How the Ratings Work

We aggregate data from multiple sources, including our customer reviews from various states, hourly energy rates, California Public Utilities Commision complaint statistics, JD Power & Associates ratings, company standings with the Better Business Bureau, telephone and online surveys. We also take into account individual plan types, standard features offered by each natural gas provider, account management features, customer rewards and incentive programs. Additionally, we test customer service wait times, order cycles, and dozens more data points to provide a comprehensive view of California electricity and gas providers.

California Energy Ratings recognizes that customers may use our site to justifiably complain about poor service and bad experiences with individual natural gas and electricity providers. However, our goal is not to be a complaint forum, but rather a community that takes many different aspects of a company into account in order to provide a balanced and fair overview to help benefit consumers.

California Energy Ratings provides shoppers the opportunity to take an active hand in their deregulated energy markets. When customers rate, everyone wins.