How we get our prices
Every price on Judy Saves comes from an official source in each state. Our prices are gathered from those state sources and checked by the Judy Saves team.
Where the prices come from
Each state has its own list of prices from the companies that sell electricity or gas there. These are the lists we use.
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
This state publishes no list of company prices. We use each utility’s own posted standard price. the Kentucky Public Service Commission's site (psc.ky.gov)
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
This state publishes no list of company prices. We use each utility’s own posted standard price. NJ Power Switch (nj.gov/njpowerswitch)
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Virginia
This state publishes no list of company prices. We use each utility’s own posted standard price. the State Corporation Commission's pages (scc.virginia.gov)
- Washington, DC
How often we check
We read each state’s list on a set schedule. We save each utility’s past standard prices every 6 hours, so you can see how the price has moved.
The standard price
The standard price is what your utility charges if you never picked another company. Each state has its own name for it, like Price to Compare. We take it from the state’s list or, where the state doesn’t list it, from the utility’s own posted price. Each utility’s page has a “What changes next” page with the date its price usually changes.
The lowest fixed price
From the plans on the state’s list, we keep plans that lock your price for 6 months or more. We leave out short teaser prices and plans with a flat monthly bill. We price each plan for a home that uses 1,000 kWh a month of electricity, or about 775 Ccf a year of gas, with monthly fees included. Then we sort them cheapest first and show one plan per company. Only plans that cost less than the standard price are shown.
What we don’t do
- No electric or gas company pays us to list or rank a plan.
- We don’t earn a commission when you switch.
- We sort plans by price, not by who they are from.
- We don’t sell electricity or gas, and we don’t switch you. If you decide to change, you call the company yourself.
If something looks wrong
Prices change, and lists can have mistakes. If a price on our site looks wrong, email help@judysaves.com and tell us the page. We check it against the state’s list and fix any mistake we find.
Talk to us
Questions about a price or a source? Email help@judysaves.com.