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ENMAX customers are now plugged in online to their energy use.

An Internet feature offered by the city-owned utility enables customers to historically track their natural gas and electricity consumption while seeking ways to reduce their bills.

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It even allows homeowners to check out 100 of their neighbours’ energy usage, though it doesn’t raise any privacy concerns, said Corry Poole, the utility’s vice-president of customer experience.

“We would never, ever do that, with that kind of detail- this is an aggregate number of the energy use of similar homes,” said Poole.

“People can compare their behaviour patterns with those around them.”

The interactive My Energy IQ tool allows users to trace their energy consumption in the context of weather and power price conditions.

Customers can also enter the specifics of their home such as number of occupants, square footage to customize tips on how to cut down their monthly bills, said Poole.