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What Is Your Energy Broker
Actually Charging You?

Most Alberta business owners have no idea their broker is embedding thousands of dollars a year in hidden margin inside their energy price quote. This free tool shows you exactly what that number is, for your account, in real dollars.

  • Find out in 60 seconds what your energy broker is actually making off your contract, so you can stop funding their margin and start getting the lowest energy prices in the market instead.
  • See the number your energy broker doesn't want you to have, so you know if that quote sitting on your desk is a great deal or just a great deal for them.
  • Find out if your energy broker is actually bringing you to market at the right time, so you know whether your last renewal saved you money, or just saved them the effort.
The Alberta Energy Broker Quote Decoder

Find Out What Your Broker Is Really Charging You

Enter your details and we'll show you whether their margin is fair, or way out of line. Takes 3 minutes.

Free. Takes 3 minutes. No sales call unless you want one.

🔒 Designed by Colette Kenney, P.Eng. using Alberta wholesale trading market data.
250+ MWh/yr electricity volume accounts
2,500+ GJ/yr natural gas volume accounts
Fixed-price broker contracts only
Designed by Colette Kenney, P.Eng.
The Problem

Your Broker's Margin Is Invisible.
Until Now.

It doesn't show up as a line item. It's baked right into the price quote. You see one number, you sign, they collect, every month until your contract expires. Then they renew you and do it again.

Take a four-location restaurant chain using 500 MWh a year per site. Even a modest $8.50/MWh gap between broker margin and a competitive fee adds up to $17,000 a year, and that's before you've even looked at whether the underlying rate itself is competitive.

Run that same math against your own accounts. For most multi-location operators, the number is rarely small.

That's the gap the decoder is built to find, the one hiding in plain sight inside a quote you've already signed.

Colette Kenney, P.Eng. | Energy Associates International (EAI)

50–70%
of your energy bill is regulated. Nobody can touch it. But the other 30–50%? That's where your broker sets their margin.
$17K
illustrative: a four-location restaurant chain at 500 MWh per site, with just an $8.50/MWh gap between broker margin and a competitive fee. Per year.
25–35%
above competitive market rates, what one Alberta retail franchise's electricity pricing came in at. Natural gas on the same account ran 18–48% high.
$60K
illustrative: a 2,000 MWh account on a 3-year term, brought to market with a $10/MWh timing gap instead of a better one. On top of the fee gap.

The $17K and $60K figures are illustrative examples. The 25–35% figure reflects an actual EAI client outcome. Individual results vary based on current contract terms, usage, and market conditions.

How It Works

Three Minutes. Real Numbers.
No Guessing.

Our proprietary decoder tool reverse-engineers your broker's quote against Alberta wholesale trading market data from the exact date it was issued.

Enter your broker's quote details

Quote date, contract term, the price quote they gave you, and your approximate usage from a recent invoice. Takes about 3 minutes.

We run it against the market

Our proprietary decoder tool compares your quoted price against Alberta wholesale trading market data for your specific quote date and hedge term to calculate a Fair Mid-Market Indicative Price.

You get a verdict, in real dollars

Fair. Overcharging. Or Way Overcharging. With the annual dollar impact and total cost over your contract term calculated for your account.

Who This Is For

Built for Mid-Commercial
Alberta Businesses

You own or operate a mid-size commercial business in Alberta. You have an energy broker. You signed a contract because they told you it was a great deal. And you've never had a reason to question it. This is the reason.

Franchise Operators

Quick-service restaurant chains, auto dealership groups, and convenience or retail franchises, any multi-location franchise consuming 250+ MWh/year electricity volume.

Arenas & Recreation Facilities

Hockey arenas, recreation centres, aquatic facilities. High electricity consumers with significant gas usage for heating.

Warehouses & Industrial

Distribution centres, light manufacturing, cold storage. Consistent high-volume consumers with fixed-rate contracts.

Dealerships

Auto dealerships, equipment dealers, large facilities with significant electricity and gas footprints across one or more locations.

Grocery, Dollar & Big Box Stores

High-consumption retail operations running refrigeration, lighting, and HVAC around the clock. Single or multi-location operators with fixed-rate contracts.

Hotels & Motels

High-consumption hospitality operations with significant electricity and gas usage for heating, cooling, and amenities. Single or multi-property operators across Alberta.

What You'll See

Three Possible Verdicts.
All of Them Useful.

Whether your broker is charging fairly or not, you walk away knowing exactly where you stand. Most business owners never find out until they see this tool.

✓ Fair

Your Broker's Margin Is In Line With The Market

Their fees sit within the competitive range. That's genuinely good news, but the fee gap is only half the picture. The timing gap is the conversation worth having next.

⚠ Overcharging

Your Broker Is Charging Above Market Rate

You're paying more than you should be. The tool shows you the annual dollar impact and total cost over your contract term, for your account, not an industry average.

✕ Way Overcharging

Your Broker Is Significantly Above Market Rate

This is not normal. The margin is well outside the range of what competitive energy advisors charge in Alberta. Every year. Every renewal. Until someone shows you this number.

About Baseline Energy

We Charge Less. We Watch
the Market. We Tell You the Truth.

Independent

We are not captive to one supplier. Every recommendation is built around your number, not a commission.

Reliable

Built on real Alberta wholesale market data, not averages. Run it as many times as you want; the number does not change to suit us.

Market Intelligence

We watch the forward curve every day. You get the read before you sign, not after.

Baseline Energy is an Alberta commercial energy program operating within Energy Associates International (EAI), led by Colette Kenney, P.Eng.

We built this tool because we kept having the same conversation, sitting across from business owners who were paying thousands of dollars a year more than they needed to, and had no idea. Not because they weren't smart. Because nobody had ever shown them the number.

We charge less, we watch the market more, and we treat every renewal like it actually matters. We never renew your contract just because it's easy.

If you run this tool and want to talk about what comes next, we're available for a free 15-minute call. No obligation. No sales pitch. Just the rest of the numbers.

Colette Kenney, P.Eng.

Professional Engineer with deep expertise in Alberta energy markets, forward curve analysis, and commercial contract strategy. Colette leads the Baseline Energy program within Energy Associates International.

Designed on Real Market Data

Our proprietary decoder tool uses Alberta wholesale trading market data to calculate your Fair Mid-Market Indicative Price, not industry averages or estimates.

No Spam. No Pressure.

We do not sell your information or share it with third parties for marketing purposes. See our Privacy Notice.

Free 15-Minute Call

After you see your results, you can book a free call. We look at your contract timing and show you the full picture. No obligation to switch.

Run The Tool

Find Out What's Inside
Your Broker's Quote

Free. Takes 3 minutes. No sales call unless you want one.

No contract. No quote. No problem. Know your baseline anyway.

Designed by Colette Kenney, P.Eng. using Alberta wholesale trading market data.