion, surrender, and ultimately bill shock because subliminally the number quoted from the guesstimate is perceived as being the real bill amount.
The Antidote Get Your Usage Data and Use it to Calculate! Here
- With it you will Compare with greater accuracy – Here’s How.
- (Calculating your current bill price means you can Calculate the potential new bill – by simply changing only the rates. (Calculate through the PowerBill™ app).
- The key is comparison’s based on your reality, not a guessed scenario.
- It’s your actual usage (pattern) over the past (month, quarter, year),
- It’s the actual cost you paid over the past (month, quarter, year) versus the cost you could pay in the future, *versus each plan side-by-side – providing you a much *richer insight.
- BONUS – Compare different rate types side-by-side – Single Rate Plans versus Time of Use Plans – using the same usage data to see which is better.
- You cannot do this anywhere else!

