The energy facts nobody’s selling.

Almost everything written about electricity plans and solar is written to close a sale. The real rules hide in rate sheets, contracts, court files and state records.

Rates, rebates, buyback credits and contract fees keep changing. Since March 2023, we’ve built the in-between: guides in plain English, with every number dated and tied to an official source. You never have to take our word for it.

The same gap shows up in every state. So we grew from Illinois to Texas, and to national guides anyone can use.

Every guide and score follows the same rules: public sources, real dates and plain English.

Our guides are free to read. Here’s who pays for them.

Star ratings and ads never count toward a score. Here’s what does.

1. 1. Pull the public records

   State complaint data, fines, court cases, licenses and the Better Business Bureau.

2. 2. Read the company’s own papers

   Contracts, warranties, fact labels and price pages.

3. 3. Score it with one formula

   One 100-point formula for electricity companies. Another for solar companies.

4. 4. Date every fact

   Each fact gets a source link and the date we checked it.

5. 5. Recheck and log it

   When a new record shows up, we re-score and note the change.

See both formulas, point by point, on how we score companies.

We started with one state and one standard. The standard hasn’t changed.

1. March 2023We start in Illinois

   The Day Company begins publishing plain-English Illinois solar guides, with figures tied to official sources.

2. July 2026Standards in public

   We publish our editorial standards and corrections policy, so readers can hold us to them.

3. October 2026Texas launches

   Our second state: electricity plans, utilities, outages and solar.

4. October 2026Bankruptcy help

   A national guide for customers of solar companies that went under.

5. October 2026National scores

   We score solar companies across the U.S. and rank Texas electricity companies on public records.

6. October 2026Every money rule, in public

   We publish exactly how we make money, including how paid partners are kept apart from our ratings.

The Day Company is privately owned. It has no outside investors, and no utility, electricity or solar company owns any part of it.

Why Washington? We’re registered there, and we write for readers acros the country. Solar connections are for Illinois only.

Every guide and score is researched, written and checked by The Day Company review team, against primary sources.

We check state records, utility rate sheets, court files, license boards and each company’s own papers. We publish as a team, with an honest updated date on every page.

Who is responsible for what

We publish as a team, so no one person’s name sits on a page. The company answers for every page, score and correction.

Five quick checks anyone can do. Tick each one as you go.

Straight answers about who we are and how we work.