Carbon Calculator How-To

Use this page as a step-by-step guide to finding the total yearly energy you have consumed through your home.

1. How to find your BC Hydro Kilowatt hours consumed in a year

2. Am I purchasing Renewable Natural Gas?

3. How to find your last 12 months of FortisBC natural gas consumption

1. How to find your BC Hydro Kilowatt hours consumed in a year

If you don't already have one, create a MyHydro account by visiting bchydro.com and clicking “sign up”. If you don’t have access to your electricity bills (e.g. if you are a renter whose landlord pays the electricity bills), skip below for a reference table 

Follow the prompts

Log in to your MyHydro account

Click on "view detailed consumption"

Change billing period to "custom"

Select the last 12 months of billing history, then "yearly" then "apply"

Hover over each year to see the total kwh in each year. Add the results of each year to get the total for your last 12 months of consumption

Enter the total into the Nanaimo Carbon Calculator

I don't have my BC Hydro bills- what should I enter?

Estimate your consumption by choosing the best match for your household below from different sample home types.

2. Am I purchasing Renewable Natural Gas?

FortisBC customers can choose to sign up, at a premium cost, to support the development of natural gas derived from non-fossil fuel sources, such as landfill gas, manure, and anerobic compost processing. Customers can choose different percentages, or blends, of renewable natural gas.  

To sign up for renewable natural gas:

Log in to your FortisBC account (fortisbc.com).

In the account options, select “renewable natural gas”

Select the percentage of renewable gas you would like. To understand what impact that may have on your bill, contact FortisBC to inquire as to the cost of renewable natural gas at the time you register. You can change the percentage or cancel your RNG support through your online account.

3. How to find your last 12 months of FortisBC natural gas consumption

If you haven't already, set up your online account by visiting fortisbc.com and clicking on “account login”. If you don’t have access to your natural gas bills (e.g. if you are a renter whose landlord pays the natural gas bill), skip below for a reference table. 

Follow the prompts 

Click on "view consumption history"

Select "Last 12 months" and "Update chart"

Add up the total "Billed GJ" column

Enter the total number into the Nanaimo Carbon Calculator

I don't have access to my FortisBC bills- what should I enter?

Estimate your consumption by choosing the best match for your household below from different sample home types.