Is Get Energy a broker or an energy retailer?

Both. Get Energy is an Alberta competitive retailer and also brokers supply from other retailers, so it can quote its own rate or shop the market on a business customer's behalf and recommend whichever is better.

Can an Alberta business get an energy review while under contract?

Yes. Distribution and transmission charges are independent of who supplies your energy, so a delivery charge review can be completed at any time, including mid-contract.

What counts as small business versus commercial energy in Alberta?

Small business is generally up to 250,000 kWh of electricity and 2,500 GJ of natural gas a year, or roughly under $5,000 a month. Above those levels a site is treated as commercial or industrial and priced to its load profile.

How much of an Alberta business electricity bill is delivery charges?

Distribution and transmission charges typically account for 40 to 60 per cent of an Alberta electricity bill, which is often more than the energy itself.

Business Energy in Alberta: Rates, Delivery Charges and a Free Energy Cost Audit

Q: What does the Energy Cost Audit cost?

It is free and carries no obligation. Get Energy reviews a recent electricity and natural gas bill and reports back in writing on both the energy rate and the delivery charges.

Get Energy supplies and brokers electricity and natural gas for Alberta businesses,
farms and commercial properties — and reviews the delivery charges on your bill, which are
usually the larger half of it. We are both an Alberta competitive retailer and an energy broker, so
we can shop the market for you or supply you directly, whichever produces the better number. Every
engagement starts with a free Energy Cost Audit.

Last updated September 12, 2026.

Why most businesses overpay without knowing it

An Alberta business utility bill has two halves. One is the energy itself — the cents per
kilowatt-hour and the dollars per gigajoule you agreed to pay a retailer. The other is delivery:
distribution and transmission charges, riders, franchise fees and demand charges set by your wires
company and approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission. On a typical electricity bill, delivery
is 40 to 60 per cent of the total.

Almost everyone selling energy to Alberta businesses works on the first half only. They quote
you a rate, you sign, and the larger half of your bill goes unexamined for years. Meanwhile the
things that drive delivery cost — your rate classification, your billing demand, how your
meter is set up — were often decided when the building was built and have never been looked
at since.

If your business is under contract with another retailer right now, that
does not stop us. A delivery charge review has nothing to do with who supplies your energy, so we
can start there and talk about supply when your term is up.

What a complete energy review covers

1. The energy you buy

We shop the market on your behalf as a broker,
and we can also supply you directly as a retailer. Whichever gives you the better number is the one
we recommend.

2. The delivery charges

Distribution and transmission are regulated,
but that does not mean they are optimised for your site. Rate classification, demand levels and
riders are all worth checking — and we can check them while you are still under contract with
someone else.

3. How you use it

Power factor correction, combined heat and power,
solar, lighting and controls, load-profile analysis. Included in the review where they apply, not
sold as a separate project.

4. What happens next

Market monitoring and a renewal calendar, so
your next contract decision is made on a date you chose rather than the one your current supplier
chose for you.

Broker or retailer — and why it matters that we are both

In Alberta you generally meet one of three types of company:

Brokers shop the market and place you with a retailer. Useful, but they cannot
supply you, and they are paid by the retailer they place you with.
Consultants audit your bills but cannot supply you or contract on your behalf,
so every fix is a recommendation you have to take somewhere else.
Retailers supply you, but have one product to sell — their own —
and no interest in the delivery half of your bill.

Get Energy is a retailer and a broker. If our own rate is the best fit for your load, we
will supply you. If the market has something better for your usage pattern or your term, we will
place you there. Because we can do either, we do not need the answer to come out a particular way,
and we will tell you plainly when the honest recommendation is to stay exactly where you are.

Small business or commercial — where you sit

	Small business	Commercial & industrial
Annual electricity	Up to 250,000 kWh	More than 250,000 kWh
Annual natural gas	Up to 2,500 GJ	More than 2,500 GJ
Typical monthly bill	Under about $5,000	Over about $5,000
Typical examples	Restaurants, shops, offices, repair shops, small farms, rental properties	Warehouses, manufacturing, hotels and camps, multi-site operators, large agricultural operations
How we price it	Straightforward fixed or variable plans, quick to set up	Priced to your load profile and term, with structured or blended options

Both are welcome and both get the same review. The difference is depth: above the commercial
threshold, load profile and demand management usually matter more than the headline rate.

What we look at in your business

Restaurants & food service

Long operating hours, heavy gas
use, refrigeration running around the clock. Gas strategy usually matters more than electricity
here.

Auto shops & trades

Compressors, hoists and welders create
motor load, which is where power factor and demand charges start to bite.

Retail & strip malls

Lighting and HVAC dominate, and multi-unit
properties often have metering and rate-class questions worth checking.

Farms & agriculture

Irrigation, grain drying, barn ventilation
— seasonal peaks that drive demand charges and reward load analysis.

Warehouses & light industrial

Large motor loads and big roofs.
Power factor correction and on-site generation are both worth pricing.

Offices & professional services

Predictable weekday load
profiles, which usually makes term strategy the main lever.

Book a free Energy Cost Audit

Send us one recent electricity bill and one natural gas bill. We review both halves — the
energy you buy and the delivery charges you are billed to receive it — and come back with a
written summary of what we found and what, if anything, is worth changing. No cost, no obligation,
and no requirement to switch anything.

Upload your bills — free Energy Cost Audit

Prefer email? Send your bills to
info@getenergy.ca, or call
(780) 665-4771, Monday to Friday 9 AM–5 PM.

Common questions

Is Get Energy a broker or a retailer?

Both. We are an Alberta competitive retailer and we also broker supply from other retailers. That
means we can quote you our own rate or shop the market on your behalf, and recommend whichever one
is better for your business.

Can you help if we are locked into a contract?

Yes. The delivery charge portion of your bill is independent of who supplies your energy, so a
review can be done at any time. We will also diarise your contract end date so the renewal decision
is made early rather than by default.

What does the Energy Cost Audit cost?

Nothing, and there is no obligation attached to it. If we find nothing worth changing, we will
tell you that.

What size of business do you work with?

Any size, from a single-location shop to multi-site commercial operations. Small business is up to
250,000 kWh and 2,500 GJ a year; anything above that is handled as commercial.

Do you cover all of Alberta?

Yes — Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie
and every community in between, whichever wires company serves you.

Energy by industry

How energy actually behaves in your kind of business, and where the recoverable money usually sits.

Business energy questions, answered

Business energy by city

Who delivers your energy where you operate, and what that means for the delivery half of the bill.

What the review can act on

Beyond the rate — the things an Energy Cost Audit looks for and can arrange as part of the package.

More for Alberta businesses

Energy prices move every week. Our Alberta
Energy Market Report tracks wholesale power prices, the natural gas reference price and retail
rate movement every Monday.

Get Energy is an Alberta competitive retailer and energy broker serving
residential, small business, farm and commercial consumers. Get Energy is a tradename of Utility
Network & Partners Inc.