ABOUT THE LAB

A small tool for inspectable energy decisions

True Energy Cost Lab is published by Quicksilver Industries LTD. It is a free calculator for comparing the electricity use, operating cost, and simple payback of two household scenarios.

What we publish

The lab combines a transparent calculation engine, editable assumptions, and residential electricity-rate snapshots from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It does not require an account, and scenarios remain in the browser unless a visitor chooses to create a share link.

What we do not claim

Results are planning estimates, not utility-bill predictions, engineering advice, product endorsements, or professional financial recommendations. The calculator does not model fixed fees, taxes, tiered or time-of-use tariffs, financing, maintenance, rebates, equipment failure, or future electricity-price changes.

How to assess our work

Our methodology explains the formulas and decision boundaries. Our data-sources page identifies the public sources we use. Documented errors can be submitted through the corrections process.

The application source and its calculation tests are maintained in a public GitHub repository.